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Setting the Tone2 comments

WFMeyer wrote 2 months ago: In preparation for the start of NaNoWriMo, I have listening to the audiobook of Cormac McCarthy … more →

Tags: Literature, NaNoWriMo, Reading, Cormac Mccarthy, NaNoWriMo 2009, Pulitzer, Stephen King, The Road, the stand

Late Summer Perennials 32 comments

mothernaturesgarden wrote 4 months ago: I am clinging to all that late summer allows. With cloudy gray skies and the leaves falling on the s … more →

Tags: Late Summer, lilium formosanum, Japanese Painted Fern, Anemone Japonica 'Honorine Jobert', Joe Pye Weed, wild perennials, Hardy Ageratum, white crownbeard, Verbesina virginica

Another Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep?5 comments

fredonelson wrote 4 months ago: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia I haven’t seen Julie & Julia yet. I promised my friend P … more →

Tags: Movies, Oscar, meryl streep, the deer hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, best supporting actress, Best Actress, Adaptation, The French Lieutenant's Woman

Five Questions with Mindy Friddle, author of Secret Keepers3 comments

jillianclemmons wrote 7 months ago: Written with the warmth of Lee Smith and the magical touch of Alice Hoffman, Secret Keepers is a beg … more →

Tags: Author Interviews, readers, Allan Garganus, Amy and Isabel, Ann Tyler, Barbara Kingsolver, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Carson McCullers, Charles Portis

Review: Ironweed - Indian Ladder [2009]

gearsofrock wrote 8 months ago: Albany, NY quintet Ironweed take matters into their own hands on debut disc INDIAN LADDER. Boasting … more →

Tags: SOS Metal Update, Stoner Metal

Order of the Albany Cycle

Nick wrote 9 months ago: I dug around the internet and it turns out that “Ironweed” is in fact the last book of t … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing, fiction2, Novels, Albany Cycle

Recommended Reading1 comment

Nick wrote 9 months ago: Here’s a list of a few of my favorite reads. Yes, this is a short story writer giving off a li … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing, fiction2, John Updike, Cormac Mccarthy, Novels, The Road, Suggestions

Forgiveness 1 comment

familyfaithonline wrote 9 months ago: William Kennedy won a Pulitzer prize for Ironweed, the story of Francis Phelan, a man who accidental … more →

Tags: Faith Development, God, Incarnation, Forgiveness, Grace, Michaelangelo, Pieta, Failures, false pride

Albany Weed: William Kennedy

charlieblizz wrote 11 months ago: My knowledge of William Kennedy is admittedly limited. Like many authors that I have come to read mu … more →

Tags: Writers, small town, William Kennedy, Albany, Billy Phelen, Francis Phelen, legs, Billy Phelen's Greatest Game, Hunter Thompson

Cover crops / Photos

beeinthecity wrote 1 year ago: A couple months ago, I abruptly realized that I had wanted to sow cover crops this autumn but hadn … more →

Tags: gardening, photos, autumn, autumn-blooming crocus, Beans, cardinal vine, caryopteris, centaurea, centaurea colchester white

Hello from New Mexico!1 comment

beeinthecity wrote 1 year ago: Greetings!  I am spending the evening recovering from jetlag, so i thought it would be the perfect t … more →

Tags: gardening, photos, wildlife, Hyssop, Bees, rose campion, Echinacea, purple coneflower, white coneflower

To Weed or Not To Weed

mrsgreenhands wrote 1 year ago: This spring, due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to mow my backyard – the rid … more →

Tags: gardening, Perennials, goldenrod, milkweed, Walnut tree, hickory nut tree, Rabbits, squirrels, foxes

I'm ba-aaack

beeinthecity wrote 1 year ago: I’ve had some computer problems in the past week, but they have been solved now, so I will do … more →

Tags: gardening, Herbs, Planting, Seeds, Annual Flowers, Lavender, Garden, Salvia, Zinnia

Memo to Rats: Gnaw Your Own Feet

revdbh wrote 1 year ago: Remember the scene toward the end of the novel (and movie) Ironweed, where a group of local, basebal … more →

Tags: Economic Justice, sojourners, Inflation, housing crisis, MassHousing

The Crying Map

Tony Fitzpatrick wrote 8 months ago: In the exqiusite Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Ironweed, author William Kennedy introduces us to Fran … more →

Tags: hobo, hobo alphabet, Art, William Kennedy


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