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Remembering

Posted on 09/11/2011 by chick

I can’t believe it’s been ten years since 9/11. How can a whole decade have passed and my feelings still be so raw that I can hardly stand them? When I think about that day, my eyes fill with tears, … Continue reading →

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Youth is Beauty

Posted on 09/11/2011 by chick

Poirot once said, To me, nowadays, anything young is beautiful. from Peril at End House Shortly after I moved to Rhode Island, I was driving to the grocery store, vaguely listening to an interview on NPR, when the interviewer asked … Continue reading →

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Letters Through Time

Posted on 09/10/2011 by chick

Knowing that someone might read my posts, I try to have an actual subject for each post, rather than just list the events of the day or dwell upon my feelings of the moment. In that way this blog is … Continue reading →

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My New Reading Challenge

Posted on 09/09/2011 by chick

I seem to have acquired a collection of Roald Dahl books. I also have the urge to start a new reading challenge. Hmmm. I guess I’ll have to do a Dahl marathon. Starting September 13 (Dahl’s birthday), I will begin … Continue reading →

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Wise-Bits

Posted on 09/08/2011 by chick

Trying to read (but unable to stomach) a book called Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide convinced me that I ought to pay more attention to my own bits of hard-won wisdom. Here are three wise-bits that I learned … Continue reading →

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First Impressions

Posted on 09/07/2011 by chick

Borders is soon to close down. There are fewer than ten days left to their going-out-of-business sale. I’m not sad about this per se. It never was one of my favorite bookstores. However, it is the closest one. Losing it … Continue reading →

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Protected: Will She Stay or Will She Go?

Posted on 09/06/2011 by chick

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Writer’s Prerogative

Posted on 09/04/2011 by chick

In Death in the Air, Poirot says, You have a great advantage as a writer . . . . You can relieve your feelings by the expedient of the printed word. You have the power of the pen over your … Continue reading →

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SITY: The Aftermath

Posted on 09/03/2011 by chick

People may call Irene a Tropical Storm, but she’ll always be a Hurricane to me.

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M. Poirot and H. Irene

Posted on 08/28/2011 by chick

In honor of Hurricane Irene’s arrival, I offer you an extra Weekly Poirot quote. I suspect that if Poirot knew a hurricane was coming, he would lock himself up in the house and not come out until it was over. … Continue reading →

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