Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Squirrely Place

Posted on 30. August 2010 by Nancy Pinard

I’m reading the biography, learning the science, and still, I’m in that awful, squirrely place where the locus of the novel refuses to emerge.  I watched a Nova dvd over the weekend, one called Einstein Revealed, and am somewhat into … Continue reading →

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Regarding Lieserl

Posted on 26. August 2010 by Nancy Pinard

Despite having the highest grades in his graduating class at the Zurich Polytechnic, Einstein was unable to find a job after graduation.  It was understood that such a student would become the assistant to one of the professors there, but … Continue reading →

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Acedia and Me, too

Posted on 22. August 2010 by Nancy Pinard

I’ve been reading Acedia by Kathleen Norris, a book about sloth—both words so seldom used the computer software underlines them in red, as if each is a misspelling of some valid word.  Called the Noonday Demon by the Desert Fathers, … Continue reading →

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A possible frame for the Einstein novel

Posted on 9. August 2010 by Nancy Pinard

Today I read an article on Einstein that might provide a possible frame for the next book.  I’m not far enough in to say for certain, but the article presents a possibility.   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1211594-7,00.html The materials seem to be there, in print, translated … Continue reading →

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