Watched Federico Fellini's first filmat 5 A.M when the house was asle...
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Finished the new Stephen King bookon Christmas day. Great read, endswith a James Stewart moment inalternate present, looking for librarywhen this exchange takes place:"Ma'am, I just want to know ifthe library is still--""It's been closed for years andall the books are gone! They haveHate Meetings there now." (p.804)As usual, King has it pegg...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Friday, 16 December 2011
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
It's ironic that the last projectfor repair in the Mendery isa Stick Chart of the Marshall Islands."The charts of the Marshall Islandnavigators are made, generally, ofnarrow strips of the center ribsof palm leaves lashed togetherwith cord made from locally grownfiber."This is for my friend Eric,supervisor of the Menderya true craftsman who wasthe shepherd of Wilson Library'scollection for many years.From him I learned invaluable skillsfor repairing...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Chapter 81 In fact, upon returning to hovering over land, he descended and parked his boat beside a lamppost on the shore. Chapter 82 He tossed the rope around the pole and hopped out. Five minutes later, he returned with a bouquet of daisies, it was a present for the ghost. Chapter 83 His house was fluttering all its big and little sails on the invisible walls. He could see his rocking chair going, though by the time he tied his...
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Chapter 71 He had been aware of this sound in the house, a sound without a visible source, he could only assume it was a ghost. His invisible house was haunted. Chapter 72 After sharing the house with Albert for weeks (relaxing like a television image in a pool of clear sea water that Albert replaced twice a day, with gourmet minced kelp to eat) it took this quiet October morning for the fish to finally notice the ghost too. ...
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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