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October 8, 2019 by lara Leave a Comment

Shetland Islands/Wool Week 2019

October 15, 2019

In September of 2019 I joined my sister Beth for Wool Week in the Shetland Islands. These are the places that we went and the things we saw. (Click through the galleries for more … [more]

Letter Home — 29 Jan, 2019

January 29, 2019

"I never could get the hang of Thursday"Arthur Dent Thursday is easy. It is preceded by Wednesday and followed by Friday. Wednesday is the pivot point of the week. The day of … [more]

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The Odyssey — Homer

Translator - Emily Wilson I learned of the new translation of the Odyssey last summer and figure that perhaps I should revisit classic that I had last read in college. This new … [more]

Four Books on the Modern Essay

In the last couple of months I have been reading a lot about essays. Of the four books reviews here, the one I’d most recommend for the general reader is the D’Agata. It’s a … [more]

Ragtime — E. L. Doctrow

It starts out so oddly. It’s off putting. There is a family whose members have no names only markers for their places Mother, Father, Younger Brother, the Boy. Then Houdini crashes … [more]

2a.m. at the Cat’s Pajamas — Marie-Helene Bertino

Follow a handful of characters through a single day in Philadelphia. 9 year-old Madeline aspiring jazz singer and newly motherless and in more than a bit of trouble. … [more]

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