So this is me just writing. For the first time in ages ( Read more... )

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I've always been an avid reader, and while I post my annual reading list at the end of each year, I rarely give thoughts about books I've read recently. As I've become attached to superb books over the past few years, I've been doing a lot of re-reading and found that my opinions change and grow considerably during the second reading of a book. I'd ( Read more... )

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you really love (and strikethroughthe ones you hate!).
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've ( Read more... )

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I'm not a huge fan of poetry, but today I discovered this short poem by Christina Rossetti and thought it was lovely. So, here I post it for you to enjoy as well:

"An Echo from Willow-Wood"

Two gazed into a pool, he gazed and she,
         Not hand in hand, yet heart in heart, I think,
  Pale and reluctant on the water's brink,

As on the brink of ( Read more... )

I was browsing in the mccain_palin08  community this morning and found this great story posted by bullamakanka ...

"Listening in on Dennis Prager this morning, a caller called in with a touching story. It actually brought tears to my eyes.

She had signs in her yard for one political party (unspecified), and her neighbour had signs in his yard for the opposing candidate.

Her ( Read more... )