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Author Archives: literarylee
Hastening Slowly Through Fall
Forgive my bragging a little, but one reason I enjoy reading Verlyn Klinkenborg’s editorials in the New York Times in a series called “The Country Life,” is that his take on life, his appreciation for growing things, and how he writes about it … Continue reading
Why “To Autumn” Has Been Called One of the Most Perfect Poems In the English Language
I’m going to talk a little about why I have come to love the poem “To Autumn,” why I enjoy reciting it, why it has become pure pleasure letting the words appear beautifully one by one for the benefit of whoever … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Poem Memorizing Tips and Articles
Tagged beautiful, John Keats, sonorous, sweet words, To Autumn
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To Autumn
John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill … Continue reading
Oktoberfest in Palestine
October, 2005 Hello from Jerusalem, I went to an Oktoberfest celebration last Saturday. It had everything you would have expected: good ethnic food, colorful garb, music, dancing, and of course there was plenty of beer from the local brewery. The … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem Letters
Tagged beer, Holy Land, Oktoberfest, Palestine, Taybeh, West Bank
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Garden Mystery Solved
Last Christmas my aunt, who works in a garden shop, gave me a brown paper bag full of expired seeds, packets packaged to be sold in 2010. Never mind that most seeds are viable for two, three, four years and … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story
Tagged labeling, Mexican Sunflowers, planting, seeds, Torch Tithonia
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A Weighty Presence I Cherish
I read this in a Wall Street Journal article a few weeks ago: President Barack Obama sent trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress on Monday, capping months of tense negotiations and setting the stage for a heated … Continue reading
Once Again, It’s All About the Guy
October 15, 2011 I paid my respects at the tomb of the Female Stranger yesterday. I really should think of a name for her. I’m coming to believe she deserves more than to be shrouded in the shreds of a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Word Collections
Tagged epitaph, female stranger, male ego, selfishness
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Female Stranger
Some epitaphs are lengthy and give an unusually large amount of information for being on a tombstone. This is true of the sentences carved into the stone that marks the Female Stranger’s grave. This tomb is almost a tourist site, … Continue reading
Posted in Whitecaps on the Potomac, Word Collections
Tagged Alexandria, epitaph, female stranger, Virginia
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Epitaph Collection – Introduction
In Memory of Cordilia N(illegible) Consort of John (illegible), Ship Builder Who departed this life September, 21, 1810 in the 63rd year of her age (from a tombstone in a cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia) I have long loved walking through … Continue reading
Posted in Word Collections, Word Play
Tagged cemetery, epitaphs, grave, gravestone, headstone, word collection
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Possible Names for the Apple, Candy Corn and Pretzel Combination
I recently wrote about a unique fall taste treat I like to eat, apples, candy corn and pretzels. I’ve been coming up with possible names for that combo. Here is the list so far. Feel free to add some of your … Continue reading