BOOKS: Recent Favorites

• The Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian
• In a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella Haase
• The Red and the Black by Stendahl
• The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
• Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
• A Close Run Thing by Allan Mallinson

Miscellaneous Pieces

Being an Ode to the Volkswagen Jetta diesel

Preface to a Philosophy for Living