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  1. The Guardian 1000 novels everyone should read series

    by , 01-20-2009 at 08:12 AM (Insights from a person of questionable sanity)
    1000 novels everyone must read: Love
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...-love-part-one

    1000 novels everyone must read: Crime
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...crime-part-one

    1000 novels everyoone must read: Comedy
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...omedy-part-one

    Updated 02-25-2009 at 07:40 AM by optimisticnad

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  2. Andrew Wyeth RIP

    RIP Andrew Wyeth
    July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009

    (I've re-posted this with some small editing from an earlier posting on Wyeth)

    In art it is often true that living long is one of the best guarantees of one achieving something of real merit. It is rare to come across artists who reach their maturity much before their late twenties at the earliest... although there are exceptions. Artists like Titian, Rembrandt, Monet, Beckmann, and many more created their greatest ...
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  3. Birthday pics!

    by , 01-19-2009 at 07:01 PM (Away with the Fairies- The Travel Diary of an Irish WebFairy)
    Here are some pics from my birthday night out with Nightshade and two of my friends! I'm not going to post any other pics of Nightshades adventure in Dublin, because it was her holiday and she is the one to rant and rave! but here are a few from my birthday anyway!
    three of us went to the theatre first to see The Playboy of the Western World.


    Then ...

    Updated 01-19-2009 at 07:51 PM by Niamh

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  4. Lady in Red

    Lady in Red

    She is fallen
    from the grace they imposed upon her
    She is lost
    of the innocence that never belonged to her

    Her passion burned too brightly
    and her love was like a fire
    when it was hot, it all-consumed
    but when it cooled, it left forever

    So they condemned her
    she lived too much in the sun
    while worshiping the moon.

    She is fallen
    from the grace they imposed
    ...
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    My Poetry
  5. For Those Days of Uncertainty...

    by , 01-19-2009 at 10:18 AM (Shannanigan's Search for More...)
    As a first-year teacher, I've had my days of uncertainty. This picked me up:

    Why Do We Need Literature?

    By the way, I've applied to a Master's program in English Literature at the University of Puerto Rico (simultaneous opportunity to improve my Spanish - yay!). Keep your fingers crossed for me!
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