Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for #14 & #15!. Unfortunately, the Skydog biography is not available on Kindle, so I have to order the book. #11 brings back memories of childhood reading and Roger Moore on Brit TV, when I was a kid in Manchester in the early 1960s Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:36 AM, CartersXRd <cartersxrd at gmail.com> wrote: > one of my great joys in retirement has been a return to reading for > pleasure > > I've been an inveterate reader forever. But, over the past too many years, > I've been too busy work-reading to sit and enjoy a book. I am fixing that > thanks partially to my recent irresponsibility (retirement). Since it was a > new year, and I was in Baltimore first-visiting my first grandchild > (Norah), I chose a Baltimore tome. Just finished. So-- > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #1 Role Models by John Waters (autographed and acquired at "A John Waters > Christmas" in 2014) It's an ode to those Waters finds admirable and > influential to his life. > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #2 Just finished Winter Goldfinch by my friend Jayne Davis Wall > (autographed) -- It's a Southern novel. Jayne is also a wonderful painter > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #3 A Pleasant Gale on My Lee by my friend John Morgan (autographed). It's > childhood reminiscence of his life on the Pamlico Sound and Outer Banks > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #5 Robert Capa -- Images of War. A recent gift from a friend with a > curious stamp on title page: "Property of the Army Attache Paris, France" > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #6 Kinky Friedman -- Armadilloes and Old Lace > Kinky is one of the genius, Renaissance men of our day. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #7 Russian Summer by Norman Spinrad > It was science fiction that made reading a joy for me. Spinrad is an old > favorite. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #8 Tom Robbins -- Skinny Legs and All > My favorite writer on metaphysics and religion, a man of great joy! > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #9 Paul Duncan ? Stanley Kubrick, The Complete Films > A nice collection of anecdotes and analysis of one of the greatest > filmmakers. Includes lots of behind the scenes photos from the films. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #10 Wassily Kandinsky & Franz Marc ? The Blaue Reiter Almanac > A classic of modern art from 1912. Kandinsky and Marc invited thoughtful > pieces on the emergence of modern artists and its ties to ancient and > primitive art. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #11 Leslie Charteris ? The Saint in Miami > Kitty picked it up at her Gran?s house a couple of weeks ago. The first of > The Saint books I?ve read. Don?t know why, similar to James Bond novels > that got me through high school, not to mention the ?60s TV show I was very > fond of. Fun, adventure ?vacation? reading. > > Published in 1940, it was no surprise to find The Saint fighting a Nazi > fifth column operation in the USA. Clearly a piece aimed at pushing the US > to join the Eurpean Allies in the new war. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #12 Paul Hadley Davis ? Parallel Allegory > The Story of a Journey Across the Pristine Continent of a Lost Planet > > An autographed copy of a novel by a friend. Paul is a musician and > (recently) retired university chemistry lecturer. May be considered scifi, > but perhaps better perceived as a self exploration our journey through life > and its lonely truth. > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #13 Mitch Albom ? Tuesdays with Morrie > Thank you, Doug Sliker, for making me get of my ass and finally read this > sweet, lovely book. I always respected Albom for his sports work in Detroit > and his presence on ESPN?s late great Sports Reporters. Learning to die > teaches you to live. > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #14 Randy Poe ? Skydog - The Duane Allman Story > One of the greatest guitar players of all time. It?s a story of being > driven. > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #15 Sam Stephenson ? Gene Smith?s Sink - A Wide-Angle View > > I have known and respected the author since he was in high school here > when I worked for The Washington Daily News. This book is a bit of a > surprise to me in that it is NOT (to me) a standard biography. Having not > kept myself properly educated, I?m not quite sure if I understand exactly > the approach on Sam?s observations on one of photography?s flawed giants. > > As best I can figure, ?A Wide-Angle View? of the title refers to observing > the people who orbited and intersected the life of the great documentary > humanitarian rather than just telling stories of what he did. Sometimes > they tell you directly about Gene, other times it is their own story which > shines a light in a corner of Gene?s world. I find it a satisfying > addition, especially if you know a bit about Smith in the first place. > Photographers and cinematographers may call it an ?establishing shot.? Sam > shares many rich tales from Smith?s universe. > > Gene Smith?s Sink strikes me as very filmic. It is rather like the > documentaries one can see these days in which the film-maker includes > himself and his education as an intrgral part of the production. It?s a > great tool for giving the reader a direct experience of discovery. Very > satisfying. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #16 Just Down the Road? in Our Own Words > Many oral histories of communities in Gates County, my home. It was > collected by the Gates County Historical Society in 2009. Some fun stories, > but with more begatting than Genesis. > > > Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List: > #17 Kinky Friedman ? The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover > With Kinky, just as Lone Star Beer, too much is not enough. > > > ric > > > > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 6:09 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Jim! I love to read, too, and am always looking for good > books. I > > will certainly try Margaret Truman's. Almost all of my books are digital > > these days, though, on my Kindle. I can adjust the size of the font and > > the brightness of the page to match my reading ability - although that > has > > improved since cataract surgery. > > > > I used to read a book a day, but I'm down to about 2 a week now. I fall > > asleep earlier!! > > > > Tina > > > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > > wrote: > > > >> From the age of 10 until I left home for college, I was a regular > customer > >> of our local library. Now, in my 80s, I renewed my library card, now > >> digitized, and returned to reading as a pastime, particularly during > >> unfavorable weather. Many of my choices have been mysteries, which I > >> enjoy, and I have been particularly drawn to to those written by > President > >> Harry Truman's daughter, Margaret. They are set in the Washington, D.C. > >> area, which she knew well, and, though she is reported to have used the > >> help of another writer, the style and detail is very well done. Here is > >> the one I just finished reading. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171130-PB307224.JPG.html > >> > >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > >> > >> -- > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >