Excerpt from Tender is the Night, F. S. Fitzgerald, 1934. This edition: Penguin Classics, 2010, p. 125. Photo: J. Zarins, 2022 I don't believe that we ever become complete, or finished, or actually ever grow up. At least I believe that people who do, are unhappy, boring, and unhealthy for themselves and their surroundings. This... Continue Reading →
Thursday purpose
Frozen February sunrise, Cambridge, 2021 photo by Jessica Zarins I'm getting seriously sick of lockdown. And I really shouldn't have espresso with post-dinner profiteroles when it's not at a restaurant that I have to leave and can walk off before I try and sleep. After a few weeks of good sleep the old ghosts reappeared... Continue Reading →
Five things you should read/watch/listen to if you want to understand me
Pippi Longstocking (1945), Astrid Lindgren Jane Eyre (1847), Charlotte Brontë Star Wars (1977), LucasFilms Peter Pan (1904), J. M. Barrie Normal People (2018), Sally Rooney What five things should I read/watch/listen to understand you?