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Realists of a Larger Reality

November 19, 2014

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” – Ursala K. LeGuin

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Ozeki’s “Tale” Entangles Readers

October 24, 2013

First sixteen pages
Seventeen footnotes ask, “Is
She making this up?”

A Tale for the Time Being

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Tagged With: GoBigRead Japan
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St. Patrick by Hamish Burgess

The Breastplate of St. Patrick

March 17, 2013

I bind unto myself the power /
Of the great love of the cherubim; /
The sweet ‘well done’ in judgment hour, /
The service of the seraphim, /
Confessors’ faith, Apostles’ word, /
The Patriarchs’ prayers, the Prophets’ scrolls, /
All good deeds done unto the Lord, /
And purity of virgin souls.

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Tagged With: arts, celtic, Holidays, prayer, St. Patrick
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Creation Groans

January 1, 2013

Turning & turning – and do we now see /
Mere anarchy at last upon the world?

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Tagged With: Holidays, New Year's Day, Poetry
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Terrible Goodness

September 15, 2012

Nature’s so terribly good. Don’t you think so, Mr. Stanhope?”

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Tagged With: CSL Ten Books, Fear
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This Bloomsday, Ulysses is Free – Yes!

June 16, 2012

Got your Guinness? Then here’s Marcella Riordan as Molly Bloom (from the highly recommended Naxos audiobook), in a final affirmation of love & life.

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Tagged With: Holidays, Reading Aloud
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