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NOT DEAD, EVEN IN WINTER
Dana called yesterday and asked if I was dead. I know a hint when I hear one. Time to answer emails. M: Regarding the harbor photo, I don’t think it is Jamie Wyeth, though the boat is his Dreadnaught. The … Continue reading
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JULY: THE BLUEST BLUES, THE BEST BOOK EVER AND MORE PERFECT DAYS
Aarrghhh! Plagiarism makes me crazy and again, it is in the news. Now it’s a Montana senator whose major contribution to his War College Master’s paper apparently was to re-arrange whole ideas from a few worthy papers written by others, … Continue reading
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MORNING COFFEE 4, SOURCES, GIFTS, ETC.
BR-R-R-R! Very cold here. As always, coffee and an unexpectedly good newspaper article about sources warm the hands and heart , in this case a NYT article about the fact-uality of social media. Forget truthiness; this is about the iffiness … Continue reading
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MORNING COFFEE 2
Noteworthy newspaper clippings and citings are piling up. I hope your cup of coffee is as ready as mine. ***** Tweets now have their own “official” footnote citation format, thanks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological … Continue reading
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GLORY(?) DAYS OF SUMMER
It is August 3 or 4 or 5 and the heater kicked on. AARGH! But, as always in Maine, wait fifteen minutes or, in this case two hours, and folks walking by have shed their hoodies. If you are a … Continue reading
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FACT-CHECKING
Richard III (1452-1485) is alive again in the public mind! This is no small feat for someone dead these 500+ years. The newsworthy note is that Richard III’s bones have probably been found which means that two questions about him … Continue reading
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READING AND SUMMER UPDATE
The ending of David Grann’s The Lost City of Z was satisfactory, much like Nicholas Clapp’s The Road to Ubar, but I wanted a book with more search detail, like Ubar. I hate reviewers who review the book they wish … Continue reading
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