Category Archives: writing

Rock bottom

Posted on April 22, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I went to see The Rock Bottom Remainders this week, figuring that my standing as a writing geek would be revoked unless I saw these people play live. The band of writing luminaries started jamming together in 1992 and for … Continue reading →

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Letters

Posted on February 25, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.” Jane Austen, from a letter to her sister, Oct. 17, 1815 I’ve been thinking about letters, based on a recent discussion about Jane Austen’s letters, some of which are … Continue reading →

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of voice and vocabulary

Posted on February 7, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Look at the following words: Caustic, mullion, duffer, magistrate, minions, populace, portcullis, abhorrence, vizards, corselet, casquet, flagon, halberds, thumbscrew, phosphorescence, imminent, podgy, capricious, audacious, debonair, avidity, antimacassar. Now guess which book I plucked these from? (I’d turn this into a … Continue reading →

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Intersections

Posted on February 1, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

A while back when I was trying to learn how to play the guitar, I wasn’t putting in enough writing time. Every free minute I had, I was strumming my too-good-for-me Gibson, trying to learn something simple, like Mr. Tambourine … Continue reading →

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