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<\/a>TV's Marshall Point is more from right where there is no land to the left.<\/p><\/div>\n
And is the second lighthouse Pemaquid? Think Edward Hopper, but I\u2018m not at all sure. And a RB person who moved to Hawaii (hiss) asks, \u201cWhat\u2019s with the woman hauling red lobsters from the ocean?\u201d Shrewd eyes do not fade, even when they are entirely too far away.<\/p>\n
Lots in the news these days about what is factual, true, real, fiddled, created, imagined, retold, remembered, falsified, or subject to every other convolution that happens in the game of telephone, the stories of the Irish, or the findings of data hounds. The review of John D\u2019Agata\u2019s \u2019s book, The Lifespan of a Fact<\/strong><\/a> may be all you need to read of a long discourse on this matter, which is good because it won\u2019t be out in paper yet this summer. And Mike Daisey\u2019s comments about Steve Jobs and Apple in China<\/a> are mostly useful for the conversation about what journalism is or is not.<\/p>\n Charlie's Marshall Point. I love it, but what is it -- art, truth, terrific?<\/p><\/div>\n Personally, I take things with a grain of salt and figure the point being made falls somewhere between documented and speculative. Thus it is I\u2019ve never fretted about fiction\/non-fiction distinctions or paid much attention to authority, except maybe to question it or figure out how to change it. And I never consider an argument settled.<\/p>\n So it was that my mostly Scandinavian neighbors and I got together last week on St. Patrick\u2019s Day to argue one more time about whether the Irish or the Vikings got here first. As always, I argued for the Irish and thought I won. The Irish coffee was maybe not as good as usual with Redi-Whip instead of real whipped cream, but then as the Dane among us pointed out, none of us is as good as we once were. More seasoned, though.<\/p>\n And always happy to hear about new evidence to support the Irish-first hypothesis. Mention in Icelandic mysteries, Greenland travels or arctic explorations, maybe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you seen the Red Lobster commercial with a lobsterwoman from Spruce Head and two lighthouses? Roseledge Books Regular Steve is sure the first is Marshall Point lighthouse, five miles down the peninsula from RB. I was also sure until … Continue reading <\/a>