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  • 2. Homer – The Odyssey

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    Original language: Greek. I read the Robert Fitzgerald translation. I really enjoyed the Fitzgerald translation. So fluid, and idiomatic English without talking down to the reader. I enjoyed Lattimore’s Iliad but this is a different level. I should look at reading more Fitzgerald translations in the future. I love the story about how Helen went…

  • 2. Homer – The Iliad

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    Homer lived around the 9th or 8th century BC. Original language: Greek. I read the Richmond Lattimore translation. It’s beautiful in every way- characters, plot, language, poetry. The plot is driven by toxic masculinity. And the childish petulance of Achilles. He got mad at Agamemnon for taking his sex slave, Briseis. So Achilles begs his…

  • 1. The I Ching

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    First published in 1400 BC. Original language: Classical Chinese. It isn’t that great of a book just to read. It is better as a divination tool. It makes somewhat dull reading. 

  • The Dead (NYC music scene)

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    Includes musicians, writers, scenesters, and actors who made the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s special to me in NYC.  I keep this list because I can’t keep all the dead I want to remember in my head. Billy Murcia 1951-1972Sid Vicious 1957-1979Jessy Blue d. 1980?George Scott 1953-1980Bobby Battery d. 1981?Lester Bangs 1948-1982Klaus Nomi 1944-1983Ricky Wilson 1953-1985Andy Warhol…

  • A trip to Warsaw

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    I went to Warsaw in August, 2022, because my father was from there, lived there, was imprisoned in the Ghetto there, and escaped from the Ghetto.

  • My cycling trip from NYC to Boston

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    Larry Kooper

    I’m leaving tomorrow on a 9-day solo bicycle trip to Boston. I will be keeping a journal on crazyguyonabike.com, known to its fans as CGOAB. It’s a site specifically for bike touring journals, with a great community. You can follow me here: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/nycboston

  • Day 37: Closing the circle

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    Vacaville, CA to New York City I left my hotel in Vacaville early in the morning. I’m on an airline’s schedule now, not mine. Drove over three bridges to get to San Francisco – the Carquinez, the Richmond-San Rafael, and the Golden Gate, which was thrilling. I did it. I drove from NYC to San…

  • Day 36: Housekeeping

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    Vacaville, CA Did laundry and shipped some luggage. Tomorrow I will finish the trip in San Francisco and fly back to New York.

  • Day 35: Until it is tried

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    Truckee, CA to Vacaville, CA Went to Donner Lake Kitchen for breakfast. They offered sourdough as one of the bread choices, because I am in California! Also, coffee came with milk already added. A California thing too? That would make a good road trip. All of California. Over to Donner Memorial State Park. The Donner…

  • Day 34: Probable cause

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    Winnemucca, NV to Truckee, CA Lovely day. For breakfast went to The Griddle, a place near the motel that has a super-cool neon sign. Back on the road again. I wanted to visit Humboldt Sink, where the Humboldt River empties. But the access is by dirt road and I was concerned about safety. Got close…