The Problem is Me
February 9, 2023 | Jim Angehr
One more set of thoughts from Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, friends. (Find part one here.) At the very end of the novel, the protagonist, Theo, shifts from what’s been a narrative mode into attempting to summarize all of the years that...
Starry, Starry Blog
February 2, 2023 | Jim Angehr
One of my favorite Five Golden Things pods from last fall was recording a “top five big books” episode with Tony. (We only got about halfway through our respective lists, because hey, big books take more time to talk about than little...
Holding Down the Bottom
January 26, 2023 | Jim Angehr
First world problem, but here we go: my subwoofer is on the fritz. Everything is now horrible! I jest, but only kind of. You know what you value based on what you double-check is still in the house after you get back from a trip. Anything...
Day at the Museum
January 19, 2023 | Jim Angehr
I’m far from being a perfect parent, but here’s a win from last weekend. On Saturday morning, Micah, my 17 year old son, asked, “Dad, can we go to the museum today?” The angels were singing. Coaxing my four children over...
A Wrinkle in Mind
January 5, 2023 | Jim Angehr
Happy new year, everyone! And here’s something depressing for you. From my teen years well into adulthood, by the end of each year I’d have prepared a list of my top ten albums of the annum. Only recently did I realize that...