brainstorms

Saturday July 09, 2005

notes from a beach far, far away...

four boat dives with the diversdelight group. deepest so far is around 70ft. i am using up too much air; poor fins requiring more effort, more oxygen use. rest of the gear ok.

summer morning -
under the waves
sound of my breathing

finished daniel silva's the english assassin and enjoyed it very much. [first book from silva; i will have to pick up his other books] i now have to find and listen to guiseppe tartini's the devil's trill. [already know the brahms sonata for violin and piano in D minor, and paganini's caprice]

amongst the tourist-stocked (robert harris, ken follett, iain m banks, patricia cornwell, etc) books of the hotel library, two volumes by ayn rand: romantic manifesto and the virtue of selfishness. second one is a collection of essays, all hilariously nasty and twisted concoctions of pseudo-philosophical rhetoric. altogether too nutty, especially for the summer, but i leaf through it with wonder and amusement.

brin's kiln people is an exciting, valuable read. i should have read it a year ago, but i was too busy with other books. [i always have too much to read, so some very good books get left behind... sigh]