“Living had got to be such a habit with him that he couldn’t conceive of any other condition” This was the best line in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A late encounter with the enemy.” Via a Facebook exchange with a friend, it was said that David Sedaris liked Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard […]
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“Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor. He’s a trusted authority figure who is every kid’s buddy. He took the janitor’s job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school.” – quote from gocomics.com
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I come home with my CSA haul for the week and my brother looks suspiciously at the contents. At least 3 different kinds of greens, none of which he would ever eat. Out in the yard one day, we’re pulling weeds and he pulls up a couple different kinds of dandelions. He hands them to
The second book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is Tears of the Giraffe. When I finished the first book, I immediately queued this book for download when it was available. Did I mention that I read many of my books from the local library, using my Kindle? The story develops the characters and
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The passing of Dick Clark today made me reminisce about my hours watching American Bandstand. My sister is 6 years older than I am so it seems like AB was always in my conscious life growing up. I think I was about ten years old when I started watching it on my own. I liked
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