Category Archives: Reading

 Here again 

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  i could live here. Seriously.

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My eyes

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Really have decided to stage an optical insurrection against me.  I’d like to say that impending dependency on eyeglasses for the intricacies of life has no trauma associated with it. I’d futhermore like to able to read that last sentence … Continue reading →

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The aesthetics of old books

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I happen to be lucky enough to live right near a used bookstore that is a literal BEHEMOTH of a bookstore–I’m talking about the acetone-ridden aircraft carrier with sticks and stacks of shelves . . . two-books deep sometimes, with the … Continue reading →

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Monday’s something-or-other 

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

At the outset it’s become clear that I’m not going to find even the most palliative help for my literary schizophrenia. Turns out, I’ve started this book, Father Elijah, about four times. But my exposure to the blue-screen, brain-freezing iphone … Continue reading →

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Sometimes

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

i am a horrible broker of my newly-invoked “one book at a time” policy. But this one begs to be read these days . . .   

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So . . . Saturday, huh?

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Not much to post, really,except to say I have almost completed my overview of the second book in the Zombie Bible series, as the British like to say,  I’ve been “on about.” Beyond that the day has had a rather … Continue reading →

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New Book on the reading deck: Peace Like A River

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

On the advice of Uber-faithful commenter and generally awesome friend and musical homie, Ann, I’ve taken the plunge.  I’m already transfixed a few chapters in.

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Book review: Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows, by Stant Litore

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Jeremiah 9:21 I’ll just say this at the outset. To simply categorize this … Continue reading →

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Hey, I never said I was THAT prolific

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

As alluded to earlier in the last post, today (and for that matter yesterday) has managed to be swallowed up in the blast radius of a giant pulse bomb known as “circumstances.”  Take that to mean work, the day, the … Continue reading →

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It’s my 200th post! High fives all around!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

The fits and turns of vainglory, victory laps, and a giant helping of the Kanye West, egotistical entree from the narcissist’s secret menu are all mine. Yep.  I just threw a singular ticker-tape across the room.  Instead of looking like … Continue reading →

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