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Feb.21.2011
Okay, for this as of yet untitled ms.--maybe The Gravediggers?--we'll start with the exhumation of 6 or 7 bodies in 1888 RI, as the father of these people had had a disturbing dream, that he'd had an orchard (which he had) but that half of the trees in his orchard would soon die. He recognizes...
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Feb.19.2011
I've beat the Dan Simmons drum before, with the recently-read Drood. That book had been very good; for a look at my review on this blog, go a few blogs entries below here. But now, let's talk about The Terror.
This book is much longer, and much more brilliant. At 955 very thin, paperback...
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Dec.10.2010
Growing up in New England, in the tiny state of RI, east meant water. Narragansett Bay.
South also meant water. The Atlantic Ocean.
Then I moved to San Francisco. And lost my directional bearings.
Here the ocean lies to the west. But the Bay still sits to the East.
In RI, you can always drive...
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Jan.25.2010
The fact that I live in New England and don’t ski makes me kind of a freak.
Many years ago I tried skiing with my college roommate (who’s a great skier). She was so excited by my progress on the bunny slope that she convinced me to get on a chairlift. Big mistake. I flung myself off the lift and...
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Sep.20.2009
It's 0530 hrs. The sun hasn't even considered peaking over the horizon on this January morning in Vermont. The shoes are laced on, snugged, and re-laced. The stretching is over and the push-ups and sit-ups were knocked out through the blurred vision of the early riser.
The door to the...
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Sep.09.2009
Literary News and Views For those of you who live in the North East of the sometimes united states, you more than likely know about "THE BIG E" the festival held in Springfield MA, this year Sept. 18-Oct. 4.
I am sure many people already visit this event (I've heard they get about 100,...
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Jun.24.2009
To drive up through New England – past the Merrimac River, past Lawrence and Lowell – is to think about Thoreau and all the factory girls whose names were once known to friends and family and are now considered nameless.
This isn’t the green New England of summer or the blazing of fall...
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Dec.04.2008
Feeling the pinch this holiday season? That economic crunch making your wallet a bit thin? Save some money by celebrating a true old-fashioned New England country Christmas.
Don't waste your money on presents, and leave all those evergreens outdoors where they belong. On December 25, go to work or...
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