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George C. Scott A Christmas Carol

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

I rather like Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I like it so much that two years ago I created an annotated version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I liked Patrick Ste...

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Elsewhere for November 3, 2018

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

You should read this for 11/3/2018: Art and Film Barbra Streisand’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’ has an A+ anecdote about her calling up Tim Cook Books, ...

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David Brooks and Sandwich Gate

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Who the Hell is David Brooks? I asked myself this after reading a parody “I Am David Brooks’ Friend With Only A High School Degree. I Have Never Seen A Sandwich...

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Hot Cross Buns

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Hot cross buns! Hot cross Buns! One a penny, two a penny Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters Give them to your sons One a penny, two a penny Hot cross buns...

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Western Wind

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Lisa Spangenberg / 1 Comment

Western wind, when will thou blow? The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! Anonymous; British Library Royal App...

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Donne’s A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Saint Lucy’s day is December 13. The Julian calendar was still in use when Donne wrote, so that the Winter solstice and consequently the shortest day of the yea...

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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Serialized and Annotated

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19, 1843. He had written it at a feverish pace for six weeks beginning it in October of that ...

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Donne’s Meditation XVII

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

John Donne Meditation XVII from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624)1 The Devotions were written, for the most part, in December of 1623 when Donne was reco...

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On the Reviewing of Books

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

[I now] suggest some hard-won guidelines for responsible reviewing. For instance: First, as in Hippocrates, do no harm. Second, never stoop to score a point or ...

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