Blogs about: John Steinbeck
Gatsby? What Gatsby?
wrote 1 week ago: On May 10 the famous book we were all once forced to read and love in high school was released … more →
And A Good Time Was Had By All!
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wrote 1 week ago: Photo by P. Rickrode My local Sacramento chapter of Romance Writers of America hosts a retreat every … more →
A Writer's Best Friend
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wrote 1 week ago: John Steinbeck had Charley. Stephen King has Marlowe. Dean Koontz has Trixie. There is something a l … more →
La Vie Bohème - The California Years Pt 2
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wrote 1 week ago: It was never my intention to stay in California, darlings, but by the time I reached Big Sur, I … more →
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (painting and afterthought)
wrote 1 week ago: I don’t know if it hasn’t yet proven painfully evident, but I adored John Steinbeck … more →
The Grapes of Wrath
wrote 1 week ago: Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning epic, The Grapes of Wrath, is really quite something. It co … more →
Steinbeck's best friend: the iconic Blackwing lead pencils in store now!
wrote 1 week ago: Check out our new Palomino range and the iconic Blackwing lead pencils in store now! You’ll fi … more →
Smartphone, FB and Cuttin' Down Trees @ 93
wrote 1 week ago: This entry is in honor of “me mum” on Mother’s Day today. (Sorry, no picture. She … more →
Great Cape Escape II: Visions of Design
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wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from random acts of writing [+ art]: I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I … more →
Now Playing - John Ford's "The Grapes Of Wrath" - 1940.
wrote 1 week ago: What a wonderful film. I love John Steinbeck’s writing and Ford really did it justice. I think … more →
Nancy Huston's Plainsong evokes my sense of Canadian identity
wrote 1 week ago: Canadian-born writer Nancy Huston has long been one of my favourite writers, and while reading Plain … more →
Book Titles
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wrote 1 week ago: The title of a book is so important – and not many people have titles as consistently good as … more →
The Grapes of Wrath
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wrote 1 week ago: John Steinbeck är en av mina favoritförfattare. Jag läste Den röda ponnyn, Möss och människor och Pä … more →
The Grapes of Wrath
wrote 1 week ago: (First edition cover. Found on en.wikipedia.org) John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel, a Pulitzer prize … more →
The Book That Changed Everything
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wrote 1 week ago: When I was fifteen I read a book that changed my life. This book took everything I thought I knew ab … more →
Plainsong: Nancy Huston's novel reminds me how I'm connected to Canada's pioneers
wrote 1 week ago: Canadian-born writer Nancy Huston has long been one of my favourite writers, and while reading Plain … more →
Classics
wrote 1 week ago: As you can see this post is going to be about classics. I thought that I would talk about some of my … more →
The citadel of the family*
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wrote 1 week ago: Mother’s Day approaches. This is a bittersweet holiday for me, since it has been 25 years sinc … more →
Great Cape Escape II: Visions of Design
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wrote 1 week ago: I live alone,” he said simply. “I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see th … more →
