What Do You Read on the Fourth of July?
English: Frontispiece of the 1922 edition of Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg. Illustration by Maud and Miska Petersham. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I realize this may be a rhetorical question. After...
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A world lit only by fire (Photo credit: One lucky guy) Well, I’m still working my way through William Manchester’s “A World Lit Only By Fire, The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance.” It’s slow going,...
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An illustration of the first meeting between Robin Hood and Little John, from Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) First of all, let me apologize for not posting...
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http://www.exophagy.com Frankenstein (1910 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sorry I’ve been away from the old keyboard for a bit. About two weeks ago I came down with something like a head cold on...
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Christmas in the post-War United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I had a pleasant – and unexpected – surprise this week. When my wife and I got home from work the other night, there was a small...
View ArticleWas Lost, But Now . . .
OK. I haven’t been writing much lately. Actually, I haven’t been writing anything lately. At least not here. I’ve written a couple of articles for my This is the second book of a five book sequence....
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The Dark is Rising is the second novel in Susan Cooper’s five book The Dark is Rising sequence. After the almost leisurely adventure in Over This is the second book of a five book sequence. Sea, Under...
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But I’m not promising anything. I mean, a few months back I wrote here that I was going to be more regular about posting reviews, especially about young people’s books. I really meant it too. But...
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