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September 17, 2009

It’s pretty obvious I don’t post to this blog anymore…here’s my active blog, please stop by!

http://noncomposmentismama.wordpress.com/

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One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I am a sucker for Magical Realism but have had this old book sitting idly on my shelf for so many years. The very first sentence hooked me--it's one of the best openings in literature. I'd say that I won't spoil it by sharing it here, and suggest that you pick up your own copy toute suite...but the fact of the matter is that I left the book in my car, silly me, and wouldn't dream of paraphrasing an iota of the original. So go read it yourself. :)

The Journey Home, by Edward Abbey
The one and only, my personal favorite iconoclastic curmudgeon. My favorite of his novels is "A Fool's Progress." My favorite non-fiction: the classic "Desert Solitaire." In this collection of essays "in defense of the American west," Abbey tells of his time as a fire lookout in Glacier National Park; describes the axel-bending, tire-flattening, engagement-wrecking detour he insisted on taking through Big Bend National Park; and shares his personal thoughts on such creatures as centipedes and scorpions. He had an affinity for the turkey vulture, a disdain for the machine of "progress" ("the ideology of a cancer cell--growth for growth's sake"), and is buried in a mysterious place in the Arizona desert beneath a rock inscribed with the succinct "No Comment." With that--and vehement encouragement to read anything by Ed--no further comments from me either.
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