Midatlantic
A blog about language, writing, and the urge to create.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Secret Lives of Houses
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The White House is the L-shaped house on the left with the tree behind it. I grew up in the most atmospheric house I can possibl...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Adams in Eden
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Henry Adams, American historian and novelist Extract from Chapter 1 of Children of Eden : When Adams and La Farge returned from Tautir...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Back to the Garden
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I used to think I was cut out to be a songwriter. When I was in high school in Scotland, my best friend, my brother, and I sang together ...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Back in the saddle
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It’s almost the end of September and I haven’t written a word since July. This of course is an exaggeration. I have written a great deal – ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Lost in a Haunted Wood
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W.H. AUDEN SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a lo...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
One Woman's Imagination
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On my recent trip to the UK, I was getting out of a cab at King’s Cross train station when I saw a long line of people queuing outside the ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Blowing in the wind
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I don’t suppose there will ever be another week in my life in which I go through an earthquake and a hurricane. I certainly hope not. Having...
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