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Alex

Ohio

An omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

Interests: Reading, psychology, laziness, The Lord of the Rings, P.G. Wodehouse, Alexandre Dumas, Lake Erie, graveyards, Doctor Who, photography, tea

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Those are gorgeous! Her face in the elephant picture is so expressive. Is this for school?

Commented May 10, 2011 on the secret garden at emma block's blog

Grandma Trouble

Ten years ago today, my great-grandma Julia died. I'm not doing a big memoir-y blog post, I just wanted to write down a few things that I loved about her, and what kind of a woman she was. I was only 12 when she died, and we lived three hours... Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2011 at Somewhere Quiet

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Josh Ritter, Valentine's Day, 2011

Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit was the opening act, playing solo on an acoustic guitar. He provided the "bitter motherfucker" part of the show, he told us. In reality he was funny, engaging, and sexily Scottish, stopping songs when we laughed at a lyric to poke fun at the young,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 15, 2011 at Somewhere Quiet

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graduated college visited Alaska moved back home got a job got my driver's license read 34 books watched about a billion hours of Doctor Who named a puppy All in all....not bad! Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Posted Dec 16, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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As I've gotten older, I've started to recognize in myself a desire to meet another person who is like me. Or maybe not like me, but who has been in a situation like mine. My sister has problems, some or most of which look very familiar: drug abuse, body image... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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My November Guest

This is me reading Robert Frost's poem My November Guest, with pictures I took back when it was, well, November! :) The sound quality isn't great, but it was the best my otherwise great camera could do. Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins

To Christ our Lord I CAUGHT this morning morning’s minion, king- dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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I went back to Lake View

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Posted Nov 18, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Queen City Graves

Another activity we did in Buffalo was to go looking for some family graves. We found none of them in the very weirdly-mapped cemeteries, but there were at least some interesting headstones to compensate. Continue reading

Posted Nov 9, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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I love these! They're so quirky and eye-catching. I could see them looking as good on a coffee table as they would on a bookshelf.

Commented Nov 9, 2010 on Here's the last of my three Gerald Durrel book... at emma block's blog

We do make "real" dumplings occasionally! Not in my immediate family so much, but my grandmother definitely does. It may be worth mentioning that my great-grandma was also a notoriously poor cook, in addition to the stretched-for-money thing. :) There was talk about adding salt to the actual dough, but that was Not How We Do It.

Commented Nov 8, 2010 on Dumpling Day at Somewhere Quiet

I went to Buffalo this weekend to visit my grandparents and participate in Dumpling Day, which is just like it sounds. It's a day of contradictions, really. When my grandfather was little, there were too many kids and not enough money, so these cheap-and-easy dumplings were necessary. Now all the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 8, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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You should! It's quite short, and it's public domain.

Commented Oct 29, 2010 on "Alone- it is wonderful how little a man can do alone!" at Somewhere Quiet

"Alone- it is wonderful how little a man can do alone!"

He dreams of a reign of terror! A reign of terror, I tell you. You must set a watch on trains and roads and shipping. The garrison must help. You must wire for help. I've had a love for reading as long as I can remember. I loved it and... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Alex is now following Emma Block

Oct 23, 2010

"Of all outdoor sports, few are more stimulating than watching middle-aged Frenchmen bathe. Drama, action, suspense, all are here." "As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Thank you, liliales! I had a wonderful time writing it, and I'm glad others like it. :-)

Commented Oct 12, 2010 on Welcome to Somewhere Quiet at Somewhere Quiet

Welcome to Somewhere Quiet

Welcome to Somewhere Quiet, where residents and guests come to watch the seasons change around them and watch the world outside run through their days. Around here we all live in little stone houses. Some are under a hill, others on open ground. Some souls prefer their little homes to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Oct 9, 2010

The Haserot Angel

Today I went to Cleveland's famous Lakeview Cemetery. There are quite a few notable people buried there, like President Garfield and John D. Rockefeller, but possibly the most famous monument there is one called the Haserot Angel. I had seen several pictures of the Haserot grave, and the forbidding angel... Continue reading

Posted Oct 9, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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What inspires you in life? What makes you want to reach for the stars and do something truly extraordinary?

I'm trying out this "Q" thing. And bummer, it's mostly corporate shilling. Ah well. TypePad's gotta pay the bills somehow. Would it be wrong of me to use this question to talk about how nauseating I sometimes find the Disney mystique? Like, I enjoy a good Disney movie and I've enjoyed my vacations to Disneyworld, but I watched this show on people getting married at Disney with frickin' Mickey ears in their wedding cakes and Cinderella dresses and I kind of wanted to vomit. To each his own, I guess, but it seems so infantalizing and stifling personal expression. Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Ladies in Black and White

I saw this lady in white at the Smithsonian, and she was glorious. Not only a beautiful picture, it's also huge! Standing in front of it was awe-inspiring. Standing in front of this lady in black would be the same, I imagine. Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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Gah, silly Typepad. I haven't really sat down and figured it out yet. I didn't know it was set to only let comments in from people who were signed on. Thanks for the heads up! It makes me sad that Trek was in the 60s and that particular Who was in the 80s, but I guess effects couldn't really change much until computers were much more prominent.

Commented Sep 26, 2010 on Let's Get Ready To Rumble! at Somewhere Quiet

Let's Get Ready To Rumble!

Readers, I present to you two venerable science-fiction and television institutions: Star Trek and Doctor Who. Both are beloved the world over and have showcased some of the most creative minds of their eras. And both have had some spectacularly awful fight sequences. Exhibit 1: Kirk and the Gorn It's... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet

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