One of the most powerful sessions at Cuirt this year was onethat featured readings by Sunny Jacobs and Erwin James, eachof whom served long prison sentences after murder convictions.Sunny James’s reading was both heartbreaking and uplifting.She served seventeen years in Florida prisons until she was releasedfollowing a confession by the real murderer. It’s an amazing [...]
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Well, wouldn’t you know…I’m having trouble uploading my images this morning on blogspot…Mama mea culpa!But for now…there’s a little taste of Daffodil festival in Nantucket..but wait!
Here’s two more images…South Wharf Gallery…how charming is that?
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…a host of golden daffodils;beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze……William Wordsworth
In town…the creative “Trillium”window box…. and Arnos on Main Street….
Flowers on Chestnut….an Orange Street window box…..
Sconset…on the bluff…on Beach Street….in town….
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Did I really write that Nell McCafferty is an “iconic figure”in Ireland? I’ve succumbed to one of the more tiresome ofcurrent usages and I apologize. The number of purported “icons”and “iconic figures” will shortly equal the population of St. Louis,and I have contributed. Mea culpa.
There’s a lot of discussion following the readings at [...]
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Just before I headed to the Cuirt Festival launchTuesday afternoon I checked my email andread Gene’s Mahon About Town bulletin about David Halberstam’s death, which shocked and saddened me, and lent a somber edge to the high spirits of the launch.
In the event, about 200 people gathered at the new Galway City Museum [...]
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Here’s a link for a biography on David and a nice photo of him as well…http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Halberstam
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Here’s some links to see some of the Art work Dick is seeing at the Cuirt Festival..http://www.thekennygallery.ie/artists/mathewstom/Artoons_Poster.pdf and ….http://www.heirloom.ie/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=miva6&Category_Code=JB
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In Galway, it was raining sideways when I stepped off the train fromDublin. After a nap at the guest house, I headed to Galway Town Hall, themain venue for the Cuirt Festival, to pick up my tickets and to attend the exhibit of cartoonsby Tom Mathews and Joe Boske which is one of [...]
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Happy Earth Day! And what a beautiful day it is…….Everybody is outside today….We have a great selection of gardening and “green” books here at the store for you to read…stop by on your way to the Unitarian church, where you’ll find a little Earth Day celebration…http://www.nantucketindependent.com/news/2007/0418/other_news/007.htmlHave a great day!
…These guys are taking a peep outside….
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This was National Library week. Who did I see there? Somba, red socks fan and reading dog.This was also volunteer week…so why not spend a day at our Atheneum helping putting books away and enjoying the views?There’s some new gifts at the store…and today is Saturday and a beautiful day….Maybe we’ll see you!
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