Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • Our New Institution

    Recently I have started bicycling again. My family and I used to go on Sunday outings, way back when, and we’ve recently resumed this pastime. Once cycling past fields of cows and mountain views, now we cycle in wooded urban areas and past rivers and golf courses. Same rhythm, different scenes. You notice the people Continue reading

  • Life without Books

    Life without Books

    This was a week of frustrations, large and small—a dearth of reading included. I managed to get through a few pages of Anna Seghers’s Transit at the park and enjoyed them. Other than that, I didn’t read this week, nor work on YouTube videos, either. On the surface, life without books continues on as normal. Continue reading

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  • Three Books With an Impact

    For this prompt, I thought it would be fun to feature three books I don’t think I’ve talked about before, or at least not often. The Hiding Place – Corrie ten Boom As a child, I read an enormous number of books about Christian figures. My mom bought them, and I tried nearly every book Continue reading

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  • Of Note-Taking and Commonplace Books—A Ramble

    Of Note-Taking and Commonplace Books—A Ramble

    I don’t follow a lot of booktubers, but I always get excited when RC Waldun drops a video. Our reading interests don’t overlap a ton (he’s heavily into philosophy and the Beats), but I enjoy his approach to literature. It’s been fun to watch, over the years, how he’s thrown himself wholeheartedly into his channel 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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