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Yeah boy!
Roses are the new Oslo! Say hello to São Paulo for me!
Swedish Fish?
Humble is he who enjoys a Swedish Fish. Those things taste so damn good.
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I never made the dean's list, and this haunts me. I also never made popcorn.
Freddy
The scandal surrounding syrup fascinates me. I still say real maple syrup wins hands down!
“The Vortex at Mount Shasta" by Eugenia Loli.
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Effortless Writing in Debut “You Are One of Them”
The unstudied workmanship of Elliott Holt’s first novel “You Are One of Them” is enviable. The story bobs and weaves through time, somehow evading the nasty snags of convenient plot twists while neatly tying off all its threads. It reads so well that I was able to finish it in a single sick day. You should make the time to do the same.
Holt begins her novel with a degree of mystery and sustains the shrouded tone through to the finish, sidestepping sensationalism and delivering a twist. “You Are One of Them” is a Cold War story and Holt captures the fearful tensions of the era in her protagonist’s skittish development. Sarah Zuckerman views the world in terms of defection and every loss is a betrayal. Her sister’s young death sets in motion the dissolution of her parents’ marriage and her mother’s subsequent obsession with nuclear doom.
In 1982 Sarah and her best friend Jenny write letters to Yuri Andropov asking him to spare the world from nuclear war. Jenny’s letter is answered by the Russian premier and the young girl is launched to fame as the picture-perfect American face of peace keeping. She and her parents take a widely publicized tour of the USSR and Sarah is left behind wondering why Jenny’s letter was chosen and not hers. The young friendship withers and shortly after, Jenny and her family die in a plane crash. Sarah spends the years of her adolescence puzzling over her loss, defecting from her present.
When Sarah receives an email in 1995 from a woman in Moscow implying that Jenny’s death may not be what it seems, Sarah grasps at the alternate reality. Her attachment to her childhood friend is perplexing even as it is recognizable. Jenny and Sarah were not well-matched and the reader resists Jenny’s attraction. But early attachments always carry weight and Sarah has had little else to invest in. Holt addresses the complexities of memory in her text with a light touch, playing with the tricks of hindsight and the rewrites that love demands.
There is a grey sobriety to the tone of Holt’s novel, which makes the moments of brightness sparkle with even more brilliance. Sarah is a loner but her isolation coheres with the uneasy culture of the reborn Russia. Her ventures into Moscow are mediated by expat communities or citizens with hidden agendas. Living in Moscow she continually bumps up against the presentation of the past and the faltering reality of the present, the two polishing each other’s sides into a lethal edge. Sarah is a watchful narrator, as wary of deception as she is hungry for other possibilities.
Holt subtly adjusts the kilter of her novel’s focus, the shift unapparent until you find yourself looking steeply downward, surprised at the ground you’ve covered. “You Are One of Them” is about perceived and real threat and considers the ways in which your past does and does not shape your future. It is about girlhood and friendship, but it is also about motherhood and the motherland. Holt manages these shifting perspectives with the grace of an expert cinematographer, bringing larger truths into focus while allowing Sarah to linger in Moscow in the limbo of the unknown.
La iglesia Visigoda de San Pedro de la Nave se encuentra situada en la localidad del Campillo, término municipal de San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra, en la provincia de Zamora. Fue declarada Monumento Nacional el 22 de abril de 1912… El Templo se remonta a finales del S.VII , pues debió construirse entre los años 680 y 711, es decir, en los años previos a la conquista musulmana, por lo que puede tratarse de una de las ultimas obras del arte visigodo…
Can’t make it to Zamora, Spain anytime soon? Check out this 360 virtual tour of this amazing little Visigothic church. One of my favorite monuments ever. SO COOL!
Octoberfest is here!
Attention beer drinkers, it is now May. October is right around the corner. Are you preparing your brewskis? This "grape" is for you!
Today's number is 8
Today’s number is 8.
But is it?
Hello sunshine!
Sometimes you have to wonder how anyone can stay sane in this world. God knows Jason Glassbrenner isn't.
Jason Glassbrenner Eats Pizza
Who's that eating pizza? Why it's Venezuelan funny man Jason Glassbrenner, and it's looks like he's stuffing a big slice o' pizza in his mouth! That sure does look yummy, but what's the secret to that boysenberry sauce? Smells like something the colonel would fix up in his secret kitchen!
Jason Glassbrenner a Miracle Worker?
Reports are coming in (once again) that Jason Glassbrenner managed to score a perfect game at Schrader Lanes this last Thursday. As most people know, bowling is not Mr. Glassbrenner's game, so the fact that he has done this twice nowis truly astounding. The next time you see Jason, slap him on the back and say, "You're in the Army now!"
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This reminds me of my trip to Austria. I was constantly drowning in sweeping fields of glorious flowers. Truly stunning.
Boston Groundbreaking for the JFK Library
Kennedy family members break ground for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. June 12, 1977. Read more on the beginnings of Presidential Libraries.
Watch the live webcast of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum dedication tomorrow morning here.
Who let dogs out partner? In all seriousness though, it's refreshing to see Kennedy's serene moment of composure. Granted, it comes at the cost of something greater, something sincere, but still I think it provides satisfaction.
Concheiro de Montard - Casa Reais, Santiago de Compostela 2012. Via HIC, photos (C) Luis Díaz Díaz.
Lingo Boingo! Serious design happening here. It makes one wonder if Frank Lloyd Wright was correct when he warned of the military/industrial complex?