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• Poetry Museum

  

  Silent Movie Art Stephen King captures the essence of a scene in 13-16 words. He restates the simple phrase, The Picnic Basket, twice in the sixteen word... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Sunday Dinner

  

  I found this beer, after closing the kitchen and needing a refreshing beverage to put a smooth end to my night. The Sunoco, near my house on Cleveland Heights... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Saturday's Interesting:

  

  The Attakapas, natives of Louisiana Iberia Bayou, name means Eater of Flesh.Brazil's Flag owes it motto Ordem O Progresso to Auguste Comte and his Progressive... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Reviews

  The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Timothy KellerMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThis book is short and profoundly challenging. The simplicity of the message will... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Books and Musical Notes

  

  Girl and Ship of Duma Key #1© Mark Moore Fancyby Reba McEnite was mentioned in Stephen King's Duma Key. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Word Histories

  

  ZodiacZodiac is an imaginary belt in the heavens. The word comes from Greek for circle of the mythological signs, sign of the animal, the Greek word was the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry

  

  Stone Carved by Clark Ashton SmithOne of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite poets to read to his kids was Oliver Herford. This poem comes from his collection,... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review:Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon

  

  Some of Your Blood by Theodore SturgeonMy rating: 4 of 5 starsDisturbing psychology of what makes a vampire a vampire. The novel presents as a case file of Dr.... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• 50 States of Reading: Pennsylvania

  

  Mumma Shana by Dana Wolf is my read for Pennsylvania. Dana was born and raised in Philadelphia. Having written poems and short stories all of her life, she... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen on Librivox

  

  Theodore Roosevelt through the Brazilian WildernessWe were bitten by the hosts of fire-ants, and by the mosquitoes, which we scarcely noticed where the fire-ant... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2012 BOOKS

• Malik: Mal2 Once Told Me That Pacifism Was a Dilemma. I...

  

  Malik: Mal2 once told me that pacifism was a dilemma. If everybody was a pacifist then everything would be perfect. But nobody is going to be a pacifist unless ... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 BOOKS

• Interpreting The I Ching - Hexagram 23 Po I Ching Hexagra...

  

  Interpreting The I Ching - Hexagram 23 Po I Ching Hexagram: 23 Name: Po. Keyphrase: Splitting apart. Formed By The Trigrams: Mountain over Earth. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poems of Clark Ashton Smith

  

  The CentaurI belong to those manifold ExistencesOnce known, or once suspected,That exist no more for man. Was it not well to fleeInto the boundless realms of... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 BOOKS

• Creative Meditations

  

  Open your history of sculpture, and dwell upon those illustrations which are not the normal, reposeful statues, but the exceptional, such as have been listed fo... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 BOOKS

• Silent Films Mentioned in Art of the Moving Picture

  

  One can watch a number of the silent films mentioned in Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay; thanks to the Internet Archives.Here are the links to enabl... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• Citations

  

  The old lady said to the cat:— "Cat, cat, kill rat. Rat will not gnaw rope, Rope will not hang butcher, Butcher will not kill ox, Ox will not drink water,... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 BOOKS

• Listen on LibriVox

  

  The Art of the Moving PictureSaloon Magazine Wrote of the book:"This (1915)1922 book by poet and sometime cultural critic Vachel Lindsay might have been the... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• 50 States of Reading Iowa

  

  Iowa is Represented by The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid byBill Bryson The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson is a memoir of growing u... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• 50 States of Reading: Lousiana

  

  My Life as A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland My Life as a White Trash Zombie was recommended by the good folks at Urban Fantasy Aficionados at Goodreads.com... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• 50 States of Reading: Oregon

  

  Oregon is represented by Damned Chuck Palahniuk Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT