Monthly Archives: May 2010

Perfectly Horrifying: The Little Stranger

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Marion

The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters, Riverhead Books, 2009  Caution: It is difficult to write about The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters and not give anything away, so I’m going to say this post might contain spoilers.  The Little Stranger is … Continue reading →

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Downtown

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Marion

Hampton Court has been on 4th Street about 20 years; its street-facing window crowded with intriguing bottles of body wash, lotion, perfumes, soaps in pretty paper wrappings, puffy pastel body-scrubbers, spa mitts, sachets and jewelry.  Now they have put up … Continue reading →

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The Volunteer Event

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Marion

At the Volunteer Recognition event, I sat across from two of the Quilt Ladies.  They are part of a collective of about 200 women (about 100 core members) who make quilts for various groups, including the Valley of the Moon … Continue reading →

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Bank Reform Bingo Update!

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Marion

If you are playing Bank Reform Bingo, we can already mark  the “Exempt some institutions” square!  Thanks to Thinkprogress.org.

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Roasting Arizona

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Marion

Navajo, Hopi and Apache tribal police in Arizona staged a pre-dawn raid today and arrested nearly half of the population of Tucson.  The action came after the tribes agreed to abide by the state’s new immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, … Continue reading →

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Bank Reform Bingo

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Marion

Here’s a new game we can all play!  Whitehouse.gov has a blog posting with the 10 changes to Wall Street Reform that the lobbyists want.  Let’s take them, and their key phrases, and create bingo cards.  Then as we’re watching … Continue reading →

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The Manual of Detection

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Marion

The Manual of Detection, Jedeiah Baker, Berry,Penguin Paperbacks,2009  “There is always an Agency, always a Carnival to belong to.  The problem is belonging for too long to either of them.”  The Manual of Detection, p 227  The night I finished … Continue reading →

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Fiddler’s Green

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Marion

Sunday the Sig-O and I went to hear the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers play at the Jackson Theater.  They played for about two and a half hours, a very lively show if you like Celtic music.  Alasdair Fraser, the founder … Continue reading →

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The Recipe

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Marion

In the 1980s I took a writing workshop from Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm.  Knight was a paladin from the Golden Age of science fiction.  Wilhelm helped define New Wave before moving on to mysteries and legal thrillers.  They were—Kate … Continue reading →

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