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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Poetry Questionnaire
I got this from So Many Books – (which is one of my new favorite blogs): Fun! I grew up in a poetry-loving family – which i think is kind of a requirement if you’re Irish – so this was … Continue reading
You know you are an irredeemable geek when …
… you squeal with sincere delight when you open a package from a second-hand bookseller – to see that you have finally received the book you ordered: Stalin and the Kirov Murder, by Robert Conquest. I squeal with delight over … Continue reading
St. Paul’s White Christmas!
My cousin Kerry O’Malley is on the main page of Playbill at this very moment. She is now in St. Paul, about to open in White Christmas at the Ordway Center (here’s the promo about it). Irving Berlin’s White Christmas … Continue reading
My Birthday Celebration
I got into my new flannel pajamas, put on my new fur-lined slippers, had a bit of chicken parmasan, a glass of wine (in my new blue-glass wineglasses – thanks Jean!) … sat in bed with my laptop next to … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Snapshots, Part 2
— Friday dawned clear and beautiful. I was up before the kids got up – which surprised me. Mum, Dad and I hung out in the cozy kitchen for a while, having coffee and talking. Surrounded by random copies of … Continue reading
There is nothing I could possibly say …
… that would be sufficient warning for what you will see when you open this link.
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The Books: Along the Shore – ‘Young Si’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Along the Shore – ‘Young Si’ – by L.M. Montgomery So this is the last story I will excerpt from this collection and then I’ll move on to yet another one of Lucy Maud’s books. … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Snapshots, Part 1
— Rain. Torrential rain. For the entire day. No let-up. Not one iota. Rain, rain, rain. And wind battering against the house from the north. Siobhan’s friend was the lead-off dude in the Macy’s Day parade – he’s a stilt-walker … Continue reading
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Today in History: November 26, 1942
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City. It was not expected to be a long-lasting mythical evocation of the quintessential American ideals we all aspire to, from generation to generation. It was just supposed to be another … Continue reading
Personal Ads for Self-Deprecating British intellectuals
Okay, so I have written before about my undying love for the personal ads in the London Review of Books. They are addictive . More addictive than “missed connections” on Craig’s List (and woah. Those are like crack.) But the … Continue reading
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