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Category Archives: holiday
Happy Thanksgiving!
And in other news, Erotic Exploits is now available for the Nook. If you have a Nook, and are willing to download the free sample, please let me know if the formatting looks all right or is terrible. The preview … Continue reading
Laurence Binyon, "The Fallen"
For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and … Continue reading
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City of Independence
Today’s a big day here in Philadelphia – it’s Independence Day! There are many other reasons I love living in Philadelphia. Here are a couple of them. This mural, representing local independent radio station WXPN, is one. The mural is … Continue reading
Wherefore the Poppy?
Decoration Day, renamed Memorial Day beginning in 1882, was first celebrated in the United States following the Civil War; it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military. One of the most famous parts of Memorial Day, … Continue reading
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Geoffrey Dearmer, “The Turkish Trench Dog”
The Turkish Trench Dog Night held me as I crawled and scrambled near The Turkish lines. Above, the mocking stars Silvered the curving parapet, and clear Cloud-latticed beams o’erflecked the land with bars; I, crouching, lay between Tense-listening armies peering … Continue reading
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Father Christmas, 1914
Christmas, 1914: Father Christmas putting presents in soldiers’ boots.
Happy Book Birthday, Moonlight Mistress!!!
Leave a comment about your favorite werewolf book or movie, and tomorrow morning I’ll choose one name randomly to win a free copy. The Moonlight Mistress Read some excerpts, and more about the book, in these posts.
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Siegfried Sassoon, "Aftermath"
It’s Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans’ Day today. Aftermath Have you forgotten yet?… For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts … Continue reading
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A jolly Halloween….
And it’s especially jolly for me since I received my author copies of The Moonlight Mistress!!!
Happy Birthday, Ursula!
“We turn not older with years but newer every day.” –Emily Dickinson Today is Ursula Kroeber LeGuin’s 80th Birthday. [Photo copyright Eileen Gunn] “Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To … Continue reading
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