Monday, March 7, 2011

Charlie Sheen

As a layperson, I can't help wondering
how traumatic heavy drug use is to
the brain...as complex and delicate as
it is.
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I'll bet that even after one's system is
"clean"...the brain still requires time
[weeks, months maybe years] to
restore, repair and rejuvenate.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Lovely Green Eyes

A novel by Arnost Lustig...
[translated from the Czech by
Ewald Osers]
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Learned of this author from an article
about him in the Obituaries section of
The Chronicle Herald.
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"I fell in love with Hanka Kaudersova's smile,
with the wrinkles of a now 16-year-old,
with the effect her face had on me.
[p. 4]
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