I love Eudora Welty, and that's a wonderful story, DR JohnG.
From an obit of the novelist Michael Malone:
Mr. Malone recalled that “the most important thing ever said to me as a writer” came from author Eudora Welty, whom he met at a Yale literary gathering in the late 1970s. When Welty learned that Mr. Malone had written three novels, none set in his native North Carolina, she advised him to “let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” He soon started working on “Uncivil Seasons,” which he described as “the first novel of mine to be set in that Red Clay country, that landscape of my childhood imagination.”
A few years later, he drove from his home in North Carolina to Welty’s house in Jackson, Miss., to say thank you. He sat there for hours but “was too shy to go ring the doorbell,” he told the Journal. Eventually he drove home. He didn’t tell Welty about the episode until years later, when he happened to spot her in the lobby of New York’s Algonquin Hotel. “She looked at me and smiled,” he recalled, “and she said: ‘Oh honey, was that you? I almost called the police on you.’”
They’re getting sick at work. Two officially out, one with covid for a second time. One working from home who probably should be off.
DR TCB, wishing you a day without pain.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Tom!! ;D
A SUPER-DUPER HHW HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR DR TCB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am fairly certain I got the year right.
Everything is better a la mode.
DR TCB, wishing you a day without pain.
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Those are some happy cats.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happiest of birthday wishes to our DR TCB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday and Feel-better vibes to dear TCB!!!
Happy birthday to our beloved TCB!
Sending you pain free vibes
Last comment on The Personal Librarian. In the first half of the book, Belle refers to Lily Dale without mentioning she's the lead character in Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. That book would have come out about two years prior to the date of the mention and would not have been the classic character that she became in time.
Later in the novel, Belle's lover becomes Edith Wharton's lover and no connection is made. In fact, we never get the feeling that Belle has an opinion on Wharton, much less her work.
Happy birthday to our beloved TCB!
Sending you pain free vibes
Thank you, vixmom!
I wish I could say they were pain free.
Happy birthday, TCB! May it be pain free.
THE SEAGULL was one of the only plays I was never asked to do. THANK GOD!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TCB!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TCB!!!
Happy Birthday to DR TCB!!
DR TCB, wishing you a day without pain.
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Happy Birthday, TCB! Hope you're feeling well today.
Didn’t want to be called Trigorin?
DR George, thank you enormously for the Spitfire Grill mp3 filkes! I look forward to listening to it. My friend Garrett Long was also in the cast. I had forgotten that.
They’re getting sick at work. Two officially out, one with covid for a second time. One working from home who probably should be off.
:)
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Well, the rumor is that the power won't be back until 2:30! They're having a meeting to decide what to do, so we may go home, or not.
Didn’t want to be called Trigorin?
Didn't want to sit around every night at rehearsal and performance listening to that dialogue over and over.
Give me the boss's number. I will call him.
DR George deserves a free afternoon.
Didn’t want to be called Trigorin?
Didn't want to sit around every night at rehearsal and performance listening to that dialogue over and over.
I think The Sea Gull is my favorite Chekhov play, followed by The Three Sisters. It breaks my heart. I like bits of The Cherry Orchard, but that idiot woman who owns the orchard is such a wavering nincompoop. I will never understand the point of Uncle Vanya. I couldn't wait for Act One to end so I could leave.
I've had a nice, refreshing bath, and I'm pleased the chicken turned out well. Thatch did not panic or start crying so that was a bonus.
Well, the rumor is that the power won't be back until 2:30! They're having a meeting to decide what to do, so we may go home, or not.
Well, the rumor is that the power won't be back until 2:30! They're having a meeting to decide what to do, so we may go home, or not.
I would hope they would send you home.
Give me the boss's number. I will call him.
DR George deserves a free afternoon.
DR George deserves a free afternoon.
Yes, so he can run some errands for his sister and his niece.
Irma La Mode?
Give me the boss's number. I will call him.
Her...but it's a moot point now. :-\
DR TCB, wishing you a day without pain.
Thank you, Jane, I love it. Sasha and Buddy on catnip!
That is why I turned down a role in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
DR George deserves a free afternoon.
Yes, so he can run some errands for his sister and his niece.
DR George deserves a free afternoon.
Yes, so he can run some errands for his sister and his niece.
Whew! Dodged that bullet. ;)
Give me the boss's number. I will call him.
Her...but it's a moot point now. :-\
Her? Then I think I willl have Jane call.
Elmore, travels with Annabelle, Thatch and Stella?
https://mymodernmet.com/olivia-and-dan-nguyen-traveling-with-cats/
How many romance novels around bookstores and libraries are there? Booked on a Feeling is the latest. What does that even mean? They commit crimes of passion and get booked at the local police department?
