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Monthly Archives: July 2007

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Wherever I go, there I am . . .

words and images Posted on July 31, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 31, 2007

The mess from my closet piled up in my bedroom is a reminder of (1) my pack-rat ways and (2) the oddly disorienting events of Thursday night. I can’t explain my mood as the leak in the closet was hardly … Continue reading →

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Book review: Lois the Witch

words and images Posted on July 29, 2007 by dlschirfFebruary 10, 2019

Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell. Foreword by Jenny Uglow. Highly recommended. The well-educated wife of a Unitarian minister in Victorian Manchester, Elizabeth Gaskell must have understood the dangers of misused Christianity and religious intolerance in a closed community. In Lois the Witch, … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide

words and images Posted on July 28, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 2, 2018

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams. Highly recommended. If finding out your house is about to be bulldozed to make way for a highway bypass is unnerving and life changing, imagine finding out the same is about to happen … Continue reading →

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When it rains, it doesn’t need to do so this literally

words and images Posted on July 25, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 25, 2007

I did say when it rains, it pours, didn’t I? Idiot. Someone took me literally. I thought I heard something in my kitchen when I came home, but I couldn’t be sure because my hearing is poor and because there … Continue reading →

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From Bristol Renaissance Fair

Hodge and pillow

“My, what a handsome pillow it is!”

July 23, 2007 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Life Tagged Hodge, photos, RenFaire, Wisconsin 3 Replies

Those late-night calls

words and images Posted on July 23, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 23, 2007

Friday’s doings — Aside from what happened during the day, I came home to find that my DSL connection, down overnight Thursday for maintenance, had not been restored to working order. This prompted a lengthy call that started with level … Continue reading →

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Perfect weekend II

words and images Posted on July 22, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 22, 2007

Can it be possible? Two perfect summer weekends in Chicago? In the same month? In July? Yes, for yesterday and today were everything a Western-New-Yorker-at-heart like me could want — sunny skies, sometimes with interesting cloud patterns; comfortable temperatures in … Continue reading →

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Riders on the storm

words and images Posted on July 18, 2007 by dlschirfNovember 17, 2013

Caught this as a storm built up from the west during an hour’s time. It’s coming down now in horizontal sheets, with lots of great lighting and sound effects. Time to curl up and read. Edit: It became much more … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

words and images Posted on July 15, 2007 by dlschirfDecember 12, 2018

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. Edited by Herbert Rosengarten with an introduction by Margaret Smith. Highly recommended. The elaborate Victorian prose style of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall does not obscure a story that is recognizably modern—that … Continue reading →

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Dream: Three o’clock genie

words and images Posted on July 13, 2007 by dlschirfJuly 13, 2007

I was in a huge banquet hall feeling lost and alone among all the people. I recognized some from high school or college, but I didn’t know any of them well enough to approach and ask for a seat. I … Continue reading →

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