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Michael Robert Dyet
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Mostly just keep plugging along and work through it. But sometimes you have to take a break and come back at it later with a fresh mind.
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Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage - Stories by Michael Robert Dyet
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Until the Deep Water Stills: An Internet-enhanced Novel
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Random Act of Metaphor: A Flower Fly and a Cucumber Beetle
Hmmm, can we learn a lesson in harmony from creatures so small they may be overlooked?
The photograph at the head of this post is not one of the better ones I have taken in terms of the quality of the image. But it caught my eye as I was scrolling through some insect photos from last year. It is not often that I manage to capture two different insects in one shot.
The insect on the left is a Tra
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Each time I start reading a novel that has been highly praised and won numerous awards, I wonder if it is going to live up to all the hype. In the case of “Station Eleven”, the answer is: Not quite, but still an interesting read. “Station Eleven” is a ...more |
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About 20 pages into “A Minor Chorus”, I bailed out and decided it was not going to be worth the effort to read. But I picked it up again on the principle that if I bought it, I should finish reading it for better or for worse. My big issue with this s ...more |
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I generally shy away from novels that employ the “series of letters” narrative format. It has always felt like a shortcut to me and often produces a disjointed story. But Virginia Evans makes the format work in “The Correspondent”. Sybil Van Antwerp, ...more |
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“A Long Walk with Fate” presents interlocking storylines for several characters: Aiden: An impoverished young artist in Vancouver raised by his aunt who struggles with his sense of identity. Gabi: am ambitious but frustrated young woman in Egypt stifle ...more |
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“Our Fifth Season” is a story of cross-cultural love complicated by differences in age, celebrity stardom and a murder charge that overshadows all else. Joanne is a single mother living in Ithaca, New York and working at the Academic Writing Center at ...more |
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“Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!”
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Thank you so much for the invitation to friendship. I do know the difficulty in striking that balance you mentioned. And that's the point where I am. Well, I want to master having peace in this world of... everything but! Peace,
Shalonda
Hi Jennifer:Thanks for the insight into your life story. No doubt you had to be very dedicated and very determined to accomplish what you did. I can identify with you to some degree. I was born in a small town and couldn't have gone to university without the government grants and loans that were available at the time. I immersed myself in the academic world and managed to get a couple of small, in-course scholarships that helped pay a few bills along the way.
I'm sure you'll enjoy David Adams Richards. He's a great storyteller who really draws you in to his creations.
Michael
Hi, again, Michael, Please read my comments on Alan Bennett's "Untold Stories".
You'll get an idea of my background.
And why I think David Adams Richards would appeal to me.
Ben:Thanks, Ben. Hopefully this message gets to you. I'm still a little vague on the ins and outs of goodreads. I'm not quite a technophobe but it does take me a bit of time to figure out how things work.
I plan to post a review of your "Living on the Market" which I finished about a week ago. It was an interesting read. It occurred to me that Doug's addiction to playing the market comes from the same place as the current craze of buying lottery tickets. The lure of easy money when lightening strikes.
Michael
Good to be able to be able to put a face to a name, Michael. Glad you put your picture up on Goodreads.Hope you have a pleasant experience on this site. regards!
Shane
