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This fall I was apparently in the mood to reread old favorites. That meant, as I have reviewed them here, books like Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and of course, Sherlock Holmes. For today I am reviewing another old favorite that is a different kind of creation from the imagination Read more
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I have been thinking about essential poets. Poets that I feel must be read. Or better yet, that I must re-read. So I made for myself a quick list of essential poets (in no particular order): Reviewing the list now, I see a number of holes (Victorians, contemporary), but overall I think I am satisfied with it. Read more
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Jazz is a moment of transcendent time. It happens once, and because of that, it is all the sweeter. Here is one of my favorite videos of a truly transcendent moment. Perfect for a Monday. Watch Billie Holiday’s face when Lester Young begins to play. Ivey Divey! Enjoy! Read more
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When I reread poets, I like to reread the same volume I first read. I like to see my old notes and the lines I underlined 10, 20, 30, 40+ years ago, and to add new marks and notes. I do the same when I read the Bible. I have an old New Oxford RSV Read more
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I write this as I am sitting in Ames, Iowa, at the Ames Public Library. It is Pride Day here in Ames, and the library seems to be its operational headquarters. Outside along the street and down the adjacent intersecting downtown streets, there are many booths, a big stage, and everywhere you look, people in Read more
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” -John Adams Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on November 12, 2011. At the end of the Victorian era, nationalistic literary movements sprang up in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Irish movement and its writers are, of course, well known. But the same kind of Read more
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I was 20 years old when I saw my first NBA game in person, a Chicago Bulls game in 1981. The one Hall of Famer on that team was Artis Gilmore. Looking back now at that season, I can see that UNLV alum Reggie Theus had a great year with them and was an NBA Read more
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IIn my reading life, I have never been far away from Sherlock Holmes. I often and routinely re-read Dr. Watson’s wonderful accounts of the Great Detective’s cases. My habit over the decades has been to regularly return to Dr. Watson’s narratives, so lovingly collected by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The world owes an Read more
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Here is a Monday-morning Classic from a team of Classics., Waylon, Willie, Chris, and Johnny. Enjoy! Read more
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