- KALW’s Crosscurrents on the Fillmore’s Church of Saint John Coltrane.
- I’m enjoying re-reading Christopher Morley’s Where the Blue Begins in ebook form. This lost little novel, about a dog who goes to sea to find himself, warrants a boutique reissue.
- I am looking forward to finding time to read Italo Calvino Letters: 1941-1985. (Excerpts at The New Yorker, The Paris Review)
- Wine of the Now: Obsidian Ridge 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (PDF): Two bottles given to us by friends (and new neighbors). The copy on the bottle, “The vineyard’s red soils are shot through with obsidian rock…,” steers me to ID its tannins as minerals.