by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningI THINK we are too ready with complaintIn this fair world of God’s. Had we no hopeIndeed beyond the zenith and the slopeOf yon gray blank of sky, we might grow faintTo muse upon eternity’s constraintRound our...
Topics: life, poetry

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Factual and fancifulWith all the renewed interest in fantasy over the past decade, the 102 year old historical fantasy, Puck of Pook’s Hill, deserves consideration. Two early 20th century children, living in Pevensey, England, have a chance...
Topics: England, fantasy, folklore, mythology

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Click on the link and listen to this presentation by Scott Simon. Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln.A Birthday Tribute To Abraham Lincoln : NPR.
Topics: american, Civil War, history

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Only connectNineteen Minutes is a book you can get lost in. Much of the horror that the nation experienced after the Columbine shootings has dissipated with time, and Picoult’s plot, with its many similarities, can bring that horror rushing back to.
Topics: books, culture and society, fiction

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Auld Lang SyneThe most commonly sung song for English-speakers on New Year’s eve, “Auld Lang Syne” is an old Scottish song that was first published by poet Robert Burns, in the 1796 edition of the book, Scots Musical Museum, after he..
Topics: culture and society, history, New York, tradition

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