Current reading:
- Circling the Sun – Paula McClain’s novel based on Beryl Markham’s remarkable life
- Home Waters – John N. Maclean writes about his father and A River Runs Through It
- A Swim in the Pond in the Rain – George Saunders teaches about Russian writers
- Desert Queen – Janet Wallach’s biography of Gertrude Bell (the female T.E. Lawrence)
Film and TV:
- American Rust – Jeff Daniels as the town sheriff in a rundown Appalachian town
- Ken Burns’ three part series on Hemingway
- Scenes from a Marriage – Jessica Chastain/Oscar Issac in a remake of the Ingmar Bergman film
Favorite blogs and websites:
- https://kate-ballbach.squarespace.com/ Seattle friends living in London and exploring Europe with their kids. Truly good writing about everyday living.
- http://www.gandt.com/ A Navy/Pan Am colleague who writes excellent aviation fiction and non-fiction
- https://alexandradaneblog.wordpress.com/ A blogger/memoirist friend
