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What’s your favorite poem? Who’s your favorite poet? For a 65 year old lady, my favorite poem is silly. It’s The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. The poem evokes childhood memories, and was one of the first poems I ever made an effort to commit to memory. However, my favorite poet is Robert […]
A Writers’ Work is Never Done (by others)
In the Steve Martin movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen, there’s a scene where, two days after Bonnie Hunt (the wife) is told her book will be published, she opens the door and her friend is standing there with the book - already published, with a glossy, sensational cover. Friend breathlessly announces that it […]
Insights From a Flea-Market Find
Do you like flea markets? Saturdays are often spent with my daughter, exploring them. It’s our ‘getting away from it all’ hobby. I look for frames (mirrors, art-work, photo frames, etc.) and spend lots of time sorting through books. And I browse. Some things just look interesting, or bring back a childhood memory (I had […]
Just For Fun Friday 01/31/2014
Who writes this stuff? On Facebook and in e-mails we are inundated with those illustrated posts that originated with posters, post-cards, greeting cards, and other things – often with poignant, pithy, or pertinent quotations on them. I love those things! But – who writes this stuff? Often the quotations are from books, the bible, or […]
Electronic or Print?
Ah – the reader’s version of ‘Paper, or Plastic?‘ I know it’s a stereotype, but I’m old enough to resist a few changes and be set in my ways about some things. As much as I like the electronic/digital gadgets that make my life easier, I really prefer a good, old fashioned, printed book. I […]
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