Midatlantic
A blog about language, writing, and the urge to create.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Daisy Buchanan in the South Seas
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The House of the Columns, Mahina, Tahiti During my recent reread of The Great Gatsby , I was surprised to discover this sentence: “...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The Restless Eye
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"Night Windows" Edward Hopper, 1928 Staying with the early decades of the 20 th century, I am reading The Great Gatsby fo...
Friday, June 28, 2013
Drawing the Tides
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Adelaide Clemens as Valentine Wannop in "Parade's End" Back in the early spring, I was reading and blogging about Par...
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Born before Gatsby
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The wiry old lady with a fuzz of neat brown hair, and a surprisingly young-looking face was an avid reader. Ignoring the tumult all aro...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Down the Rabbit Hole
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"A Study of Anna Kuerner" Andrew Wyeth There was another ward before this one. It was an acute care ward where many of the ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Through the Looking Glass
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A ward in the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the 1930s (Medical Museum Picture Library, RBH) From high up in the Royal Berks Hospital, y...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Land of My Ancestors
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Idealized painting by George Baxter of the Queen, her husband and her children contemplating the landing of the French troops on Tahitia...
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