NEW TRICKS

I am trying to learn new tricks. Two books that have lessons. I underline. I must remember this. Then, I forget.

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Martin Amis’ House of Meetings:

There be monsters.

Nuala O’Faolain: Are You Somebody?

Well–am I somebody? I’m not … Read the rest

Top Drawer

DRAWER PEOPLE — “The best (most capable) people available; of high social standing. The top drawer of a dresser usually contains one’s jewelry and other valuable things, and herein probably lies the origin of this 20th-century phrase. Rose Macaulay wrote, … Read the rest

What the Nose Knows

(**People, I woke up this morning 7/13/2008 and thought of a better image for this post.  So, purple petunias, robin’s egg blue surgical gloves and one click of a camera and we’ve got a new one.  I think you’ll agree, Read the rest