Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Ballad of the Alamo

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The Battle of the Alamo The Ballad of the Alamo Donovan A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die By a line that he drew with hi...

Libraries, bookstores and the depths of winter

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As we trudge our way into February, that wicked and most treacherous month of winter, family members serially fall prey to cabin fever. One ...
Monday, January 28, 2008

A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig by Charles Lamb

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I came across this essay by the author Charles Lamb, more famous for retelling the Shakespeare stories for children ( Tales from Shakespeare...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Favorite Children's Books - UK and USA

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I am an inveterate collector of lists. With something as contextual and subtle as favorite children's books, it is really mostly an ind...

Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The Colossi of Memnon, Luxor, Egypt Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and t...
Monday, January 21, 2008

'If children are to become readers for life, they must first love stories' from Britain

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The Telegraph has a listing of Childrens Books as well as suggestions from their readers. I love book lists and am happy to see this one. ...

The Moral Instinct

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Steven Pinker had an essay, The Moral Instinct , in the New York Times a week ago which I have just got around to reading. It is good readin...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Those Icelanders

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The other day I was poking around a used books store and came across an intriguing little book narrating the history of Icelandic immigratio...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Beowulf - What I didn't know

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Dot Wordsworth, language columnist in the The Spectator, in her column of November 24, 2007 points out something I never knew, nor even thou...

We'll All Die Game by Johnny Ashcroft

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Johnny Ashcroft was an Australian country singer especially popular in the 1950's and 60's. I especially like this ballad. The nam...