A trattoria is just where I’d like to be tonight — an uncomplicated, modestly decorated, family-run establishment featuring traditional regional fare.
About Head Butler
Weekend Butler: Editor’s Letter Update. Praise for Taylor Swift (Okay: One Song). Pulitzer Prize Novel. Sharon Olds Poem. Blood-Pounding Movie. Delish Cacao a Pepe.
I rarely do this, but earlier this week, I wrote an editor’s letter about my health, which has been, in the 20 years I’ve been publishing Head Butler, a non-event.
I rarely do this, but earlier this week, I wrote an editor’s letter about my health, which has been, in the 20 years I’ve been publishing Head Butler, a non-event.
It’s the Most Popular French Book of the Last Century. Translated into 250 Languages. Yearly Sales: 2 million Copies.
Compelling message: “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
Compelling message: “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Kara Swisher: Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
The most important event in Kara Swisher’s life occurred when she was five. Her father had a new job, running a department at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.
The most important event in Kara Swisher’s life occurred when she was five. Her father had a new job, running a department at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
His name — Deogratia — means “thanks to God” in Latin. When we first meet him, Deo is 24, a third-year medical student.
His name — Deogratia — means “thanks to God” in Latin. When we first meet him, Deo is 24, a third-year medical student.
In This Mozart Symphony, Julia Fischer’s Joy Is Total. This Video Is a Blessing
Easter is a day of glory: the triumph of Christ over death.
Easter is a day of glory: the triumph of Christ over death.
GUEST BUTLER TOM FELS: “My Mother May Not Have Preferred Her Supporting Roles, but She Knew How To Identify an Outstanding Male Lead.”
What more is there to be said about The Greatest Generation? Among other things, that they were not all male, that some hid in plain sight, and that a few lived a long time beyond the era that defined them.
What more is there to be said about The Greatest Generation? Among other things, that they were not all male, that some hid in plain sight, and that a few lived a long time beyond the era that defined them.
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Why is Ukraine so important to Russia?
Why is Ukraine so important to Russia?
John O’Donohue: Our Friend Among the Dead
A book this exciting, you have to talk about it. I mentioned O’Donohue to my friend Sarah Ban Breathnach, the author of the Oprah-annointed Simple Abundance.
A book this exciting, you have to talk about it. I mentioned O’Donohue to my friend Sarah Ban Breathnach, the author of the Oprah-annointed Simple Abundance.
Weekend Butler: Learning to Love Paddling Out. A Short Summer Novel. A Really Funny Movie. The Power of One Song. Carrot Soup.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: You turned away, wishing for a peaceful, private moment, but Reality was unavoidable.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: You turned away, wishing for a peaceful, private moment, but Reality was unavoidable.
John O’Donohue: Anam Cara, a Book of Celtic Wisdom
The most watched --- and shared --- video in the history of Head Butler. By the writer of a book that regularly changes lives.
The most watched — and shared — video in the history of Head Butler. By the writer of a book that regularly changes lives.
Little Caesars: How Wall Street & Big Business Conspired to Overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt and Install a Fascist Dictator — And the Patriot Who Stopped Them
In my decades as a journalist, I came to believe there’s no non-fiction story I couldn’t tell in 4,000 words.
In my decades as a journalist, I came to believe there’s no non-fiction story I couldn’t tell in 4,000 words.
The Title Is Not a Brag. It Really Is “The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need”
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias
J.J. Cale: A Flawless Career. No False Moves. Working Hard. A Role Model? We Could Do Worse.
His guitar style was just the first reason to be awed by Cale. Another was his creative vision. He knew how he wanted his songs to sound, and he knew how to get them to sound that way.
His guitar style was just the first reason to be awed by Cale. Another was his creative vision. He knew how he wanted his songs to sound, and he knew how to get them to sound that way.
Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird
Well before you finish the book, you’re feeling as if you just chugged a double espresso — awake and alert and full of ideas that you just can’t wait to hammer into writing you can be proud of.
Well before you finish the book, you’re feeling as if you just chugged a double espresso — awake and alert and full of ideas that you just can’t wait to hammer into writing you can be proud of.
Canal House: Cook Something: Recipes to Rely On
"Have confidence and have fun. Even if everything goes wrong with a dessert, just put it on a plate and cover it with whipped cream."
“Have confidence and have fun. Even if everything goes wrong with a dessert, just put it on a plate and cover it with whipped cream.”