The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence is the story of Hagar Shipley told in flashbacks. Hagar Shipley was a mean …
Monthly Archives: February 2008
I Love Libraries
Danielle tagged me earlier this month with the Library Lovers meme for Library Lovers month. And I thought, “how convenient …
How to Pick a King and Where Cinnamon Comes From
Are you ready for more Herodotus? So Crazy King Cambyses dies but not before some court intrigue in which a …
Crazy Kings and Giant Ants
Herodotus is a hoot. Sure, to him history is the story of rulers and would be rulers, battles won and …
The Fantastic Five
Somehow the stars aligned this weekend and I got to do some fun reading instead of just school reading. I …
Moral Revolution
Emerson seems to have a reputation as a reluctant abolitionist. Even in American Bloomsbury Susan Cheever says several times that …
Poetry for Your Friday
I recently started reading Adrienne Rich’s newest book of poetry Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth. I read a poem before …
Six Word Memoir Meme
Sylvia tagged me with the six word memoir meme. The object of which is to write your biography in six …
School and Stuff
School this week is even worse than the ERDs of the last two weeks. For this week and next we …
A Few New Books
My Bookman has brought home a couple interesting looking books from work in these last couple weeks so I thought …