From DR John:QuoteLast comment on The Personal Librarian. In the first half of the book, Belle refers to Lily Dale without mentioning she's the lead character in Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. That book would have come out about two years prior to the date of the mention and would not have been the classic character that she became in time.
Later in the novel, Belle's lover becomes Edith Wharton's lover and no connection is made. In fact, we never get the feeling that Belle has an opinion on Wharton, much less her work.
I wouldn't have picked up on any of this. Thank you for all of your insightful comments.
Negative!
From DR John:QuoteLast comment on The Personal Librarian. In the first half of the book, Belle refers to Lily Dale without mentioning she's the lead character in Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. That book would have come out about two years prior to the date of the mention and would not have been the classic character that she became in time.
Later in the novel, Belle's lover becomes Edith Wharton's lover and no connection is made. In fact, we never get the feeling that Belle has an opinion on Wharton, much less her work.
I wouldn't have picked up on any of this. Thank you for all of your insightful comments.
If I may chime in here…
Many of my friends have raved about this book, but I do not like the author’s writing. My book group read her book about Albert Einstein’s wife and it made me want to take her (the author’s) thesaurus away from her. That’s one reason I’ve avoided The Personal Librarian.
The other reason is that I’ve already read a nonfiction book that tells the same story and is very well-written. It’s An Illuminated Life by Heidi Ardizzone.
From DR John:QuoteLast comment on The Personal Librarian. In the first half of the book, Belle refers to Lily Dale without mentioning she's the lead character in Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. That book would have come out about two years prior to the date of the mention and would not have been the classic character that she became in time.
Later in the novel, Belle's lover becomes Edith Wharton's lover and no connection is made. In fact, we never get the feeling that Belle has an opinion on Wharton, much less her work.
I wouldn't have picked up on any of this. Thank you for all of your insightful comments.
If I may chime in here…
Many of my friends have raved about this book, but I do not like the author’s writing. My book group read her book about Albert Einstein’s wife and it made me want to take her (the author’s) thesaurus away from her. That’s one reason I’ve avoided The Personal Librarian.
The other reason is that I’ve already read a nonfiction book that tells the same story and is very well-written. It’s An Illuminated Life by Heidi Ardizzone.
Give me the boss's number. I will call him.
Her...but it's a moot point now. :-\
Her? Then I think I willl have Jane call.
Glad it is now a moot point-lol
Elmore, travels with Annabelle, Thatch and Stella?
https://mymodernmet.com/olivia-and-dan-nguyen-traveling-with-cats/
This article is too precious for words, and I bet those cats hate their ribbons and names.
The thought of traveling with Annabelle, Thatch, and Stella is too frightening to approach seriously. It would be like going camping with Larry, Curly, and Moe. Or Chico, Harpo, and Groucho.
Now I am wondering how many books have the words librarian or bookstore in them. DR John is reading The Personal Librarian while I am reading The War Librarian.
DR Jane, I have moved on to The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander.
Now I am wondering how many books have the words librarian or bookstore in them. DR John is reading The Personal Librarian while I am reading The War Librarian.
I read a sci-fi trilogy called The Last Librarian.
Elmore, travels with Annabelle, Thatch and Stella?
https://mymodernmet.com/olivia-and-dan-nguyen-traveling-with-cats/
This article is too precious for words, and I bet those cats hate their ribbons and names.
The thought of traveling with Annabelle, Thatch, and Stella is too frightening to approach seriously. It would be like going camping with Larry, Curly, and Moe. Or Chico, Harpo, and Groucho.
What a coinkydink! Someone I follow on Twitter posted what is purported to be the last picture taken of all five Marx Brothers together:
Why do you say "still read"? I hope they do as it is a wonderful book. I also enjoyed the movie.
From an obit of the novelist Michael Malone:
Mr. Malone recalled that “the most important thing ever said to me as a writer” came from author Eudora Welty, whom he met at a Yale literary gathering in the late 1970s. When Welty learned that Mr. Malone had written three novels, none set in his native North Carolina, she advised him to “let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” He soon started working on “Uncivil Seasons,” which he described as “the first novel of mine to be set in that Red Clay country, that landscape of my childhood imagination.”
A few years later, he drove from his home in North Carolina to Welty’s house in Jackson, Miss., to say thank you. He sat there for hours but “was too shy to go ring the doorbell,” he told the Journal. Eventually he drove home. He didn’t tell Welty about the episode until years later, when he happened to spot her in the lobby of New York’s Algonquin Hotel. “She looked at me and smiled,” he recalled, “and she said: ‘Oh honey, was that you? I almost called the police on you.’”
