Publisher's weekly has a wonderful tribute to the Queen, with first person rememberences from five people who knew her well, including her granddaughter.
On the subject of Jane Austen, I've started reading Emma Thompson's script for Sense and Sensibility. Well, I'm actually still stuck on the introduction, written by one of the producers. Did you know it took fifteen years to get that project underway? Emma probably wrote as many drafts!!
More tributes for M L'E on blogs: Bookmoot
Random item from American Libraries email: The Bookinist, a German creation, a book chair that holds up to 80 paperbacks, its own lamp, a wheel, and a place for a magnifying glass, pencil sharpeners, etc.
A compendium of beautiful libraries...
LISNEWS is moving over to Drupal??
The official Madeleine L'Engle site...
The official talk like a pirate web site...
Who knew there was a National Unmarrieds week? It's Sept 17-23. Here's their website... An interesting (sad) fact I learned from census stats on their website--only 35% of singles vote. Married people are more likely to vote. Sad. I got the phone call today from Allegheny County asking if I'd be working the polls in November--YES!
4 comments:
AAARRR me matey. And how are you today?
Ohhhhhhh SSSSSSLLLLLLLL
Where are you?????????
SP--all my introvert sirens were on high alert. I'm back now.
SL
Arrrrr, EXCELLENT, Matey!
We searched the high seas for ye'
(my son got the BIGGEST kick out of that website, thanks for sharing)
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