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Edie F

Edie F

I used to like reading poetry and novels but as I get older, I am increasingingly drawn to history -- the story of my own ancestors and that of the world they existed in, both physical and cultural. I'm also very interested in how geography and the physical world shapes human existence. As climate changes, how will this affect human culture... more »
  • West Hartford, CT, USA
  • member since November 25 2007

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  • Mary N

    Mary N says

    Hi Edie,
    Thanks for your note about "Family Properties." Since you actually witnessed one of the housing protests in Chicago, I'd be interested to hear your reaction after you've read it.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Anne D

    Anne D says

    Did you see that HBO has started a series No 1 Ladies Detective Agency??

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Anne D

    Anne D says

    HI Edie
    Read The Glass Castle and let me know what you think.

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nora M

    Nora M says

    Taste of Sunrise by Susan Zeder
    'Night Mother by Marsha Norman
    Anything by Ibsen

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lisa G

    Lisa G says

    My husband and I love the Life of Pi! We own it too.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Joe B

    Joe B says

    Keep reading...and not posting. will catch up next week..this week is more about writing than reading...and I get paid a lot more to write than read!

    joe

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nora M

    Nora M says

    Yeah I think you had to have spent some time of your life in the Midwest to fully appreciate it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nora M

    Nora M says

    August: Osage County is the best play I've seen in awhile. Anything by Ibsen is usually good too. But I only vaguely recollect that from my undergrad days when I read 3 plays a week for class. Nowadays I mostly skim through plays looking for suitable monologues for 12 year olds and read a lot of articles on arts education.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Will P

    Will P says

    Sorry; no I am not reading anything now, and until the summer at least, I don't know if I will have time to. Hobbies though, yes. I found this really cool space sim. You play it straight from your internet browser. Heres the link: www.pardus.at (Its servers are in Austria, but the site is in English.)| Actually, now that I think about it, I am reading one book... I'll add it now. (I'll post a picture too.)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Will P

    Will P says

    Have registered. I will now proceed to develop interests and hobbies.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Molly MacRae

    Molly MacRae says

    Hey! Cool about Candy!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Tracy T

    Tracy T says

    I am just getting started, so bear with me. I have never met anyone on the internet. I have never been in a chat room.
    If you look at my books you'll see two by Jim Thompson. He was a pulp fiction writer in the fifties. He was a natural born writer and a hopeless alcoholic.
    I am a fan of the Coen Brothers. films. Jim Thompson influenced them. "No Country for Old Men" had a lot of Thompson in there. Either the author of the book that the movie is based on, or the Coen Bothers, gave it the Thompson look.
    I'm better at recommending movies though.
    I'm also a fan of Garrison Kieler. Do you know he opened a bookstore in Minneapolis and sells only the books he likes.
    William Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for IRONWEED. It was third in a continuing, fictional history of Albany, New York. LEGS was the second, about the bootlegger Legs Diamond. The first was BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME. I've read his numbers 4 and 5 and lost track. Great period pieces. The other two are just good sports books. I will recommend many more sports books in time.
    Am I supposed to meet people on this site or what?
    I noticed there are a lot of erotica fans out there. Once again, I am better at recommending movies.
    By the way, did we go to kindergarten together at Cook School? Tracy.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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