Sunday, May 23, 2010
6:15 AM. All right, Papa, here we go again. Before I ask the questions my friends have suggested, let me ask if you have something specific in mind for this session.
Don’t forget the thoughts that have come up as you have continued to read Death In The Afternoon.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
7:30 AM. Still reading Death In The Afternoon. If I had my way, I’d put out an edited addition — mutilated, people would think it at first — that showcased the truly wonderful learning there is to be had in it, merely by removing what sets up the narrator as querulous distraction. As it is, it is occasionally like listening to a great violinist wisecracking as he plays, or complaining about his hotel. And it’s a shame, because it is great playing!
Papa, how did you come to learn so much about things you came to care for? In short order, as they occur to me, writing, appreciating painting, hunting, fishing, shooting (as opposed to hunting), bullfighting, military science, wines and foods, and intangible things like the interactions in nature, and the likely responses of fish.