Author Archives

• Point of View 1

  By gceaves on March 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  It was on this bench that they kissed. Either she kissed him or he kissed her. She’s not sure how it went. It wasn’t a forceful kiss, or anything aggressive. It was almost a snuggle — a snorgle, as it… Read More ›

• Stormy Daniels lawsuit…

  By gceaves on March 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Some interesting points about the Stormy Daniels lawsuit.   She’s asking the court to decide whether or not a contract requiring her silence is valid.   The contract is signed anonymously. She’s “PP” in the contract and Donald Trump is… Read More ›

• “The Lady with the Dog” (1899) and other short stories by Anton Chekhov

  By gceaves on March 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    A window opens… and the window closes. There are prairies and rolling grasslands, orchards and dense woods, a pier down on the esplanade where the ferry comes in. Love grows, love is professed, love is refused, love sometimes fades…. Read More ›

• “Fahrenheit 451” (1953) by Ray Bradbury

  By gceaves on February 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Burn, burn, burn. Inquisition book burnings. Salem witch trials. Stalin show trials. Nazi book burnings. McCarthyism. The Red Guard. And we are all apathetic. We: the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. We lie in our room of screens, surrounded… Read More ›

• “Ulysses” (1922) by James Joyce

  By gceaves on January 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ulysses” (1922) by James Joyce You hit the wall of words at full speed. The wall is large, tall and thick. If you’re wearing a crash helmet — that is, if you’re contemporaneously reading a guidebook or explanatory text —… Read More ›

• “Creation” (1981) by Gore Vidal

  By gceaves on January 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Creation” (1981) by Gore Vidal   Travel from ancient Persia to Greece, to age-old India and to the Spring & Autumn Period. Meet Greek philosophers and Persian kings, Buddha himself, Jain leaders, the founders of Taoism and Confucianism. This wandering… Read More ›

• The Pritchard Score

  By gceaves on January 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  The Pritchard Score in honor of Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.       To score your book, please begin at zero and then run through the following questions.   Did you stay up late past your bedtime to read… Read More ›

• A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)

  By gceaves on December 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) by Clement Clarke Moore   Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In… Read More ›

• The Cyclops

  By gceaves on December 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Chapter 12 — The Cyclops   …The figure seated on a large boulder at the foot of a round tower was that of a broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed frankeyed redhaired freelyfreckled shaggybearded widemouthed largenosed longheaded deepvoiced barekneed brawnyhanded hairylegged ruddyfaced sinewyarmed… Read More ›

• One doesn’t read “Ulysses”; one merely experiences the words

  By gceaves on December 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  One doesn’t read “Ulysses”; one merely experiences the words by Gregory C. Eaves 2017-12-01     Today over lunch I finished Chapter 9 of “Ulysses” (1918), taking me to page 218. The novel has 18 chapters, totaling 783 pages. So… Read More ›