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About maedez

Writer, biographer, poet. History nerd, silent movie maven. Punk rocker, amateur baker, bookworm. Cricket fan, Scotch drinker, craft beer snob.

Daily Diversion #118: It’s Happening, It’s Really Happening

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After a month spent collecting boxes, I’ve started packing. I’m saving my books for last, because the thought of putting them out of sight for a few weeks nearly makes me weep.

Moving

Moving

“Home is the nicest word there is.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder

Shopping for the Bookworm: de Beauvoir/Sartre Edition

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Simone de Beauvoir quote throw pillow by Wednesday's Child Is

Simone de Beauvoir quote throw pillow by Wednesday’s Child Is. $22.00

Simone de Beauvoir Earrings by Cats Brass

Simone de Beauvoir Earrings by Cats Brass. $24.95

Jean-Paul Sartre quote card by being and everythingness

Jean-Paul Sartre quote card by being and everythingness. $4.74

Hell is other people bumper sticker by Bookish Stickers

Hell is other people bumper sticker by Bookish Stickers. $3.00

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Daily Diversion #117: Alone Again, Naturally

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This morning, I woke up next to our warm dogs in a cold bed. The Chef is back in Indiana. What could ever offer me appropriate solace? Why, a book on George Bernard Shaw and a hot cup of tea!

Shaw and Tea

Shaw and Tea to the Rescue

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

The Dead Writers Round-Up: April 13th-15th

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  • Jean de La Fontaine died on 4/13/1695. “Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.” (Fables)
  • Sameul Beckett was born on 4/13/1906. “James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.” (More Pricks than Kicks; Murphy; Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Molloy; Ohio Impromptu) Continue reading →