Bound to the Past
While Beowulf is one of the most important and most translated works of…
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Reading Aloud Favorites
“Mom, that’s not Nagaina’s voice! That’s how Nag sounds.” Mary quickly caught my…
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Operation Jackpot
The story is utterly fantastic, with a list of villains so long one…
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Ex Libris: The Bells & Other Poems
Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!…
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A Toothsome Find
A feeling of a subdued, anxious weight fills my throat and stomach whenever the…
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Columbia on the Road
The original South Carolina Constitution required the governor and other constitutional officers to…
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Ex Libris: The Complete Flower Fairies
My buds, they cluster small and green; The sunshine gaineth heat: Soon shall…
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Ex Libris: Lords of the Fly
"And then they saw them arcing through the waves. Tarpon. Almost too large…
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Ex Libris: Northanger Abbey
“It is only a novel ... or, in short, only some work in…
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Beware the Ides of March
Even the most dispassionate student of Shakespeare probably knows the line, “Beware the…
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Ex Libris: Revolver
The story of Samuel Colt and his invention of the revolver, told by…
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Ex Libris” Christmas Stories
One of my favorite childhood traditions in decorating for Christmas each year was…
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