1944 Diary is set in the Dutch city of Delft during the 2nd World War. But the War is very much in the shadows. just a backdrop. It is more about the author’s struggles and doubts about his ability to be a writer, his inclination to be a doctor, and the conflicts of his feelings for his wife and child and his mistress. The author, Hans Keilson, is a German of Jewish faith. He is in hiding in Delft. Not to spoil the ending, he survived the war and lived to age 101, a significant writer, poet, doctor, and psychoanalyst – he died in 2011.
A War Book But Not…… June 25, 2018
Feelings Of Alienation? Belonging? etc June 18, 2018
Americanah by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. A wonderful book and particularly appropriate reading after numerous discussions last weekend at my 60th reunion at Middlebury College in Vermont.
A Finger Weaving Project May 13, 2018
This is the progress so far with my grandson’s finger weaving project
I remembered a book I had seen long ago. I couldn’t find it in my collection of weaving books. So I decided I must have borrowed it (several times) from the local library in Dublin.
Through good old Amazon I was able to order it, It’s a good little book with clear instructions, interesting and colorful illustrations, and a bit of history as well.
After a “bit of help” from dad. 
Margaret Drabble May 4, 2018
I am currently reading books written by an author from the past – that is author Margaret Drabble. She was particularly popular in the ’80’s but is still writing today. My current book is The Radiant Way, written in 1987. My copy is a discard from the library in La Connor, purchased in the Library Thrift Shop in La Connor. This Thrift Shop is a great place for finding books you wished you had read but somehow passed you by. Or maybe you read it so long ago you have forgotten all about it. The prices are right and you are supporting a good cause.
a very young Margaret Drabble
Looking back at previous blog posts, I find I wrote about her and her writing in 2010. A post titled Reading Margaret Drabble. Most interesting.
The Voyages Of Captain Cook March 22, 2018
a hasty picture but this is the book – fascinating reading if you are interested in this sort of thing. I’ve been fascinated from an early age. Now I’m going to go back and review some of the other books I’ve read – exploration, the South Pacific, Whaling, Armstrong Sperry – just a few names and topics that spring to mind.
Reading Treasures February 5, 2018
Apologies for the orientation of these 2 photos, What a splendid book by the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard – Winter. His book Autumn came out a while ago, now Winter, and I’m sure Spring and Summer are sure to follow. Just collections of kind of random essays appropriate to the season. Excellent – and thought provoking. Plus beautiful paintings.
Books and a Cat January 21, 2018
Ophelia’s Books in Fremont, Seattle
Needless to say this is one of my favorite bookstores.
