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A Couple More

Posted on 10/21/2009 by chick

I hate it when I fall behind on my book reviews. I forget a lot of the details and consequently have little to say. C’est la vie. Here’s what little I have to say on two books I read earlier … Continue reading →

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Feeling Stretched

Posted on 10/19/2009 by chick

I feel all thin, sort of stretched…like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.—Bilbo in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien I feel like that some days. To use that quote is to compare our son … Continue reading →

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Glass Act

Posted on 10/18/2009 by chick

I love glass. I always have. When it’s worked into interesting shapes, I find it hard to resist. I’m not the only one to feel that way, which is why so many glass items are collectible. Glass insulators have always … Continue reading →

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Round 4

Posted on 10/15/2009 by chick

We went back to the used book store one more time. Here are my new acquisitions. The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer: It starts with a quote from a fairy tale that I just read, and … Continue reading →

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The Adventure of Peeps: Part IV

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

OK, so it’s Wednesday and not Sunday. I’m bad. I admit it. But here is the next installment of the story, better late than never. For the first part of the story, click here. “Because there’s a party in the … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

I read an ad in the newspaper about a used bookstore that was going out of business. They were selling their books at $5 per bag. How could we resist such a temptation? Naturally, we went and we spent. Then … Continue reading →

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More Marple

Posted on 10/13/2009 by chick

The Mirror Crack’d (a.k.a. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side) by Agatha Christie Grade: A- The new world was the same as the old. The houses were different, the streets were called Closes, the clothes were different, the voices … Continue reading →

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A Question of Hygiene

Posted on 10/12/2009 by chick

Would you rinse your mouth with this?

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One Year and Counting

Posted on 10/11/2009 by chick

Exactly one year ago, my Faithful Reader and I got married. We had no idea, as we vowed to support each other through thick and thin, that our duo was about to become a trio, and that things were going … Continue reading →

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On With the Marplethon

Posted on 10/11/2009 by chick

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie Grade: B The title of this novel is, of course, a reference to the poem by Omar Khayyam, The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall … Continue reading →

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