Saturday, July 30, 2011

Serendipity: John Fowles, Wormholes

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I have never really wanted to be a novelist. For me the word carries a load of bad connotations--like author and literature and reviewe...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Something to think about

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3 That we pursue something passionately does not always mean that we really want it or have a special aptitude for it. Often, the thing we ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Joseph Wood Krutch: Baja California

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Joseph Wood Krutch's Baja California and the Geography of Hope is a very unusual book, in that it's hard to explain just what it i...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Edgar Allan Poe: "The Black Cat"

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"For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to e...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Serendipity

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Greetings, Here are two poems that I discovered while slowly working my way through a collection of poetry. In fact the two are on the same...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XLIII

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This quatrain is the fifth in a series of six linked quatrains that refer to the grape or to wine, and specifically to its superiority to re...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Serendipity

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This seems strangely familiar. It's probably as true today as it was over five hundred years ago and no doubt as true as it has been t...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Joseph Wood Krutch and the Boogum Tree

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The boogum tree is one of the oddest trees on the planet and is found mainly in Baja California. Following are some comments by Joseph Woo...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Combination Plate 19

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Warning: I will discuss significant plot elements and endings. Ken Grimwood: Replay , an SF novel Edith Wharton: A Son at the Front , a n...
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Progress Report: 2011 New Year's Resolution

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I made a New Year's Resolution to reduce the number of books in my TBR bookcase by reading two a month. Well, I've reached the half...

Serendipity

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Here's an old favorite that I haven't read in years. And, now that I've just encountered my 73rd birthday, it's becoming a...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Serendipity

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I think I would vote for him. Montaigne quotes King Seleucus: "'he who knows the weight of a sceptre would not stoop to pick it up...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Serendipity

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This is something new I've decided to try out. Some might call it blog clutter, but I prefer "Serendipity," which one source...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Rubaiyat: Quatrain XLII

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Quatrain XLII is the fourth in a series of six linked quatrains, joined by references to the grape or wine. First Edition: Quatrain XLII A...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Paul Lawrence Dunbar: June 27, 1872--Feb. 07, 1906

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A simple poem, almost childish, until the last stanza. The Poet and His Song A song is but a little thing, And yet what joy it ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

George Orwell: Rules on writing well

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Here are George Orwell's six basic rules for writing. They are taken from his essay, "Politics and the English Language." I...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Something to chuckle about

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The following comes from The Sayings of Confucius: The Master said: "The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, heedful and t...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Summer Solstice

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It's that time again--the Summer Solstice, the First Day of Summer, and the Longest Day of the Year. I thought the following quotation ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Ben Sanders: The Fallen, a mystery

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Author: Ben Sanders Title: The Fallen Mystery Type: Police Procedural Detective: Sean Devereaux L...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Robert Silverberg: Roma Eterna, an SF Novel

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I'm not a great fan of alternate history works, but there are a few exceptions. One is Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice a...