I was just reading THE LIBRARIAN SPY.
I love Eudora Welty, and that's a wonderful story, DR JohnG.
I do, too. I had never heard of Malone before reading the obit. He won awards for his writing on One Life to Live, addressing issue such as AIDS and sexual assault.
From an obit of the novelist Michael Malone:
Mr. Malone recalled that “the most important thing ever said to me as a writer” came from author Eudora Welty, whom he met at a Yale literary gathering in the late 1970s. When Welty learned that Mr. Malone had written three novels, none set in his native North Carolina, she advised him to “let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” He soon started working on “Uncivil Seasons,” which he described as “the first novel of mine to be set in that Red Clay country, that landscape of my childhood imagination.”
A few years later, he drove from his home in North Carolina to Welty’s house in Jackson, Miss., to say thank you. He sat there for hours but “was too shy to go ring the doorbell,” he told the Journal. Eventually he drove home. He didn’t tell Welty about the episode until years later, when he happened to spot her in the lobby of New York’s Algonquin Hotel. “She looked at me and smiled,” he recalled, “and she said: ‘Oh honey, was that you? I almost called the police on you.’”
I've always enjoyed Malone's work. Do read UNCIVIL SEASONS and HANDLING SIN. HANDLING SIN is a hoot. His work should be better known; it's very good.
And are you all familiar with the Little Libraries that some people install in their front yards? You may take a book or leave a book -- free. There's one on my stomping ground which I sometimes use.
Why do you say "still read"? I hope they do as it is a wonderful book. I also enjoyed the movie.
Sondheim reference. Instead of “still wear a hat.”
I’ll drink to that.
I was just reading THE LIBRARIAN SPY.
Writers are often told, "Write what you know." Since most writers love books bookstores and libraries are a natural.
And are you all familiar with the Little Libraries that some people install in their front yards? You may take a book or leave a book -- free. There's one on my stomping ground which I sometimes use.
Furious.
https://boingboing.net/2022/08/23/book-banned-at-a-school-named-after-its-author.html
My dessert tonight is a citrus tres leches cake.
Speaking of Sondheim …
https://deadline.com/2022/08/sweeney-todd-broadway-josh-groban-annaleigh-ashford-stephen-sondheim-1235098515/
Furious.
https://boingboing.net/2022/08/23/book-banned-at-a-school-named-after-its-author.html
And are you all familiar with the Little Libraries that some people install in their front yards? You may take a book or leave a book -- free. There's one on my stomping ground which I sometimes use.
Terry Gilliam’s take on Into the Woods
https://www.theatermania.com/london-theater/news/mysterious-first-look-terry-gilliam-into-the-woods_94201.html
I’ve known Lindsay since she was 16 and in my daughter’s high school class.
Brian Stokes Mitchell was a great Sweeney.
So was Norm Lewis.
But nothing beats the original cast, imho.
They were very good friends.
They performed in Fiddler in 10th grade.
They still stay in touch.
Good night, George.
I'm not clear on this: TCB, the new pain medicine is helping or you're not sure yet?
Vibes it helps and you get relief very soon.
I'm not clear on this: TCB, the new pain medicine is helping or you're not sure yet?
Vibes it helps and you get relief very soon.
Happy Birthday DR TCB!!!!!!!!!!
Feel better!
A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to TCB!
🎂 🍾 🎈 🎉
Speaking of Sondheim …
https://deadline.com/2022/08/sweeney-todd-broadway-josh-groban-annaleigh-ashford-stephen-sondheim-1235098515/
I just don't picture him as the "Sweeney" type. :-\
Speaking of Sondheim …
https://deadline.com/2022/08/sweeney-todd-broadway-josh-groban-annaleigh-ashford-stephen-sondheim-1235098515/
I just don't picture him as the "Sweeney" type. :-\
He is too young for the rule. How many years was he supposed to be in prison? Sorry, come back Josh when you grow up.
I hope TCB is having CAKE.
And/or a nice glass of wine.
I hope TCB is having CAKE.
And/or a nice glass of wine.
I did have a slice of chocolate cheesecake for my birthday. Not very traditional, but very tasty.
No wine for me. Next month marks 29 years of sobriety. I pray to God I won’t stop now.
My only school friends that went on to bigger and better things (that I know of) were Joe Goodrich, who was/is the music director/pianist for the Sondheim Unplugged CDs. He and I went to high school together for one year (I was a senior when he came in as a freshman), and reconnected for one year at Western Washington University.