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Thrown a Curve
Lots of delightful reading the past few weeks, and some interesting turns of phrase therein. The Uncommon Reader (2007), an entertaining novel by Alan Bennett, is veddy, veddy English, concerning, as it does, the Queen herself. An expression struck me … Continue reading
Combo (Words and Music)
My friend Leanne sent me an article about frisson as the word applies to musical enjoyment. In French, it means “shiver,” and its Latin root, frigere, means “to become cold,” as in the food in your Frigidaire. Every now and … Continue reading
From Me to You
I didn’t write about books over the weekend, because I’m still reading the Mozart biography and don’t have much to add to what I’ve said. Only about 200 pages to go. The best thing about the experience is pausing now … Continue reading
Five Things I Didn’t Know about Mozart*
*and I’m only on page 370 I mentioned last week that I’m reading Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford. I hope you didn’t expect me to have finished reading its 750+ pages by now. But I’m almost halfway! … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Weekend Editions
Tagged Jan Swafford, Leopold Mozart, Mozart: The Reign of Love
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Kiss on Our List
Some mysterious algorithm recently offered me a post about inosculation (in-ahs-cue-lay-shun), a naturally occurring grafting of trees. One tree seeming reaches out to another, and they grow into each other. They become conjoined organisms sharing nutrients and circulation. All very … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized, Wednesday Word
Tagged Arthur Rackham, Baucis and Philemon, Inosculation, Ovid, Rembrandt, Thom Gunn
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Miscellany
I recently realized that my current reading is a very weird mix. I’ll describe the books I’m reading in order–from the sublime to the ridiculous, literally. The most ponderous is a 700+ page biography called Mozart: The Reign of Love … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized, Weekend Editions
Tagged Airplane, Alexander McCall Smith, Amadeus', David Letterman, David Zucker, Edouard Leve, Jan Swafford, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jim Grimsley, Julie Otsuka, Mozart, Mozart: The Reign of Love, Salieri, Suicide, Surely You Can't Be Serious, Tears of the Giraffe, The Swimmers, Tom Hulce, Winter Birds
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A Daily Word, Not Just for Wednesdays
Bloggers’ and YouTubers’ apologies for not recently posting are unnecessary and boring, in my opinion, so I’ll skip the regrets and excuses. Speaking of social media, however, here’s a word you may be noticing as much as I am: journey. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wednesday Word
Tagged journey, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Shelia Burnford
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Read the Label
The Pringle is “a piece of malevolent technical genius, as a product deliberately designed to engineer obesity.” Chris Tulleken An ultra-processed food (UPF), according to doctor and author Chris Tulleken, can be defined as a product wrapped in plastic and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Monday Meals, Uncategorized, Weekend Editions
Tagged Chris Tulleken, Ultra-Processed People, xanthum gum
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Stochastic Meandering
Learning a word’s history at the same time as its meaning helps reinforce our understanding of the word and remember it more effectively. If you know, for example, that volition comes from the Latin word volo, meaning “wish,” you’re likely … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wednesday Word
Tagged avolition, Cynthia Ozick, stochastic, T. Coraghessan Boyle, ukase
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