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ISSUE THIRTEEN [R]evolving Research: Scrapbook, Endless

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I’ve spent most of the past week+ methodically recording the contents of J’s main scrapbook. I’m only about 25 percent finished. This is going to take awhile. Fortunately, it’s easy for me to get a rhythm going if I do it while watching T20 cricket. Whatever works, right? This might sound tedious to you, but I’m a weirdo who finds this kind of thing to be ridiculous amounts of fun. Every day that I work on this mini-project, I’m reminded of how lucky I am to be the caretaker of J’s legacy. Who knows how many impulsive decisions were made over the years to ensure that her scrapbooks and photos were not tossed in the trash? I’m well aware that this path was a fragile one. One false step could have resulted in an unknowable tragedy.

RESEARCH NOTES: WEEK 15

  • VICTORY: I’m feeling gratitude this week. My victory is that this project fell in my lap.
  • HAPPY DISCOVERY: I am learning so, so much from the contents of J’s scrapbook. Too many amazing things to decide between.
  • FRUSTRATION: My writing hand hurts.
  • CURRENTLY READING: Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola (for some personal inspiration)
  • HOURS SPENT ON RESEARCH: 15

Until next time!

Just Because I Like This Photo of Rex Beach, Writer and Olympic Medalist

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Rex Beach

Rex Beach

Rex Beach wrote many popular novels and plays, including the spectacularly successful The Spoilers (1906). This work alone has been adapted for film five times. He also won a silver medal at the 1904 Olympics. Event: Men’s (Team Competition) Water Polo. He committed suicide in 1949.

Writers Enjoying Winter, Part One

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The Fitzgerald Family Celebrating Christmas

The Fitzgerald Family Celebrating Christmas

Ernest, Hadley, and Jack Hemingway in Schruns, Austria. 1925

Ernest, Hadley, and Jack Hemingway in Schruns, Austria (1925)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enjoying a ski holiday

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enjoying a ski holiday

Sylvia Plath and Marcia Brown Stern courtesy alumnae association of smith college

Sylvia Plath and Marcia Brown Stern (courtesy Alumnae Association of Smith College)

Inspiration Board: 12th December

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I’m feeling frosty! Can you tell?

Cavern in an ice wall, near Commonwealth Bay
Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914
Au Clair de la Lune Children’s Book, 1910s
Blue Snow, the Battery by George Bellows, December 1910
Asta Nielsen
Old Pscov by Konstantin Gorbatov, 1913
The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928
Portrait of Fritza Riedler by Gustav Klimt, 1906
Sunset over Waterloo Bridge by Emile Claus
The Tetons and the Snake River by Ansel Adams, 1942
Valeska Suratt, 1917
Women playing hockey outside of Varsity Arena, Toronto, 1910

A Year in Books/Day 43: The Big Bam

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  • Title: The Big Bam The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
  • Author: Leigh Montville
  • Year Published: 2006 (Doubleday)
  • Year Purchased: 2010
  • Source: History Book Club
  • About: A first-rate biography of Babe Ruth, written by a first-rate sports writer, Leigh Montville (‘Ted Williams’). A good biography is easy enough to find. If you can manage to locate one that combines in-depth research with a nuanced understanding of human psychology, all blended together with sports knowledge and the ability to tell a damn fine story, then you are likely in the presence of greatness.
  • Motivation: I grew up watching baseball with my Grandpa (the Indians, not the Yankees). It remains one of my favorite past-times, evoking fond memories whilst simultaneously creating new ones. I love a good character study and, wow, is Babe Ruth’s life perfect fodder for that!
    Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, fac...

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  • Times Read: 1
  • Random Excerpt/Page 122: “The Los Angeles Times reported that this was the biggest national rumor since the famous “Fake Armistice” story of November 7, 1918, which at first sent people into the streets in celebration of the end of the world war, then resulted in a number of riots when the news turned out to be false. The Babe rumor, while it did flash through poolrooms and boardrooms everywhere in the country, had a much quieter finish as baseball officials immediately denied it.”
  • Happiness Scale: 10