Monthly Archives: June 2016

God & Jesus

Posted on June 28, 2016 by ubu507
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Art and the Jade

Posted on June 27, 2016 by ubu507

Herbert James Draper (1864–1920) Paisley Art Institute Collection, held by Paisley Museum and Art Galleries

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Nancy Drew Tips:

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ubu507

How to protect your lamb from a wildcat from The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes 1964 It occurs to me this could also work as a cartoon with the wildcat labeled Trump and Nancy labeled the Scots…

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Since She Went Away, David Bell, New American Library, $16.99.

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ubu507

If you want a compelling reading experience, just pick up a David Bell book. Reading the first page can be like leaning over a suspense generating machine — the gears of the story will grab any loose time you have … Continue reading →

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Apollo and Daphne

Posted on June 22, 2016 by ubu507

PELLEGRINI, Giovanni Antonio c. 1704 Fresco Villa Alessandri, Mira “Father, if your waters still hold charms to save your daughter, cover with green earth this body I wear too well,” and as she spoke a soaring drowsiness possessed her; growing … Continue reading →

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“The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial” by Maggie Nelson, Graywolf, $16 and “Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search For Truth and Justice” by Emily Winslow, Morrow, $29.99.

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ubu507

  I recently read two great true crime narratives, The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson and Jane Doe January: My Twenty Year Search For  Truth and Justice by Emily Winslow, that started me thinking about the … Continue reading →

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The Stairs

Posted on June 14, 2016 by ubu507

circa 1899 James Jebusa Shannon Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

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Fire and Ice

Posted on June 10, 2016 by ubu507

Photo of girl in white bathing suit standing atop blocks of ice supported by a sheet of “Tuf-flex” glass over a raging fire. from the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company Records, The Ward M. Cannaday Center, University Libraries, Toledo, Ohio

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The Polk Penguin Conservation Center

Posted on June 9, 2016 by ubu507
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Terrestrial Object

Posted on June 7, 2016 by ubu507
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