Monthly Archives: June 2021

(rare signed pb edition) A collection of interrelated stories and characters. Easily one of the top 10 Canadian literature books. I taught it very successfully in grade 10 Academic Challenge. Great teaching novel.

The events of June 8 on the US Internet sites and apps make this one even more plausible….

You can be sure that everyone around the world with a phone and computer will go nutso when sites and apps go down for a longer spell than this morning in the States with this massive internet outage. It’s obvious … Continue reading →

Actress Juliet Stevenson’s voice and tones are perfect for a reading of the complete novel on CD. This 2003 video adaptation of the novel is a faithful adaptation with an emphasis on character and atmosphere. Each character is well-cast including … Continue reading →

in grade 12 with my oral presentation of his “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”, this was a first year university text which opened up his full poetic achievements and made me desire even more to become a poet.Below: the … Continue reading →

The classic homage by Alfred, Lord Tennyson to his college friend Arthur Hallam.This 1897 edition was beautifully illustrated by Harry Fenn.

Now being mowed down on sidewalks and in quiet neighborhoods. When T. S. Eliot said the world would end with people killing each other in the streets, I don’t think envisioned this iteration.

Glad it’s not an electric!

(CNN headline)Man who shot Reagan is now posting love songs onlineNew Day John Warnock Hinckley Jr. spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital after shooting President Reagan in 1981.

duking it out. The fragrant perfume of lilacs and the equally memorable rotting smell of mountain ash flowers.