Midatlantic
A blog about language, writing, and the urge to create.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
On a Shining Hill
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Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) For Valentine’s Day, here is a lovely poem that my step-daughter chose and read for us at the blessing ...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
To Look for America
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"Jo in Wyoming, Painting" Edward Hopper, 1946 In 1981, I had just moved to London from Scotland to take up my first ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Undiscovered Countries
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"Woman Lying on a Bench" Carl Larsson Having been felled by a nasty bronchial cough for the last week or so, I have been...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
More Precious than Rubies
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Ian Malcolm Mackintosh, 1927-2008 It’s been 5 years today since my father died. Though he was born in the 1920s, a time so distant tha...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Now and In England
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Extract from Four Quartets ( Quartet No. 4: Little Gidding ) by T.S. Eliot Last season's fruit is eaten And the full-fed beas...
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Monday, December 24, 2012
It snowed and it snowed
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Illustration by Edward Ardizzone "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas is one of the most evocative acc...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Versed in Sorrow
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Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866) Letter from Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia to her mother Queen Victoria on th...
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