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http://canlitbooks.ca A rare, comprehensive, illustrated website featuring Canadian books and authors from the mid-nineteenth century to the early 21st century in chronological order. Gives a ton of information on who the well-known, good, and great Canadian authors and books once … Continue reading →

and James Cagney in one of his best-ever roles as an underground rebel/university professor. Featuring Glynis Johns, Cecil Cusack, Richard Harris, and many other English character actors.

The Luck of the Irish (on DVD, shown above) A hilarious comedy with Tyrone Power in one of his best roles, playing a writer who discovers a leprechaun in Ireland, who later comes back to New York with the leprechaun … Continue reading →

Green crème de menthe pie! A St. Pat’s wonder! Second-best: Green crème de menthe parfait (creme de menthe over vanilla or oreo ice cream)! Simply decadent.

Chopin’s Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor op. 58. 4 mood-full movements played by Maurizio Pollini. Which I listened to after Sunday lunch. Great stuff!

There is a cast of thousands that influence/d one and made us what we are today as individuals. Parents. Siblings. Grandparents. Aunts and uncles. Cousins. Guardians. Have a long think about that one. The kids we grew up with and … Continue reading →

What a person reads is what s/he is. Sensibility, ideas, beliefs, career. To say nothing of depth of empathy, sympathy, understandings about human nature and life, and appreciations of characters/others.