Author: Rich Horner
Insurance Denial of cancer treatment
A bit of a scare Cigna HealthSpring, my insurance, notified Dr. Greenfield and me that the radiation treatment has been denied. I spoke to the Singing River Cancer Center and they said they had already filed an initial appeal. They mentioned this is not uncommon and expressed optimism that they will work through it (I…
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir Genre: Hard Science Fiction / Adventure Audio Length: 16 hours, 10 minutes Narrated by: Ray Porter 📖 No-Spoiler Synopsis Ryland Grace wakes up aboard an interstellar spacecraft with acute amnesia. As his memories slowly return through a series of technical flashbacks, he pieces together a grim reality: he is…
Mississippi Sound
Fishing on the Bird Barge My friends Byron, Ray, and Mike took the Bird Barge out for a beautiful day fishing the Mississippi Sound. We launched at 0600 from the Biloxi Harbor boat ramp and headed east into a beautiful sunrise. We fished four or five of the Ramsay’s Hotspots filling a cooler with White…
All the Pretty Horses
By Cormac McCarthy Genre: Epic Western / Coming-of-Age / Literary Fiction Audio Length: 9 hours, 5 minutes Narrated by: Frank Muller 📖 No-Spoiler Synopsis The year is 1949. John Grady Cole, a sixteen-year-old Texan and the last in a long line of ranchers, finds himself at a crossroads when his family’s ranch is sold after…
Galileo’s Daughter:
A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love By Dava Sobel Genre: Biography / Science History / Narrative Non-Fiction Audio Length: 11 hours, 21 minutes Narrated by: George Guidall 📖 No-Spoiler Synopsis This is a dual biography that re-examines the life of the “Father of Modern Science,” Galileo Galilei, through the lens of his relationship…
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
By Cormac McCarthy Moving from the moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln to Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is a staggering shift. If Meacham’s Lincoln is about the “light” of the human conscience, McCarthy’s masterpiece is a dive into the absolute “redness” of human depravity. Be prepared: this is widely considered one of the most difficult, violent,…
Whitehead Coastal Preserve
Part of the Graveline Bayou Coastal Preserve system The Whitehead property is officially part of the Graveline Bayou Coastal Preserve system in Jackson County. Specifically, it is a significant tract known as the Graveline Bayou-Whitehead addition, which was a high-priority acquisition for local conservation groups. Walking into the preserve is like walking into the past,…
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By Jon Meacham Genre: Biography / Narrative History Narrated by: Jon Meacham, Audio Length: 21 hours, 10 minutes 📖 No-Spoiler Synopsis Jon Meacham’s biography is a “moral map” of the sixteenth president. It moves past the simple myths of the log cabin to explore how a self-taught, often melancholy man from the frontier became the…
My question to Gemini
And There Was Light, Abraham Lincoln and the American Strugle. By Jon Meacham My question I am curious about any thoughts you have on comparing the challenges of Lincolns times to the challenges we are currently facing. Gemini’s verbatim response It is a heavy but necessary comparison. Looking at Lincoln through Jon Meacham’s lens, it…
My Prostate Cancer Journey
A Personal Update from Richard As many of you know, I have been “watching and waiting” with a localized prostate cancer for nearly 15 years. It’s been a manageable part of my life, but recent data—specifically a jump in my PSA levels and new genetic mapping—showed that the cancer is becoming more active. Because of…
