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Good byes

It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends Joan Didion, Goodbye to All That As we returned from Guelph University in the snow, we discussed –Runaway-by Alice Munro. The walking-reading book club was … Continue reading

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Shadows

  One definition of maturity is the closing off of possibility. If one becomes a captain of a ship, then one cannot be a mathematician or an astronomer. This issue is addressed in Joseph Conrad’s novel-Shadow Lines. The writer Jeff … Continue reading

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Was the clown Bloom’s son

  Did Bloom discover common factors of similarity between their respective like and unlike reactions to experience?                                                                         James Joyce-Ulysses   Balconies and theater-Roman City of Sabratha- many lovely hours spent reading, walking here by the sea Winter evenings are … Continue reading

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