Andrew Shields

Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” (1974) and Duke Ellington’s “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo” (1926)

Reading Thomas Hardy’s “Desperate Remedies” (1871) after reading Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” (1851)

My year of 73 concerts

A break from daily prose turns into a break for Christmas and a break for covid

The “goney” or albatross in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” (1851)

The horse race in Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973)