Here Be Monsters-Part One

I accidentally deleted the original post from Thursday, July 17, 2008 that went with this photo. While writing Here Be Monsters-Part Two this morning, Saturday, July 19, 2008, I pressed a delete button thinking it was the Draft of Part … Read the rest

NEW TRICKS

I am trying to learn new tricks. Two books that have lessons. I underline. I must remember this. Then, I forget.

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Martin Amis’ House of Meetings:

There be monsters.

Nuala O’Faolain: Are You Somebody?

Well–am I somebody? I’m not … Read the rest

Top Drawer

DRAWER PEOPLE — “The best (most capable) people available; of high social standing. The top drawer of a dresser usually contains one’s jewelry and other valuable things, and herein probably lies the origin of this 20th-century phrase. Rose Macaulay wrote, … Read the rest