Through the Shadowlands . . . and back again

2006 . . . and all is well

It's amazing how many things I think of to post during the day, only to forget once I arrive home. Must start making lists! Haha. But then that would spoil the spontaneity a bit.

For my first post of 2006, I have a book to highly recommend. Want to know what Cracker Jacks, the Ferris Wheel, Shredded Wheat, the landscaper of Central Park, the Midway, and the origin of AC electricity throughout America have in common? Then read a fascinating non-fiction narrative by Erik Larson, Devil in the White City. Larson captures the beauty, concerns, and hints of evil existing present in 1890s America. The book reads like a novel, but is thoroughly researched and based on fact, focusing on the chief architect of the Chicago World's Fair (oops, I answered my own question) and a serial killer preying upon young women drawn to the big city.

In other news, the confirmation hearings of Sam Alito are set to begin next week. I feel like I've betrayed my chosen profession by neglecting to write about the law. But so many others do it so well, and my underlying passion is literature, which this blog has focused on a bit more than other topics. But I'll do my best to bring an array of topics, as usual, in the coming year.

Until the next post . . .

posted by shadowlands7 @ 10:36:00 PM