Another book by an author whose book I'd come upon by chance, a couple of years ago, in the Little Free Library, and enjoyed. A collection of essays, somewhat akin to Montaigne's or Robert Fulghum's ( Read more... )

What was Charles Dickens really doing when he wrote "A Christmas Carol"?, from Forbes

Bleak House: the dark truth behind Charles Dickens' Christmas obsession, from The Guardian

History and Literature:

The day the guns fell silent, about the Armistice, from The Washington Post.

Something interesting that I'd not heard about, in the last paragraph of the article.

Flanders Fields, and the significance of poppies: over here, in mme_n_b's LJ

Guess who's championing Homer? Radical online conservatives, from The Washington Post... ( Read more... )

sotto voce (soh-toh voh-chi), adv. or adj., in an undertone, in a low voice

When you say something sotto voce, you say it very quietly. If you're unsure of the lyrics, you can also sing a song sotto voce.

This handy Italian phrase can be used as an adverb: "'Don't look now, but there's an alpaca behind you,' she said sotto voceIt's also fine to ( Read more... )

On thys daye yn the Thirde Age of Middel Earthe, Barad-dûr dyd fall and Sauron was defeatid.
RT yf ye thynke Sauron ys a drasty knave.

(from Chaucer Doth Tweet, March 25, 2017)

http://au-books.com/mihail-lyubovskoy-spiral-mirov-dilogiya-audiokniga/

Что может случится с человеком, собирающим сухостой в овражке за дачей? Всё, что угодно. Сергей Сергеевич Мирошников, старший прапорщик на пенсии, об этом даже и не думал, спускаясь в поисках дров для бани. А в это время, где-то за гранью миров, встретились два друга, ( Read more... )

23 of the weirdest, funniest, creepiest, most surprising items found by archivists.

Ever wondered what goes on in a library's dark corners, where you aren't allowed to go?

Wonder no more, thanks to The Society of American Archivists' Ask an Archivist Day.

This pastry chef leans on her STEM background to design impossible-looking desserts.Dinara ( Read more... )

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MarginaliaSometimes the notes are ferocious ( Read more... )

Sherlock Holmes:

Holmes and Watson's reading material, in BOSC

"Les Huguenots", as mentioned in the canon, and further info

Writing:

A variety of advice on how to write different characters

Regarding the ever-popular claim of "I'm only one person, there is no way I could possibly make a difference":

This lawyer spearheaded the world’s biggest ( Read more... )