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Recently I’ve been reading What Makes This Book So Great, by Hugo and Nebula Award…
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I feel so blessed that I can “work” from home as a book reviewer, essayist…
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Today at the dog park, one of the topics discussed by us “8:30 regulars” included…
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This week, I’m reposting one of my very favorite Gimblings – a little poem I…
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In the first telling of the tale, I don’t pick up the book at all.…
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Back in November 2012, I wrote my very first Gimbling in the Wabe. It was…
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I was watching television the other day when an ad came on informing me that…
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Hi, my name is Sharon. I’m a library request addict. It used to be I…
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For the final Gimbling in the Wabe of this year’s National Poetry Month, I am…
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Edna St. Vincent Millay was already a published poet in her teen years, but it…
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April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of that I am stepping a bit…
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It’s April, which has been declared National Poetry Month; a celebration of poetry created in…
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Monday is “Be Nice to Josie Day.” For me, it’s not the first day of…
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Poor Emma Watson! She shows some skin in a fashion photo shoot – yes, decidedly…
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Gimbling in the Wabe
Gimbling in the Wabe – On Paul Virilio, Integral Accidents, the Internet, the Olympics, Doctor Who, Feral Kittens and Not Going to Sea Without a Life Jacket
Recently, I read Elan Mastai’s novel All Our Wrong Todays, and in it he referenced…
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With all that’s happening in the world today, with everything that deserves attention and activism,…
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The other day I was reading Michael Gibney’s Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line,…
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I’ve been grappling with some big ideas lately, hoping to use them in this week’s…
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I’ve never been good at drawing connections between things. I’m perfectly fine with Point A…
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It’s been a rough week and I’ve been at a loss on what to write,…
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This translated political cartoon by Spanish artist JM Nieto simply resonates with me. It…
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Christmas for me always ends on January 5. We leave our holiday lights on through…
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The “Best Books of 2016”? Pul-eeze. Unless one has a universally agreed-upon metric that can…
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My father was a minister, and for many years, a highlight for me was the…
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I tend to be one of those people who obsesses over gift giving. I don’t…
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Gimbling in the Wabe – Tis the Season (for me to give suggestions for the science fiction and fantasy readers on your gift list)
It’s that time of year again, when thoughts turn towards warm and cozy, hearth and…
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Recently I read an article where a man, who probably thought he was well meaning,…
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A Rant About Clickbait of All Shapes and Sizes on Facebook (and Other Social Media…
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I don’t normally do this for my Gimblings – linking to a site rather than…
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In last week’s 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention, held at the Minneapolis Convention Center, I…
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Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Wanderings Through M. T. Anderson’s “Symphony for the City of the Dead” (Pt 2)
… in which I jump right in from where I left off in my first…
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Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Wanderings Through M. T. Anderson’s “Symphony for the City of the Dead”
NOTE: This is written as if it were being told to an acquaintance, say, someone…
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Okay, I have to admit, I find last week’s announcement of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows…
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On Saturday, September 17, 2016, Canadian author W.P. (Bill) Kinsella died at age 81. The…
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Words are amazing. They give voice to the essence of being human, they are how…
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My daughter was looking over the syllabus from a college English class that she had…
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Over the last few years I’ve been writing the “Literary Birthday” blurbs that appear Monday…
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“A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable…
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Well, the honest answer to “what Michael Phelps and I have in common” is, practically…
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On summer nights – well, on many nights, really – I end the day out…
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Sometimes when I read, it’s like a lovely summer’s day when the sun is shining…
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Dang, it’s hot. Too hot. I know you folks in Southern climates may well be…
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(Due to this nasty thing known as a “deadline”, this Gimbling in the Wabe is…
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Today, I plugged new headphones into my iPod and entered nirvana. That may seem somewhat…
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Late last Sunday night, in the wake of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in…
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Last week, I was trolling around on the internet (as I am wont to do),…
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I hate June bugs. Yes, I realize “hate” is a powerful, laden word. I realize…
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Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. ~William Shakespeare Although it…
