Friday, February 16, 2024

It is not the stars

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After Psalm 131, for Clay Smith   It is not the stars to which I lift my eyes. It is not the sun that warms my frozen heart. It is not the m...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

"A Stolen Shadow" by H L Marsay

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Detective Chief Inspector John Shadow is back. There was a strong possibility that  H L Marsay  might stop the DCI John Shadow stories, when...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

"Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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In 1964, author  Irene Hunt  (1907-2001) published the middle-grade novel  Across Five Aprils . It’s the coming-of-age story of nine-year-ol...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

John Rateliff Delves into the History of "The Hobbit"

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I’m no Middle Earth scholar, but everything I know about  J.R.R. Tolkien  tells me  The Hobbit  was written carefully, over a long period of...
Monday, February 12, 2024

"The Bone Chests" by Cat Jarman

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December 1642: the English Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians is raging.  The Parliamentarians occupy the city of Winc...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

We sing our song

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After Psalm 130   We sing our song, our cry from the depths; we sing our hope that you’ll hear our voice.   Hear our voice. Hear our voice. ...
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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Saturday Good Reads - Feb. 10, 2024

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For a project I’ve been working on, I spent a fair chunk of Wednesday and Thursday reading poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. One poem is ...
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