Tag Archives: Vietnam

The Books: “Going After Cacciato” (Tim O’Brien)

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Going After Cacciato, by Tim O’Brien. Jean was the one who turned me on to Tim O’Brien – or, should I say, she demanded in no uncertain terms that I read Going After Cacciato and … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Christmas in Vietnam

A wonderful series of photos. I particularly like the dudes at the POW camp cooking Christmas dinner – but they’re all great photos. Check out Phyllis Diller’s green Peter Pan boots!!

Posted in Art/Photography | Tagged , | Comments Off on Christmas in Vietnam

The Books: “Dispatches” (Michael Herr)

I’m on my history bookshelf. Next book on this shelf is called Dispatches by Michael Herr. Michael Herr also wrote Apocalypse Now – or, he was one of the writers. Dispatches is his book about being a foreign correspondent over … Continue reading

Posted in Books | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Books: History List

Taking my cue from Critical Mass, here is my compilation of favorite history, biography, and historical fiction. Criteria for books chosen is thus: The books chosen must be well written, and one does not need to have a lot of … Continue reading

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Recommended Reading: Fiction

And now for the Fiction recommendations. (See the Non-Fiction ones below) Choosing books out of all the books I love is rather torturous for me. So this is an impulsive, scanning-the-bookshelves-with-mine-eyes and writing titles down spur-of-the-moment kind of list. Here … Continue reading

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments