Wuthering Expectations
A Distinguished Crankologist.
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Naming the garden in The Story of the Stone - the pleasures of incomprehension
The older sister of Bao-yu, the boy, now a young teen, who was born with the jade stone in his mouth, is an Imperial Concubine, a high prestige slave of the Emperor. She is likely …
By Amateur Reader (Tom), 771 words
XIX век
Notes on nineteenth-century Russian poetry and prose.
By Erik McDonald.
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Coming soon: a translation comparison of Fathers and Children (or Sons)
Translating the title is a neat illustration of how, even in prose, “literal” isn’t all people care about. The Russian title Ottsy i deti (Отцы и дети, 1862) has symmetrical regular plural endings and means …
By Erik McDonald, 707 words
Russian Dinosaur
A blog mostly about Russian literature and translation issues, as retailed by a small stuffed dinosaur.
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Thank you for the radishes: Edmund Wilson in dialogue with Helen Muchnic
In 1942, the literary critic and Princeton graduate, Edmund Wilson, then forty-seven, made friends with a scholar of Russian literature slightly younger than himself, Helen Muchnic. Born in Baku in 1902, Helen emigrated to the …
By Russian Dinosaur, 1,889 words
Poemas del río Wang
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The Buddhas of Drakgo (Traveling in Kham 4)
Traveling in Kham • Jashideley! • Burial in the sky • Kangding, the gateway of Tibet • The Love Song of Kangding • The monastery of Tagong • The Buddhas of Drakgo The city of …
Lizok's Bookshelf
Reading ideas from Russian classic and contemporary fiction.
By Lisa C. Hayden.
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Far Outliers
Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and times.
By Joel.
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Serbian & Bulgarian Peasant Leaders
From From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe, by John Connelly (Princeton University Press, 2020), Kindle pp. 261-263: Though an underproductive agricultural regime also dominated the economies of Serbia and Bulgaria, a relation …
the cassandra pages
An artist, graphic designer, writer and publisher.
By Elizabeth Adams.
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Making a Print
Take a three-minute break from your day, and make a print with me... I had thought of doing a voiceover for this short video, but then decided it would be more meditative without an audio …
librarian.net
putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999.
By Jessamyn West.
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be organized from the very beginning
A difficult part of technology instruction is not that things are unknowable, but that no one is ever starting at the beginning, not in 2024. How I work – image from State Library of New …
DC Rainmaker | Blog
I’m just a triathlete and runner like you: I run, I bike, and I do something resembling swimming. And at the end of the day…I blog about it.
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Polar Vantage M3: Everything New You Need To Know!
Polar has just announced their Vantage M3, a watch that aims to complete a trio of watch hardware options from the company, and ultimately, complete their transition to AMOLED devices. I kinda honestly thought …
By Ray Maker, 1,892 words
Travel Photographer - Austin Mann — Journal
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iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review: Kenya
mambo vipi from kenya!Last week at the Apple keynote event, the iPhone camera features that stood out the most to me were the new Camera Control button, upgraded 48-megapixel Ultra Wide sensor, improved audio recording …
By Austin Mann, 3,539 words
Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity
Erica Verrillo has written seven books and published five. She doesn't know why anyone with an ounce of self-preservation would ever want to publish….
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45 Writing Contests in November 2024 - No entry fees
This November there are more than three dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes this month range from $10,000 to publication. None charge entry fees.Some of these contests …
By Erica Verrillo, 2,124 words
Jem – UK blogger - Developer - Entrepeneur
Web developer & work at home mama Jem’s personal UK lifestyle blog on family, fitness & work.
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The wettest 10k of my life
I recently entered the Shropshire Shufflers’ Severn Bridges 10k in Shrewsbury (after a little bit of a kerfuffle where it wouldn’t accept my affiliated club name) and ran with Gaz to celebrate his birthday. Never …
Spectre Collie
The Journal of Poorly-Explained Phenomena.
By Chuck Jordan.
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Saved by the Bell Curve
When I complained about the American news media’s gross journalistic malpractice, I also talked about my disappointment with the Harris-Walz campaign falling back into the worst Democratic election habits. But it would be foolish, and …
Makoism
An experiment of interesting finds. So it goes.
By Steve Makofsky.
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Espresso Shots 10-20-24
Here's my weekly update with a few interesting random findings that I came across the last week or two. I am going to try to make sure they're here in time for you to enjoy …
By Steve Makofsky, 660 words
Salman Ansari - Blog
I'm a startup founder, software engineer, writer, artist, teacher and DJ. I write a weekly newsletter called Quick Brown Fox — it’s about creativity, curiosity and embracing a polymath lifestyle. Each edition features essays, art and resources shared in the spirit of learning in public.
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A Pencil's Purpose
I just finished reading a beautiful book called The Mysterion by Kabir Helminski. The book is a wonderful introduction to the Sufi lens on spirituality, and how to find connection with our inner selves and …