Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It appears he has given again a few suggestions to Ann Althouse. See "But keep going, Ann. Debunk them all. With facts, not spin." I love this comment "Andrew Sullivan is employed to write for The Atlantic, a publication which was founded by and once published such writers as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and James...
Pearlblossom Highway (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Early Lectures Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Emerson, Ralph Waldo The Early Lectures I think I bought this online. I remember it took a very long time to find a reasonably priced copy. I did not throw away the dust jacket. It came without one. Sadly, for all the work I put into to finding and reading it, I remember almost nothing about the early lectures, except that I could find no way...
Stick Poet Super Hero (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This looks really interesting, if anyone is close to Farmington, CT on December 3rd it might be worth taking in. If any readers make it to this, I’d love to hear from them about it. Submitted by Melissa Lamar, Tunxis Community College, on 2009-11-23. The public is invited to attend "Philosophy of the Supreme Fiction: In and Beyond the Metaphysics of Wallace Stevens," a free talk by...
The Writing Nag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
"For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends." Ralph Waldo Emerson Less than a week to Thanksgiving. Once Thanksgiving is over...Black Friday hits and the swift countdown to Christmas and the holiday season begins. And once again I find myself thinking where did this year go? And did...
Pearlblossom Highway (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Representative Men Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Emerson, Ralph Waldo Representative Men I think I may have bought this online. One of the chapters of my abandoned dissertation, which was looking at poets writing prose about history, was to have touched on this book. I never got around to that chapter, partly because this book so frustrated the seemingly simple concept of a poet writing prose...
Past Imperfect (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Pithy Words. "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams "Nothing in life is permanent, not even one’s troubles." Charlie Chaplin "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." Pablo Picasso "Happiness often...
The Brother Swimming Beneath Me (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Perhaps the time is already come, when it ought to be, and will be, something else; when the sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids, and fill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill. Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions, that around us...
Jana J. Hanson (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A funny forward I received last year. Why I haven't shared it until now, I don't know. 1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. 4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. 5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat) 6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration. 7. Be more or less specific....
Running a hospital (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Rob Velella (the one on the left) wanted to commemorate the 200th birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, and so he wrote a one-act play called "At the Saturday Club." The Club, which still exists today, was founded in 1855 and was an informal gathering of the great writers and thinkers of that age. They met at Boston's Parker House for "extravagant meals and even more extravagant conversations."...
A Little Loveliness (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
"There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson "There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." ~ Henry James "The mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose." ~ George Gissing "If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it...
The Writing Nag (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now." Ralph Waldo Emerson How would you write it today only mattered? What if you didn't think about past failures or why you were writing or what was in the future for you? There is a lot of information about living in the present but many of us get hung up on our past, our regrets, our should of's and could of's. Last week...
This14U (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts - Henry Adams . Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire - William Yeats . The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been - Alan Ashley-Pitt . What is a weed? A weed is a...
Allie's Musings (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
"All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy Wednesday! Okay, not every link today is for writers. Some are for readers too... First off, check out the Book Video Contest over at JK Coi's blog and vote for your favorite! The Meadowland Review is a small, new online literary journal that's accepting submissions for its spring 2010 issue. Details here. Revelry...
An Enchanted Cottage (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
...in historic Concord, Massachusetts. A perfect place to visit on a crisp October afternoon. (click any photos to enlarge) (Am I the only one who sees irony in the "One Way" stone marker above?) Come along as we head up to Author's Ridge .... Here we are at the top of Author's Ridge, facing the Alcott family plot... ...where Amanda stopped at Louisa May Alcott's grave. The monument marking...
I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
I done got tagged, Maw! Bombs away! 1 What music do you listen to the most? Lately, a mixture of indie pop and oldies...but I do listen to other stuff, as well. 2 Do you like to read? If so...favorite book(s)? I adore reading. Even if my mum hadn't been a librarian, I would have grown up adoring books. I guess the books I've read (and re-read) the most over the years, are: Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson,...
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