Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jul 2nd, 2009
As my French teacher in college used to exclaim effusively, Quelle bonne suprise! The cause which prompted this ecstatic proclamation was my discovery of a small but apparently renewable cache of reasonably entertaining books at one of our local dollar stores, one of the honest-to-goodness, real dollar stores where every item is one dollar or [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jun 15th, 2009
Triad Stage’s production of Moliere’s Tartuffe was quite a departure from its usual selection of plays which heretofore consisted of works generally written from the middle of the 19th century up to the latest efforts by current playwrights. While the subject matter of Tartuffe remains timely, the challenge of translating 17th century French and Moliere’s [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy on Mar 22nd, 2009
About once or twice a year, usually following a particularly heavy rainfall, we are visited with willowy veins of ants whose periodic precision invades our bathroom. It may be coincidence that the darkening lines of insects grow in response to the scouting dance of the lead ants but information of some kind is conveyed in [...]
I’m certain Faccialibro, the pseudo-Italian word I invented for Facebook does not really exist in any Italian dictionary(slang or otherwise) but it commemorates a certain utility that I discovered for Facebook since adding a cousin who lives in Italy to my friends list. While there are ample opportunities to fritter one’s time away on a [...]
Posted in Fun, General, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jan 9th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I traded caution for curiosity and joined Facebook. We’ve all read accounts about the raft of questionable photos and ignominiously foolish comments posted on Facebook for all the world to see, or worse, curious employers tempted to check the accuracy of such reports. My adult children and many,if not all [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Blood of Flowers
A Novel
Anita Amirrezvani
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