Category Archives: General

Readin’ Dixie: The Index

Posted on December 13, 2021 by smellincoffee

Pursuant to my goal of reading more southern history and literature, I’m creating an index to get an at-a-glance idea of areas I’ve read more in or have ignored. I’m planning on developing this more in 2022! LAND, LITERATURE, and … Continue reading →

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Maria! I just met a girl named Mariaaaaaaaaa

Posted on December 12, 2021 by smellincoffee

Tonight I watched the new West Side Story in theaters, and I have to say — I’m a fan. I love it. I’ve seen the original at least a dozen times (I used to be obsessed with it), know the … Continue reading →

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November 2021

Posted on December 3, 2021 by smellincoffee

November proved to be a reasonably productive month! Classics Club Strikes Back:The Great Gatsby, F. Scott FitzgeraldWatership Down, Richard AdamsThe Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka Climbing Mount Doom:Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terror, Scott HortonWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding … Continue reading →

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Advent hello

Posted on November 29, 2021 by smellincoffee

A close relative of mine was rushed to the hospital last week and discovered to have kidney (!) cancer, so it’s been a stressful few days. Their offending kidney has been removed and they’re recovering nicely. Who knew such little … Continue reading →

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Germans: terror and tedium

Posted on November 9, 2021 by smellincoffee

In the past week I’ve read or mostly-read, in the case of The Vampire Economy, two books with a German connection. The first, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, was by far the most interesting of the two. I read this … Continue reading →

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October 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by smellincoffee

“October should be a fun month,” I said. Hah! It certainly went a different way than I expected, but I didn’t let a little ol’ thing like medical incarceration keep me down. Despite or perhaps because of my near-two week … Continue reading →

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Something’s coming, something good

Posted on October 26, 2021 by smellincoffee

I love West Side Story. I was exposed to the “Tonight” quartet in high school music appreciation, and after checking out a VHS tape from the library, I promptly watched it five times in two weeks and began looking for … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday Freebie: Frightfully Good Reads

Posted on October 26, 2021 by smellincoffee

Today is a freebie, and I’m going with Halloween-appropriate books because ’tis the season. Spook, Mary Roach.  A playful examination of scientific attempts to discover our fate after death. Night of the Living Trekkies,  David Anderson.  Easily the funniest zombie book I’ve ever read, … Continue reading →

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For mudpuddle

Posted on October 22, 2021 by smellincoffee
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View from Room 327

Posted on October 13, 2021 by smellincoffee

Annnnnnnnnnnd I’m out! Free! Very much walking wounded, very much in possession of a radically altered life — but I’m out, out in the air and under the sun, free to walk without a beeping, hissing IV bag following me, … Continue reading →

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