I have always written stories. Ever since I learned to string letters together. And when I was not doing that I was narrating everything in my head. (I did it out loud in a sort of whisper as a kid, until people made me stop, at school. I imagine it was irritating. It made the words stick better until I could sort them out and write them down. I
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Workhouses always reminds me of Dickens' Scrooge. "Are there no workhouses?"
Interesting reading, also, is about the "Mill Girls" in early New England, especially Lowell and Lawrence.
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Yes. That passage is as relevant now as ever. Christmas Carol is worth returning to over and over i find.
There are parts that make me cry, the part with the old woman taking his bed-curtain rings, and the two naked children, ignorance and want.
I am not a big fan of Dickens but I love Christmas Carol.
I have been to Lowell of course. And Fall river. Hard to believe that there was a hopping textile industry once. All gone now.
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*Santa showed up in person, and you had to sing, or recite a poem, or play your guitar,etc. before Santa gave you your gift.WONDERFUL memories!
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We have this devastating situation with the refugees in Calais, and the arguments about whether they "deserve" to be accepted into Europe, which breaks my heart. There is room, there is enough to share...but we have a government that just wants to slam the door. :(
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