Humans are the Only Species …

The other day, a friend of mine on Facebook posted a photo of a protester holding a sign that read, “Humans are the only species that pay to live on this planet. WHY?” Following the photo, as per usual, was a rant against “greedy corporations.” First, long before the idea of a corporation or land [...]

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I Should Just Rename this Blog After Him

As the Hemingway Turns … When I last left you all, I was in the middle of reading The Paris Wife (see previous posts for reference). I’ve since finished that, read The Sun Also Rises in about two days and am at this writing about 125 pages into Hemingway by Kenneth Lynn, a 600-plus page [...]

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Lessons from Paris

Although a work of historical fiction, my understanding of The Paris Wife is that it’s pretty historically accurate. It’s supposed to be about Hadley Richardson, but to be honest, I’m not finding her to be all that interesting and I haven’t really been loving the book. Still, I keep reading. I keep reading not because [...]

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Yeah, I’m Gonna Talk Hemingway Again

He just keeps coming up, over and over. I’ve given in. I edited a children’s story a friend wrote and as a thank you she sent me a gift card to Barnes and Noble. Then another friend gave me the same thing as a birthday gift. I finally made my trip there on Sunday because [...]

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