Friday Thoughts
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Can an Artist Be Free? – Friday Thoughts
So I was watching Rush Hour (1998) for the first time yesterday… I hadn’t watched a movie solo in a while, and my slow-paced quest is to watch all the martial arts classics. Anyways, it was interesting. A biracial cop/action comedy, Rush Hour is goofy, terribly dated (the black/Asian stereotypes were hilariously awful), and story-wise, Continue reading
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Ice Skating to Classic Literature – Friday Thoughts
Medvedeva’s Anna Karenina, from an earlier competition. I don’t usually watch a lot of TV, but that changes as soon as the Winter Olympics comes around. It feels like the world is just a little (tiny) bit saner when the Olympics goes well, and, of course, I get a thrill out of watching skiing, snowboarding, Continue reading
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Friday Thoughts: Things I Do When I’m Not Reading
(What I really need to do: go outside.) For better or worse, I’m one of those people that doesn’t procrastinate much on things I have to do – work, chores, running errands – but when the end of the day comes around, very often I don’t feel like doing what I really want to do Continue reading
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Friday Thoughts: Do You Write in Books?
Sneak-peek at an upcoming review… Recently I found these wonderful page/line markers at the local Daiso. For those unfamiliar with Daiso, it’s a Japanese $1.50 store (only in a few U.S. states, unfortunately). They’re just the right amount of sticky to be reusable but not damaging to paper. I’ve found these work great for marking Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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