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Monthly Archives: November 2006
The Books: “Emily Climbs” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily Climbs – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 7!! I think this’ll be my last excerpt from this book, although I love it so. I may change my mind tomorrow. I reserve the right to do … Continue reading
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Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
My sister Jean had given Life of Pi to me for my birthday last year – and I’m just now getting to it. Or – no. I’m just now getting in a fiction mood again, after being out of that … Continue reading
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
I stayed up until 3 am to finish it. I knew I would regret it today and I kinda do … I just woke up, and I hate waking up when, you know, it’s PM and not AM – but … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily Climbs” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily Climbs – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 6!! This is part of the section in the book where Emily has her second moment of “second sight”. In Emily of New Moon (excerpt here) she “dreamt” … Continue reading
The Legion of the Archangel Michael
Reading The Historian it is pleasing to me to discover that my own library is kind of a reference library for me. I have had that sensation before (tracked down a post I wrote about it) – but it doesn’t … Continue reading
“Your Fingernails Are Filthy.”
A massive gloopy painting, greys and oranges and blue splatters. The colors gave her a headache. It looked so thick she wanted to touch it. Actually, her mouth watered, she wanted to eat it. Metallica’s black album throbbed in her … Continue reading
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Play Ball, Aaron Sorkin
This is hilarious: What it would be like if Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball.
Today in History: Nov. 3, 1916
Eugene O’Neill made his New York debut – with a one-act play presented in a night of three one-acts – at the new Playwrights Theatre – on 139 Macdougal Street, in Greenwich Village. It was the first season for this … Continue reading