Midatlantic
A blog about language, writing, and the urge to create.
Friday, September 13, 2013
This Curious Light
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I recently finished reading a novel by the English novelist, Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975). A Wreath of Roses is set just after World...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tongues of Men and Angels
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This week I finally got around to seeing Joe’s Wright’s extraordinary movie Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley at her least ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Blessed are the Peacemakers
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Senator Mitchell surrounded by colleagues on the Congressional Iran-Contra Committee - July 1987 On July 13, 1987, I was standing arou...
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Where the Sky Meets the Sea
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Bali Ha'i - a still from the 1958 movie South Pacific Across just a short stretch of ocean from Tahiti lies the mysterious island ...
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...
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