John December Personal Page
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About Me
I pay attention to people, places, ideas, and details of daily life.
I live simply to keep my priorities clear.
I write poetry and seek experiences that reveal
a sense of place and time.
I follow my curiosity and notice the small things often
overlooked and the larger patterns often ignored.
Quotes
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler." -- Albert Einstein
"You can observe a lot by watchin'." -- Yogi Berra
"I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me." -- Al Franken as Stuart Smalley.
Reading
I'm reading in the area of urban criticim, planning, architecture, cultural geography, history, and demographics for a section of my Web site, People Places.
Favorites from Past Reading
- In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
The short story collection that launched Hemingway's writing career. - A Short History of the World, by Geoffrey Blainey
A highly-readable, one-volume sketch of human history. - Extra Nutty! Even more letters from a nut, by Ted L. Nancy
Ted needs help. - Letters to Yesenin (and) Returning to Earth, by Jim Harrison
- Worldwalk, by Steven M. Newman
Steven Newman walked around the world during 1983-1987. - The Sun Also Rises
- A Moveable Feast
- This Side of Paradise
- Cities of the Interior
- The High Cost of Free Parking
- The Book of Nightmares
Activities
Interests
car-free living, simple living, urbanism, Milwaukee, creative writing, computer-mediated communication, computer science, mathematics, genealogy, communication, rhetoric, Web publishing, Internet, World Wide Web, digital photography, walking, coffee, writing, reading, talking, listening, travelingMovies
- The Ice Storm
- The Last Picture Show
- Suzanne's Career
- Vertigo
- American Beauty
- My Man Godfrey
- Fire Maidens of Outer Space