My annual reading list. You can follow previous years' lists by clicking back through this link. First, the historical and professional work. Let me use the same language I use.
This is the grave of Melvin Laird. Born in 1922 in Omaha, Nebraska, Laird grew up in Marshfield, Wisconsin and attended high school there. He came from Wisconsin Republican royalty..
Another new list I started this year was keeping track of all the live music I've seen. Thanks to my Music Notes I was able to backdate this several years.
George McGovern, Food for Peace administrator, 1961 This is just a fascinating connection that I had never considered before: In 1996, Ananya Vajpeyi, a doctoral student, discovered the fabled South.
Here is the list of movies I watched this year. And I mean movies. I don't want TV. By and large, I find the modern TV revolution tremendously frustrating. Why.
This is the grave of Levi Stubbs. Born in 1936 in Detroit, Stubbs grew up in a musical family. His older brother sang, sure, but his cousin was Jackie Wilson..
This is the grave of Anne Rice. Born in 1941 in New Orleans, Howard Allen Frances O'Brien smartly went by Anne. Who the hell names their daughter Howard? Is this.
Jimmy Carter has died. Carter was a pretty bad president and then one of the two greatest ex-presidents, along with John Quincy Adams. He’s become something of a beloved figure.
