Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Kenko's advice

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59 "A man who has determined to take the Great Step should leave unresolved all plans for disposing of urgent or worrisome business. ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker

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I suspect Olaf Stapledon is one of those SF authors more celebrated than read.  His language is dense, and the vocabulary is considerably ab...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Edward Thomas: Birdsong

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I had just learned of Edward Thomas a few years ago, thanks to Stephen Pentz, at his blog, First Known When Lost  (see sidebar for link) .  ...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Nature Writing: The Tradition in English

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Robert Finch and John Elder, Editors Nature Writing:  The Tradition in English 1100+ pages 131 authors and 157 selections I came across...
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Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Second Edition, Quatrain LXIII

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The following is another of the quatrains Edward FitzGerald introduced into his Second Edition of the Rubaiyat and remained through all subs...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Philosophy of Umbrellas"

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Robert Louis Stevenson "The Philosophy of Umbrellas" from The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays I stumbled across an essay by R...
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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Theodore Sturgeon: "Helix the Cat"

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Theodore Sturgeon (1918--1985) "Helix the Cat"   a short story from The Ultimate Egoist:  Volume 1, The Complete Stories This...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The Rubaiyat, Second Edition: Quatrain LIX

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This is another in a series of brief posts about quatrains that Edward FitzGerald added to the second edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayya...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

N. Scott Momaday: "The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee

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In their own way, poems teach the reader.  Frequently they teach the reader something about the reader, sometimes about the subject of the ...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Emily Dickinson: "Frequently the woods are pink--"

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This poem, reflecting the change of seasons, is one of the most accessible and understandable of her poems,  at least it is for me.  Of co...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Favorite DVDs viewed during 2015

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Following are some of the DVDs that I watched during 2015.  Since I don't watch TV, I have considerable time now to read and to watch fi...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Kim Stanley Robinson: Aurora

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Kim Stanley Robinson Aurora This will, no doubt, show up on  my Favorite SF Novels List for 2016, as it's hard to believe more than t...
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Saturday, February 13, 2016

Eric Hoffer and dragons and devils

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Eric Hoffer has a unique perspective on the interrelationships among devils, dragons, and humans.  At least, it is unique as far as I'm ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Favorite mystery novels read in 2015

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The following is a list of my favorite mystery novels that I read in 2015.  All but one of the authors were already on my search list and t...
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Saturday, February 6, 2016

The Rubaiyat: Second Edition, Quatrain LV

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This quatrain is thematically linked with the previous quatrain and several of the following quatrains with its recommendation that wine is ...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Favorite novels read in 2015

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The following is a list of the novels that I had read in 2015 that impressed me the most among all the others I had read.  NEW READS ...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Favorite SF novels read in 2015

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The following is a list of those SF/F works that I read in 2015 and that stood out among the many other works that I had read.  These will ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Robert Frost: "Dust of Snow"

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This is a short poem by Robert Frost, but it speaks of something important--the way small or seemingly inconsequential events can affect us ...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Emily Dickinson: a winter poem

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Like Brooms of Steel The Snow and Wind Had swept the Winter Street-- The House was hooked The Sun sent out Faint Deputies of Heat-- W...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: 2nd Edition, Quatrain LIV

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This is another of the quatrains that FitzGerald introduced in the Second Edition of his version of the Rubaiyat. SECOND EDITION:  QUATRA...
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