Literary Karaoke
The Best of The Week
Sometimes life asks you to simply be still. To watch as moments drift by like leaves on a stream. To lie in your bed of sorrows and just breathe, watching daylight fade into dusk, the sun surrendering to the moon's gentle glow.
You don't need to conquer every challenge today. You don't need to solve all your mysteries right now.…
I recently read a writeup that made me think of a happening in the news recently.
Coming on the waves of the Trump Administration's DEI purge, the Department of Offense has banned several books from schools the Department of Defense runs in the U.S. and abroad. One of these books is actress Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry, which is (according to Moore herself) "a semi-autobiographical story about a seven year old girl who dislikes her freckles but eventually learns to live
…The Celts: Search for a Civilization is a book written by the historian Alice Roberts, designed to accompany a BBC documentary series about the Celts (though I have not bothered to watch the documentary). It doesn't seek to be an academic or dispassionate history of the Celts; rather, it attempts to illustrate why the Celts were an authentic, interesting, and unique civilization. The author shares many discoveries and why they are interesting; the Hallstatt and La Tene archaeological finds;
…News for Noders
February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!
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December 21: Winter solstice arrives 10:27 PM, EST.
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December 25: Hanukkah begins.
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