Category Archives: reads

Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

And may hope stay with us in the new year: …the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. … Continue reading →

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Day 28 NaPoWriMo 2022

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Mary Beth Frezon

I went to see a talk that was supposed to happen in April 2020. Then it was rescheduled to September 2020 and then April 2021 and then… Well and here we all were at Proctors in Schenectady and out came … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo – Day Thirteen

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Well, to say the least, it was raining. And then it rained some more. And then Billy Collins did his live reading at 5:30 – Thank you Billy! When the rain came down making circles in circles of the world … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo – Day 11

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

The mail brought a postcard and the NaPoWriMo prompt brought a link to a lovely archived version of Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers. Lovely indeed and a welcome diversion on this cold April morning. I looked up the meaning of … Continue reading →

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Ah HA! The Job of the Artist

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

I started reading “No Time to Spare” by Ursula K. LeGuin and what a read it is. A blurb on the back by New York Times Book Reviewer Melissa Febos promised “The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader … Continue reading →

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