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Feb 26, 2013 04:51PM
I know it's not for everyone but this advert will at least give folks some idea of what it's like. http://smithcraftpress.com/songbook-f...
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I hope you don't mind if I post a few excerpts here, Andre. Frankly this is the only Goodreads page I can stomach. And I like it here. So:TWO WOMEN
There are two women whose names have stayed with me in my life-long stroll through literature. One is "Hester Savory." What a summery, mid-day meal of a name -- a veritable picnic! The essayist Charles Lamb was in love with her and God knows how many drunken nights he bored Wordsworth and Coleridge with tales of his youthful obsession. For seven years he pursued her through "unspeakable rural solitudes." Getting nowhere, he finally returned to "the sweet security of streets."
The other is "Juliana Popjoy." She was the mistress of the 17th century fop Beau Nash. When he dumped her she took it badly, and spent the next thirty years living in a hollow tree. Romance must have been a serious thing for her, in spite of her light-hearted name and whimsical address.
GOLLUM GIRL
Gollum Girl walked on all fours sometimes, and panhandled: an addict in the summer sunshine. "I'm in a primordial state," she said, and smiled her messy smile at the Suit who was walking by. "Good," said the talking Suit, and hurried off to a life of adventure, intrigue, and unspecified heroism in matters of office politics and household disputes.
SPRAY-PAINT
One December my father bought a can of gold spray-paint. He had an award, a figurine he'd won in lacrosse when he was young. He spray-painted it gold. Many years later I went back to fix the old place up, throw stuff out and do all those things we have to do. In the basement I found cardboard boxes tucked away, boxes filled with hammers and wrenches, my toy guns, pieces of rope, knives and forks: everything was spray-painted gold.
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