Category Archives: Books

Reading: The Terrible Speed of Mercy. A spiritual biography of Flannery O’Connor

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m just going to have to admit that this woman is easily as fascinating as her work. I’m barely into the third chapter, and it becomes obvious that her awareness of the human condition was extraordinary. But the way she … Continue reading →

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More skulking around Cal’s Books

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke
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Flannery O’Connor and the inevitable need for a Palette cleanser 

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

In October of 1992, a long-haired, erstwhile rock star boarded a cruise ship and sailed towards the Virgin Islands. That would-be guitar god was me. An unrefined and generally self-absorbed bit of stock I was. Part of the way my … Continue reading →

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Video: Skulking around my favorite bookstore

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Ron Giesecke
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The novel: striking my very first words 

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Tomorrow becomes the day that the figurative feet get put to the literal prayers: I will be firing the very first salvo in the journey to write a book. A novel. A farce. An existential comedy. A real humdinger of … Continue reading →

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Vlogging 

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I went into Cal’s Books today and did a little Vlogging. I also pitched the idea to the owner about using it as my own self-serving platform for the rattle and hum of the blog. He said “cool, just … Continue reading →

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Book introductions, and why I hate them

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I now have a rule which is nearly intractable: I am no longer going to read the introduction to a book.  At the very LEAST, I’m waiting until after the book is read by me, before doing so.  And ‘d … Continue reading →

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Resetting the brain (otherwise known as “getting away from screens”)

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m not going to sit here an blow conjectural smoke at you as if I never pick up a smart phone anymore.  But my well-documented neurological downsides that stem from too much screen time was–and I emphasize WAS–cutting into my … Continue reading →

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One of those days

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m simply going to start shutting my pie-hole about “what’s coming up” on the next day’s blog–because I can-NOT–seem to even get a single, logistical Sputnik off the tarmac, much less into the sky. That being said, I DO intend … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s outrage

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I figured I’d go ahead and Vlog a small tour through my local used bookstore.  There are actually two of any worth here, but I’m going to plow right into the heart of the Kraken–that acetone-laden behemoth that calls my … Continue reading →

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