CoffeeWithTheClassics

For Father’s Day, something different: A thread of *rare family photos* of famous authors. 1. Charles Dickens with two of his daughters, Mary and Kate.

Great question. Not that obscure, but I’m always surprised more haven’t read it.

“…the song humanity has been singing for thousands of years…” No better way to describe the literary and cultural canon. What a poverty to intentionally cut our children (and ourselves) off from it.

I just heard about the death of my old friend Jane Greer, a wonderful person and a poet whose work ignited in recent years. I still have a lot of catching up to do, but I am going to shut down on Twitter for the rest of the day as a sign of respect for her.

Very sorry to hear of this. She was a talented poet and a warm and witty presence on this site. Check out her writing.

everyone should do this

Bringing this energy into the weekend. (Jane Austen, who died this day in 1817)

grok, what does my typical follower look like:

“I hate slop on my timeline, fix the algorithm.” Yet, what the algorithm sees:

Yeah, that tracks. (from Pilgrim’s Regress, CS Lewis)

POV: you have entered my reading lair.

e.e. cummings

I am truly inimitable. AI can’t even attempt to be as smart and witty as me.

Huxley has some advice for all of you on this app.

Happy Fourth from Walt Whitman.