I think it may have gotten all the way down to 55° last night., and I had the top down on Rocinante on the way to work this morning.
I began referring to my Jeep as Rocinante a while back. It is, I suppose, symbolic on a number of levels. I was, however, very pleased to learn that John Steinbeck also called his truck Rocinante.
It has been many years since I read Don Quixote, and I don't think I ever made it through the second book. I've added it back to my list of books to read, and I believe I should also add Travels with Charlie to that list as well. I think that I can stick to my current reading list for another year, not buy any new books, and not add anything to the list, and still not quite get done. We'll see.
It took me a while to find this, but here are some posters of the Picasso Don Quixote painting I like so much.
Posted by rbowen at April 15, 2003 09:06 AM | TrackBackFor extra credit in my American literature class, I need to know where else Rocinante appears in Western literature. Can you help? I have exhausted my sources. Thank you.
Posted by: Debbie Eskandarnia on November 22, 2003 07:01 PMBut, you see, the answer to your question is in my posting. Did you read the whole thing?
Posted by: DrBacchus on November 22, 2003 08:14 PMDebbie, I don't know if this would qualify as "Western literature" (probably not), but if you are familiar with the rock group Rush; two of their songs from the late 70's mention Rocinante - Cygnus X-1 (from the album A Farewell to Kings), and Cygnus X-1 Book Two - Hemispheres (fron the album Hemispheres).
How did I wind up on this site, you might be asking yourself? I never knew what Rocinante was so I went to Google to look it up. So here I am, and now I know! Hope this helps.
Posted by: Bob Letourneux on November 28, 2003 10:15 AM