Semi-retired, enjoying creative work at Taylor Patterns, and a variety of hobbies.

“Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.” – Montaigne

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  • Part 1: Life Events – Childhood

    Part 1: Life Events – Childhood

    What year were you born? On what date? What day of the week was it? Did your parents tell you anything about the day you…

  • I’m Your Man: Book Review

    I’m Your Man: Book Review

    On Cohen, what an amazing life Cohen led. The book reads like a novel, building to a climax (“It goes like this, the fourth, the…

  • Poemcrazy: Book Review

    Poemcrazy: Book Review

    What a delightful book! A collection of essays on poems and writing in general. On my birthday I visited a bookstore in Columbia SC (2nd…

  • History Buff Horoscope

    History Buff Horoscope

    First published 2007-06-08 on my MySpace blog Today’s Horoscope is brought to you by Flying High Kites, with its every increasing line of Horizontally Challenged…

About Me

I’m Martin, the creator and author behind this site. I enjoy a variety of hobbies in my semi-retirement. I wanted a simple, “old fashioned” blog to document my learning progress.