Morning Reflections

I’ve been re-thinking my morning habit. Up until five or six years ago, I started my day with a cup of tea that I took back to bed, settling in with whatever book I was…

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Late Nights and Mystery

Because I’ve been so far behind in recording my reading for so long, I haven’t been grabbing impressions of what I’m reading at the moment — Twitter is giving me a venue for doing so,…

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Don’t Fence Me In . . .

It’s been wonderfully, crazily busy around here, what with the houseful of guests all last weekend, the (double) birthday on Monday, and then the last three days on baby-sitting duty. And today it’s Granddad/Pater’s birthday,…

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Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red

July is almost over, and I have to be back on campus August 15th, which means my research leave combined with my summer vacation? almost over! And with it will go all hope of catching…

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Simple Summer Pleasures

   It’s been busy ’round here. But we’re not just changing beds and cooking meals and washing dishes.  We’ve had some lively conversations, consumed numerous bottles of very decent wine, eaten some wonderful meals together,…

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