One of the greatest pleasures of the summer just ended has been the new roses self bought in the spring. All Dressed Up (pink) is just starting…… Read more “Flower of the Day: One More Round for Roses”
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Who Will Be a Hero? GONE, p.235
Astrid to Sam: He’s one kind of person, you’re another. When life is going along normally, you’re sort of the same. But when life turns strange and…… Read more “Who Will Be a Hero? GONE, p.235”
Cabeza de Turco: Gone, pp. 182 – 183
For the last couple of pages, self has been so shocked by the beating of a young girl named Bouncing Bette. Of course, self knows people get…… Read more “Cabeza de Turco: Gone, pp. 182 – 183”
Siri Hustvedt: Sentence of the Day
Self finally finished The Peloponnesian War! It took ages — like, 10 days. Those cunning Greeks just seemed to bleed out by the end, crushed by centrifugal…… Read more “Siri Hustvedt: Sentence of the Day”
Book VII, The Peloponnesian War
Just as self predicted after reading about Athenian victories in Book I and Book II, the Athenians are now losing. The war is in its seventeenth year.…… Read more “Book VII, The Peloponnesian War”
Book V, The Peloponnesian War
Summer was now over. The winter following, a battle took place between the Heracleots in Trachis and the Aenianians, Dolopians, Malians, and certain of the Thessalians, all…… Read more “Book V, The Peloponnesian War”
Still Reading Book II of The Pelopponesian War
At this point in the narrative (Book II of a total of VIII, self will probably speed up the pace the closer she gets to the end),…… Read more “Still Reading Book II of The Pelopponesian War”
The Oracle to the Lacedaemonians
A Dorian war shall come and with it death. — Book II, The Peloponnesian War
The Start of the Peloponnesian War
Sorry, you’re just going to have to put up with self going on about ancient Greece and the Athenians and the Peloponnesians for a while because self…… Read more “The Start of the Peloponnesian War”
Night-time Attack Against the Thebans: Book II of The Peloponnesian War
Self found Book I quite a yawn, frankly (aside from the part about how everyone decided to go nekkid during wrestling competitions, a practice begun by the…… Read more “Night-time Attack Against the Thebans: Book II of The Peloponnesian War”
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