I finally finished a book. It was only 751 pages long though!!! I only recommend it 1) if you want to read all of William T. Vollmann (which may take a while) or 2) if you want to read about WWII way … more →
On the Road Through Library SchoolElissa Shuck wrote 2 months ago: “Let the audience tear up the seats and hurl them at the stage and want to kill the actors. If … more →
Elissa Shuck wrote 3 months ago: Glasses half full, clouds of silver lining…for years, these are things I’ve been accused of se … more →
Elissa Shuck wrote 4 months ago: I am big on creativity being innate to EVERY single person. I love Picasso’s quote… … more →
Elissa Shuck wrote 4 months ago: “whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it”… It seems fitting to start my bl … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I finally finished a book. It was only 751 pages long though!!! I only recommend it 1) if you want t … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I went to Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York to visit my sister. We went to eat at the grocery s … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: Isn’t it a funky looking state? I’m about a mile from the Hudson. It takes about 30 minu … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: New York Magazine: “Martial artists convened in Union Square to voluntarily beat each other se … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: This is where I was for the past 3 days… Tybee Island. The trip was great–except for the … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: Here’s what I have finished in the past week: Ignorance by: Milan Kundera. Werewolves in their … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I am happy to report that I finished two books yesterday in a fury of uninterrupted reading. One was … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: “Raising a corner of the heavy veil of habit (habit which stultifies us and which during the w … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I must say: I was very successful with reading this weekend. I finished Drown by Junot Diaz and The … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I have started Cynthia Ozick’s The Din in the Head, a collection of essays that are really int … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: Partly because this is an abandoned library in Russia, I will be quoting a passage from Derek Walcot … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I found this picture on my new favorite blog that will be listed on the left, called www.maudnewton. … more →
jfre6204 wrote 1 year ago: I am not sure how I feel about the new set up here at wordpress, I think I might grow to like it. Th … more →