Time for Gloves: Red Leather and Perfume. . .

This weekend’s stormy weather has pushed us into that week where students balk. They’ve hit the reality of the university classroom, and reading for English class appears to be the first to go, in deference…

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Running Again . . .

I haven’t written about my running for eons, have I? Other than the DailyMile widget in the column to the right, along with the occasional mention of my heading out on the road, I’ve not…

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Et en français, nous avons. . .

This is a fly-by visit (or is that flyover?) just to note the two French novels I read this summer so that I can move them back to the bookshelf. Françoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse is wonderfully…

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Sunday Survey: My Week in Review

 A blogger I’ve recently been happy to see back on the scene after a prolonged absence, Elissa of Dress with Courage, used to post a series, On Sundays I Smile, in which she regularly presented…

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Five Things Friday

I like this idea, which lets me catch up with some random observations and photos, while not spending too many words. 1. Our regular evening burglar, come to purloin some cat food . . .…

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