October 2011
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Sunday Night Journal — October 30, 2011 I was about to say that a couple of months ago I mentioned that this album was available for streaming from NPR. Then I checked the post where I mentioned it and found that it was actually four months ago—late June. This sort of thing is happening to…
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…if you happen to have read Russell Kirk's ghost stories, here is an interesting-looking site devoted to them. I myself have not read any of them, though they've been on my list for some time.
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Sycamore leaves are on the large side generally–about as big as my hand with fingers spread wide. But not this big. We had a strong wind for 24 hours or so starting sometime Friday, and on Saturday morning there were several of these freaks on the ground. They must grow only very high up on…
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Burmese pythons should have been left in Burma where they belong. I hope it's too cool for them here.
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Weekend Music Just because I need to watch this every once in a while.
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“My dad…would think I’m nuts.” And really he would sort of have a point.
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In case my account of Caryll Houselander's vision of Christ In All Men may have left anyone who hasn't read the book with the idea that it was a sweet but vague sentiment, here are some key passages from her description of the experience and its implications: I had long been haunted by the Russian…
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Scroll down to the review of The Great A&P on this page for a fascinating bit about the A&P grocery chain. It was a fixture of life in the U.S. for several decades, and anyone over, I suppose, 55 or so remembers when "A&P" was almost a synonym for "grocery store." Many of us even recall…
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Sunday Night Journal — October 23, 2011 As I mentioned back in July when I wrote about Houselander’s book of quasi-poetry, The Flowering Tree, I intended to read this autobiographical work next. I don’t remember for sure now, but I believe that decision was made when I took it off the shelf in the library…
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Light On Dark Water 