Today is the last full day in Paris for Ashley and I. We did a lot of site seeing including, the Pantheon and Notre Dame. But what I liked the most today was seeing the sites connected to Ernest Hemingway. After getting injured as an ambulance driver in World War I, Hemingway moved to Paris…
Category: Literature
A Morning at Westminster Abbey
This morning Ashley and I visited Westminster Abbey. Westminster is significant for the British monarchy being the site of 40 coronations in the past 1000 years. But what I find more interesting is the over 3000 people buried here. One of the most significant people buried here is Sir Isaac Newton. Everyone is familiar with…
Ernest Hemingway’s House
On the island of Key West there is a french colonial house on Whitehead street. Its a two story house with light colored limestone walls. Each floor is lined with long arched windows abutted with green shutters. A veranda wraps around the house shading it from the Floridian sun. This is the house that Ernest…
Liberation Day by George Saunders Review
Liberation Day is a collections of short stories that feel very fresh and new. Each story is unique and sometimes hard to grasp whats going on. But certainly these stories explore new frontiers in fiction. I was not a fan of all of these stories but two that I personally thought were excellent are the…