Isle of Joy In the Wild

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So, I’ve been getting lovely messages containing images like this for the last couple of days: People are starting to receive their copies of Isle of Joy. It’s lovely to see the book out there in the world, and I’ve been hearing positive things from those who’ve received it, too. I should be seeing my own copy before too long, but for now I’m content to vicariously enjoy these sightings. It’s exciting to see the book in people’s hands!   Oh, and if you missed the campaign, you can still order yourself a copy. There’s a link from the Kickstarter page, …

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May–June Reads (2024)

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This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series 2024-Reads

This is the fourth in a series of posts about books I’ve read in 2024.  May was rough for reading, due to a crazy work schedule, a crazy translation schedule, and a heavy practice schedule, so I didn’t really get much reading done that month—or, rather, I finished relatively little in May, though I had several books on the go. Therefore, I’m posting about May and June together in a single entry here. 

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Back to the Woodshed

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This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series 2024 Practice Log

So, I took a hiatus from practicing sax there for a while. In May I got quite sick for a few weeks, and practicing was out of the question. Then I got really busy between work and a big translation project my wife and I took on, plus working out the reservation system at the practice room I use was just a bit too complicated for me to wrap my brain around.  The good news is that I’m back at it. However, now that I am, I’m going to change up how I write about it here. Specifically, I’m not …

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Blogging Pound’s The Cantos: Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (“The Fascist Cantos”)

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This entry is part 57 of 57 in the series Blogging Pound's The Cantos

…. and, we’re back.  Years ago, I started a series of posts covering each poem in Ezra Pound’s The Cantos, one (or a few) at a time. I’m picking up that series now, since I have a little time again. (Who knew having a kid would make someone so busy?) The readings are probably still going to remain atypical, not so much for the reasons made clear in my first post in this series as because atypical is my general approach to the Cantos. II seem to have abandoned the fiction project that inspired this series, but I’d like to …

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