Las Vegas is a temple of the ersatz celebrating the vacuousness of gambled fortunes. For all the glitz and neon grandeur (quickly being replaced by LEDs), Las Vegas is usually an honest thief. Everyone knows that isn’t the Eiffel Tower, nor the Montgolfier balloon in front of Paris; New York, New York’s scale is wrongContinue reading “Neptune’s Fountain”
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Never Cry Wolf
My boys twisted my arm into getting Elden Ring so we could all play together. It was an easy sell (I wanted an excuse) and it is another way we three can bond. Too many hours later, I cannot keep up with them. Perhaps it is perceptual speed. Perhaps their keyboard skills are better. WhateverContinue reading “Never Cry Wolf”
Robert Ruark
We come to know characters in books far better than we can people in our own lives because characters are immutable, crystalline in their structured captivity. I stole that thought from Milan Kundera – there is likely something similar in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. My mother sent me a book my father had wantedContinue reading “Robert Ruark”
Protective Arts 