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Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Turgenev
I finished reading Dream Tales and Prose Poems (1879-1882) by Ivan Turgenev (translated by Constance Garnett). It contains the following short stories: “Clara Militch,” “Phantoms,” “The Song of Triumphant Love,” and “The Dream,” as well as a collection of numerous vignettes, titled “Poems in Prose.” This was a great read! I love Turgenev’s writing and,…
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Alexander the Great by Jean Racine
I finished reading Alexander the Great, a five-act tragedy written by Jean Racine and first produced in 1655. The version I read was a translation published in 1890 by Robert Bruce Boswell. I haven’t always enjoyed translations I’ve found in the public domain, but found this one to be excellent. The action of the play…
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My Life As an Indian by J. W. Schultz
I just finished reading My Life As an Indian (1907), a memoir written by J. W. Schultz. This was a fantastic and moving read. The story begins in the late 1870s, as a teenage Schultz leaves his family home in St. Louis on a steamship, bound for present-day Montana. He befriends a trader named Berry…
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The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems by Michael Ondaatje
I just finished reading The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (1970) by Michael Ondaatje. It is a combination of poetry and prose poetry; it’s often referred to as a novel in verse. Most of it is written from the fictional perspective of Billy the Kid. Some sections are written from the…
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Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
I just finished reading Stormbringer (1977) by Michael Moorcock, the sixth and concluding novel of the Elric Saga. This novel early on develops an epic tone and does not disappoint. In addition to Elric and his runesword Stormbringer, the reader is treated to some of Elric’s best companions—his fast and closest friend Moonglum, his cousin…
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Cattail
cattails in winter time
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Comics
I’m pretty much always in the process of slowing trying to complete a number of comic book runs and titles (the list of titles I’d like to collect seems to be in a state of constant expansion!), and I recently picked up a number of issues. I love the process of organizing new comics…bagging and…
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Rock Polishing
Polishing rocks with a rock tumbler!