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Merkin

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Merkin last won the day on March 25

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  1. I agree. Let’s not try to fix what isn’t broken. Stories told through serial release have been a big hit with readers ever since magazines became popular and easily accessible to a literate public. Charles Dickens established the form for English readers with The Pickwick Papers in the early 1800’s. Much of European and Russian literature was first published serially, including works by Alexandre Dumas, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Most writers who set out to construct a lengthy narrative tend to handle the passage of time and the development of their characters through episodic reveal, and they unwind their plots in the form of chapters. Publication in a staged format is not only familiar to readers, it is often built in by the writer to support the pace of the tale he is unfolding.
  2. Well said. Who we become is a composite of who we have been, and various music becomes an underlying theme for our memories.
  3. Freddy is bold as brass because he has a lot of brass: an F Horn has about 13 feet of tubing, while a B-flat Horn has 9 feet of tubing, hence a double Horn like his is over twenty feet of brass tubing. Alas, my poor trumpet was only about 5 feet long, uncoiled.
  4. Climate, climate, climate.
  5. Duck, Duck, Goose would have been my choice for #1, too, except When He Was Five was the first of Cole's stories I ever read and it broke my heart. It's still my #1.
  6. How cool would that be! Canadians would gain a heck-of-a seaport, and we'd be able to hear Oh Canada! at all the Yankee Stadium baseball games.
  7. Yes! A great story line, plus an impressive look into this boy's thought processes, despairs, triumphs, angst, and achievements. A few tears are involved, too.
  8. That list--what a treasure! I hope Mr. Parkes seized the moment.
  9. I agree, Camy. But I'd rather be sitting and rocking on that porch with Meredith. This goes to show how one great evil leads to another great evil exacting revenge--but wait, here comes another one, and so the world ends.
  10. Our forum titled 'The Raccoon's Den" was started by Wibby and when he was active here it was noted for his sly humor and sharp wit.
  11. We had a big black Lab named Bailey who weighed in at 130 pounds at his final vet visit. Unfortunately he suffered epileptic seizures and had to be kept medicated. He had been raised on a farm with goats before we got him and often exhibited goat behavior, including leaping straight up into the air when he was excited. He was loving and gentle and slobbery and a difficult house dog. Luckily we lived in the country at that time.
  12. I offer without comment this article I found this morning in Politico: "Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration" . https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/20/donald-trump-allies-christian-nationalism-00142086 I also remind you to take another look at https://www.awesomedude.org/douglas/please-come-with-me/please_come_with_me.htm
  13. This is a wonderful story, and should be assigned reading for all secondary school teachers.
  14. I remember this story. It's by Driver, and not only is it a scary Hallowe'en story that will stick with you forever, it also builds on his well-known themes of community, family, and personal commitment.
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