Self enjoys doing Photo Challenges. Since she began doing the WordPress Photo Challenge, three years ago, she’s derived much pleaseure in sharing her travel photographs with blog…… Read more “Sylvain Landry – Week 22: TRANSPARENCY”
Month: November 2015
The Ampatuan Massacre, Six Years Later: No Prosecutions
Self will never forget the man who stood in a field, looked at reporters and asked, with dreadful composure, “Is this where they found my wife’s body?”…… Read more “The Ampatuan Massacre, Six Years Later: No Prosecutions”
MIDDLEMARCH Ends
SPOILERS OF COURSE “Lydgate’s hair never became white. He died when he was only fifty, leaving his wife and children provided for by a heavy insurance on…… Read more “MIDDLEMARCH Ends”
From George Eliot to Mary Gaitskill
Self is in the closing pages of Middlemarch. Self’s admiration for Dorothea Brooke knows no bounds. Next on her reading list, Mary Gaitskill’s story collection, Bad Behavior,…… Read more “From George Eliot to Mary Gaitskill”
Damn You, Lydgate! MIDDLEMARCH, p. 730
SPOIIIIILEEEERS!!!! Look elsewhere unless you are too lazy to read 900 pages of George Eliot’s inimitable novel and only want to turn in one of those quickie…… Read more “Damn You, Lydgate! MIDDLEMARCH, p. 730”
MIDDLEMARCH: The Moment When Lydgate — !!
SPOILERS DAMNABLE SPOILERS With the whole weight of town opinion solidly against him, his own wife cold and ready to break camp at any moment, young Doctor…… Read more “MIDDLEMARCH: The Moment When Lydgate — !!”
Transition 3: Further Adventures in Italy
First “transition”: a dish almost consumed The whole of Venice itself is in transition. The structures rest on pylons that are thousands of years old. They look…… Read more “Transition 3: Further Adventures in Italy”
Dearest Mum, Who Played in Carnegie Hall
When she was 14 or 15. She won The New York Times piano competition. This Manila newspaper article focuses on her fashion style. She picked out the…… Read more “Dearest Mum, Who Played in Carnegie Hall”
Transition 2: One Day in Venice
The whole of 2015 has been about travel, travel, travel. Writing, too. But here are pics from the day self and her niece Irene went to Venice,…… Read more “Transition 2: One Day in Venice”
The Amazing-ness of George Eliot
This novel gets self every page. Every single page. Middlemarch, p. 707: “I think we must not set down people’s bad actions to their religion,” said falcon-faced…… Read more “The Amazing-ness of George Eliot”
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