MartinLT

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…

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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.

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