A NEW LIFE AND A NEW LARA Ten weeks after I had come to the firmest and most realistic of decisions I had yet made regarding my future career—the decision to become a primary school teacher--the film Dr. Zhivago was released. During my pre-adult life(1963-1944), I had wanted to be a bricklayer, a fireman and a professional baseball player--in that order. My career as a primary school teacher also proved unrealistic and was short-lived, although it proved to be much more realistic ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO MY NOTEBOOKS In his work from day to day Leonard da Vinci concentrated on one thing at a time and, while he concentrated on that one thing, that thing was the most important in the world. Not much got done in the short term because da Vinci seemed interested in everything but, over a lifetime, da Vinci accomplished many great things, albeit unfinished. After his death Leonard da Vinci’s Notebooks were hidden away, scattered or lost. His wonderful ...
Updated 02-26-2012 at 12:08 AM by Ron Price (to add some words)
A very special number for a very special day. If only I could tell you why. Indeed, today is a very special day, marked by the first time I write a very simple entry. This was published in my LiveJournal blog a few minutes ago, so I just thought, well, why not put it here, so my fellow litnetters could see it too? And maybe somebody out there might be in the mood to greet me. Oh, and in case you get to the end of this without getting irritated ...
What the sages sought they have found at last. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95LFNe3Uw-w&NR=1[/url] Gopala Krishna [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eFQMakhDE&feature=related[/url]
Antiquarian had a great set of personal literary preferences. I'm going to take her ten question format and answer it for my preferences. 1. One book that changed your life: Like Antiquarian, I can't say that any one book changed my life. Lots of books have expanded my thinking, openned my vision. Certainly Shakespeare. Hamlet, King Lear, McBeth, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra. The Gospels, Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, DH Lawrence's The Rainbow, ...
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