Steinbeck, Of Mice And Men George and Lennie enter the bunkhouseThe bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them… Continue reading Bunkhouse
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Steinbeck: Fire and Brimstone inVermont
From Travels With Charley "It is our practice now, at least in the large cities, to find from our psychiatric priesthood that our sins aren’t really sins at all but accidents that are set in motion by forces beyond our control. There was no such nonsense in this church. The minister, a man of iron… Continue reading Steinbeck: Fire and Brimstone inVermont
Steinbeck: Waiting and Reflecting
One of the great benefits of waiting for the impressions to sort themselves out. From Steinbeck, Travels With Charley Go to the Ufizzi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris, and you are so crushed with the numbers, once the might of greatness, that you go away distressed, with a feeling like constipation. And then when… Continue reading Steinbeck: Waiting and Reflecting
Waiting For Charlemagne 