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  • Unbroken

    29 Jul 2011

    by Laura Hillenbrand Review by Buddy Ellisor How much can a man endure before he gives up? It is said…

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  • The Forgotten Garden

    12 Jul 2011

    by Kate Morton A little girl, four years old, arrives in Australia on a ship that has come from England.…

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  • The Stolen Child

    28 Jun 2011

    By Keith Donohue When a child is stolen by the fairies, he remains forever a child until the time comes—maybe…

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  • Let the Great World Spin

    23 Jun 2011

    by Colum McCann The year is 1974. It is morning on a hot August day. People are rushing to their…

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  • This week’s Five

    Selected Fire Facts

    1. Over 1million acres burned in wildfires in Texas this summer.

    2. Wildfire is first recorded in the Late Silurian fossil record, 420 million years ago, by fossils of charcoalified plants. Apparently not due to anthropogenic interference.

    3. The name 'bonfire' is believed to be derived from the Celtic custom of burning the bones of the cattle which were slaughtered at Samhain - a 'bone fire'.

    4. Celebratory bonfires have historical precedence in Alpine and Central Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan Scandinavia, Slavic Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and College Station.

    5. "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances", quoted from Jack London in "To Build A Fire'.

  • In the most recent past…

    • Saturday in Patagonia
    • Patagonia…
    • Somewhere over the Austrian Alps, ca. 1991. Approx. 3500m altitude, declining.
    • 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper
    • To Build A Fire
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