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Soggy Saturday Random
Greetings, my fellow port swillers! Well, another Saturday dawns at Port Swiller Manor and finds Robbo staring at the radar and wondering whether he has time to spritz the weeds with Round-Up before t… more →
The Port Stands At Your Elbow
And If I Could
wrote 1 day ago: And if I could take you by the hand, let you travel the world with me, Run through every nook and cr … more →
Hands
wrote 3 days ago: He stood by her bed in a hospital wing the same ones on the angels outside the window. Watching, wai … more →
Annotations: Writers Comment on Their Work
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wrote 4 days ago: The guardian have a great collection of authors’ annotations on hard copies of some of their b … more →
Soggy Saturday Random
wrote 1 week ago: Greetings, my fellow port swillers! Well, another Saturday dawns at Port Swiller Manor and finds Rob … more →
Evelyn Waugh Month Round-Up
wrote 2 weeks ago: So I have finally come to the end of my month of reading books by Evelyn Waugh and have enjoyed the … more →
Review: Notes from a Coma
wrote 2 weeks ago: Notes from a Coma by Mike McCormack (US cover: Soho Press, 2013) Notes from a Coma by Mike McCormack … more →
Evelyn Waugh Month: The Loved One
wrote 2 weeks ago: Apologies on the delay on posting this week – it has been rather hectic with a lot going on an … more →
Coming Down off a Good Book
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wrote 3 weeks ago: You know that feeling, when you’ve just finished a novel that touched your soul, that made you … more →
Should You Save Your Emails for Posterity?
wrote 3 weeks ago: I spend hours each day composing email messages. Don’t you? Most of mine are for work—for my “day … more →
In Which Robbo.....Wait, Who?
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wrote 1 month ago: Greetings, my fellow port swillers! My name is Robbo and I am the sometime host of this blog. My apo … more →
On Originality
wrote 1 month ago: Something interesting happened yesterday. I was perusing the reviews of Limbus, Inc. and I came upon … more →
'Roy Spivey' by Miranda July
wrote 1 month ago: Click here to hear it. Wonderful: funny, sad, and weird. As David Sedaris (who reads it) says, it … more →
Write what you know
wrote 1 month ago: Someone should have told Shakespeare to write what he knew. Some of those plays are wildly inaccurat … more →
Evelyn Waugh Month: Vile Bodies
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wrote 1 month ago: Next up in my month of reading lots and lots of books by Evelyn Waugh (ahem, one so far…), the … more →
Eine Kleine Randomness
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wrote 1 month ago: Well, after my mini-hiatus (assuming it’s over) and the condolence/reminiscence post below tha … more →
March Reading Round-Up & April Preview
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wrote 1 month ago: March wasn’t a particularly busy reading month but I did read some really good books and ones … more →
Re-reading Crusoe
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wrote 1 month ago: I finished re-reading Robinson Crusoe last night. I read it once before, a long time ago, but now I … more →
Evelyn Waugh Month: Scoop
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wrote 1 month ago: This month I am embarking on something a little different in my reading choices and reading several … more →
Fields of Twisting Phlox
wrote 1 month ago: Fields of Twisting Phlox We have moved! Join us at http://www.twistingphlox.com … more →
