Yasunari Kawabata
“Time passed. But time flows in many streams. Like a river, an inner stream of time will flow rapidly at some places and sluggishly at others, or perhaps even stand hopelessly stagnant. Cosmic
What I'm Reading
A collection of 26 posts
Marginalia
An amazing appreciation from Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren's How to Read a Book via Brain Pickings When you buy a book, you establish a property right in it, just as you
Knishes
Knishes aren't in my baking repertory even though I enjoy eating them and am happy to say that I've visited Yonah Schimmel's Knishery in New York City. Laura Silver, author of Knish: In
Green Tea
For years I've been fascinated and puzzled by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's story "Green Tea." Now comes word of a study that speaks to benefits of drinking green tea and contributes to
Ladies in Lavender
I was taken by the movie Ladies in Lavender last night and went searching for the text this morning. It's a short story by an author previously unknown to me, William J. Locke,
Music and the Brain
Just in time, something I can repost for Brain Awareness Week For #BrainAwarenessWeek, 7 fascinating reads on music, emotion, and the brain http://t.co/RHrB9kaUWi — Maria Popova (@brainpicker) March 14, 2014