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lunabee341. MeeMaw appears to be okay. She didn't have any cognitive or physical impairments from those episodes she had after coming home from the hospital, so my mom (a nurse) thinks her blood pressure just tanked rather than her having subsequent strokes. I talked to her on a video call, and mom sent me a couple of videos of her laughing and talking with everyone. I am under no delusions; she is nearer to the end of her life than the beginning. However, I will be very happy if she continues to maintain the good quality of life she is enjoying now until the end, whenever that may be.
2. Josh and I put our names on the no-waste list at Walmart. Several of our colleagues did so last week and got calls for shots within a few days. So hopefully this will lead to us being vaccinated soon.
3. Everyone should go read the new Blake's 7 zine The House Always Sins. I am partial toexecutrix's contributions. Her writing is always very funny with great dialogue and sharp character insights.
4. I have never shopped at this stationery store, but I thought I'd pass on the PSA: Chicago-based Paper Source is declaring bankruptcy and possibly not paying all the small stationery makers they ordered from during the pandemic.
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The Novel-Machine: The Theory and Fiction of Anthony Trollope by Walter M. Kendrick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book looks at what Kendrick sees as Trollope's grand unified theory of writing as laid out in his autobiography. I think what Trollope has to say about writing is really interesting and is not far afield from what some of today's writing manuals suggest is necessary to form a writing discipline, but his treatment of writing as something to diligently practice and then sell is exactly what led his contemporaries to devalue his writing (according to Kendrick).
Also, did Henry James ever like anything? Every time I run across a James quote, he just sounds like the worst kind of snobby jerk.
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2. Josh and I put our names on the no-waste list at Walmart. Several of our colleagues did so last week and got calls for shots within a few days. So hopefully this will lead to us being vaccinated soon.
3. Everyone should go read the new Blake's 7 zine The House Always Sins. I am partial to
executrix's contributions. Her writing is always very funny with great dialogue and sharp character insights.4. I have never shopped at this stationery store, but I thought I'd pass on the PSA: Chicago-based Paper Source is declaring bankruptcy and possibly not paying all the small stationery makers they ordered from during the pandemic.
5.
The Novel-Machine: The Theory and Fiction of Anthony Trollope by Walter M. KendrickMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book looks at what Kendrick sees as Trollope's grand unified theory of writing as laid out in his autobiography. I think what Trollope has to say about writing is really interesting and is not far afield from what some of today's writing manuals suggest is necessary to form a writing discipline, but his treatment of writing as something to diligently practice and then sell is exactly what led his contemporaries to devalue his writing (according to Kendrick).
Also, did Henry James ever like anything? Every time I run across a James quote, he just sounds like the worst kind of snobby jerk.
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