The Enchanted April: Book Review
It was winter and I was commuting to work on public transportation and my commute involved a train, a shuttle bus, the metro, and a whole lot of standing around […]
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Everything’s coming up roses!
I recently heard someone (on TV) use the expression, “In the weeds,” which was an idiom I had never heard before. Based on the context, I thought I had a […]
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The […]
Lily’s Movie Reviews: Kedi
Kedi is a beautiful, heart-warming documentary film about how the good people of Istanbul care for the city’s hundreds of thousands of semi-stray cats, but it is also about how […]
Whatchamacallit…Part Two
Do you know what this thing is called? Hint, it’s not called that thing above the 7. While it represents the word and, technically, it’s not called and or even […]
The Jane Austen Treatment
The idea: to translate Jane Austen’s comedies of manners into useful instruction in the finding and keeping of employment. Background: I’ve been an avid reader and/or viewer of Jane Austen […]
Use (or Choose) Your Words (Wisely)
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me.” I’ll admit it. I am (on occasion) a public eavesdropper, but only because people say the most […]
My Favorite Movies…about writers
So, my literary kitty, Lily, already blogged about her love of movies, just one of the many things we have in common. Today, I thought I’d share a list of […]
Review of The Scarlet Pimpernel
I was first exposed to The Scarlet Pimpernel by my ninth grade English teacher whose approach to teaching ninth grade English seems to have been getting literature down the throats […]
Whatchamacallit…Part One
Meerkat Misidentified I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that the first time I ever saw a meerkat was in The Lion King. Shocking…but true. In fact, the first time I saw […]
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