Category Archives: Literature

On Adventure And Detachment

Dark spruce for­est frowned on either side of the frozen water­way. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white cov­er­ing of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and omi­nous, in the fad­ing light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a des­o­la­tion, life­less, …

July 2, 2012 – 3:24 am | By Brett Bim | Posted in Culture, Literature | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Drinking And Thinking (In That Order)

Have you ever done some­thing stu­pid after drink­ing 3 or 8 beers? Me nei­ther. Most of my deci­sions that result from 3 or 8 beers are excep­tion­ally insight­ful, often times witty as well, and result in me show­ing off how awe­some I can dance. For exam­ple, I’m pretty sure I decided to run a marathon …

November 1, 2008 – 11:12 am | By Brett Bim | Posted in Literature | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

RIP, Tony Hillerman

Tony Hiller­man died yes­ter­day at the age of 83. He was a mas­ter­ful sto­ry­teller of the West, famous for his tales of the Navajo reser­va­tion. I enjoyed read­ing his books, often times handed down to me from my grand­fa­ther and father. He wrote sto­ries about the mys­ti­cism of the Nava­jos that didn’t rely on blood …

October 27, 2008 – 8:50 pm | By Brett Bim | Posted in Literature | Comments (5)