by mylinhshattan | Apr 19, 2022 | Bookshelf, On Literature, On Writing, Toolbox
6 min read Book rec Prose for emergencies Writing feature AVAILABLE IN PODCAST, CLICK HERE For solace and for counsel, I have several books I find myself returning to again and again, and to this one, most recently, as my third child prepares to leave home.* For... 
by mylinhshattan | Feb 20, 2017 | On Life, On Literature
If any man should ask you how the name Antoninus is written, would you, with a straining of voice, utter each letter? What if the questioner grew angry, would you be angry, too? Would you not go on with composure and spell out every letter? Just... 
by mylinhshattan | Jan 20, 2017 | Bookshelf, On Life
Of all the people only those are at leisure who make time for philosophy, only they truly live. Not satisfied to merely keep good watch over their own days, they annex every age to their own. All the harvest of the past is added to their store. Only an ingrate... 
by mylinhshattan | Nov 23, 2016 | On Life, On Literature
This Thanksgiving I want to share something I learned from my reading this year, but first a little back story on why it resonates so deeply. BIG PERSONALTIES I grew up with some big personalities and in hindsight, as a child I didn’t know much else. My first hint... 
by mylinhshattan | Jun 17, 2016 | Bookshelf, On Life, On Literature
The flight to Seattle from JFK was perfect, a clear day across most of the country. Â IÂ had a window seat behind the wing on the left side of an Airbus 320, or the south side going west, giving me a bird’s eye view of the good old U.S. of A. My neighbor slept and...