Tues Aft

I was struck by this quote below. There's something about good writing that excites me in a distinct way. See the whole article here (even thought this piece stands alone and is that part that got me.)



"One virtue of the novel is that fictional characters often outlive the novelist who created them. Actually, that’s one of the reasons why some people give up their day jobs to tell stories instead. Aside from having children, fiction writing is one of the best ways to leave evidence of oneself. And, in some cases — think Atticus Finch, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Tom Sawyer — it can even lead to immortality. Saul Bellow is survived by Augie March and Herzog. Nathan Zuckerman and Alexander Portnoy will endure long after Philip Roth is dead. E.L. Doctorow has already given many historical characters, from Harry Houdini to Albert Einstein, an afterlife that he can’t grant to himself. Danny Saunders is still slugging line drives nearly a decade after Chaim Potok passed away."

I am about to be knocked off this computer because the tech staff is setting up programs on this new system in our new building. Maybe more soon.

If not for breathing
I'd have died some time ago
Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe.

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My dear friend's mother
From shevach to shalhevet
May G-d Bless her ways