On Christmas Eve, we turned on “A Christmas Story” in the kitchen, as pecans were being chopped and sugar was being sprinkled and dumplings were being rolled and dreams were being baked and et cetera. It had reached the point in the movie where Ralphie had finally gotten his BB gun, and “all hell” hovered [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Anthony Hecht’
November 24, 2008
T-giving
A List of Things For Which I Am Thankful, In Honor of Thanksgiving
1. I am thankful for the picture text messages my little sister sends me, wearing hilarously be-ruffled items as a part of her responsibilities as a Singing Purduette
2. I am thankful that there is something in the universe referred to as a [...]
May 20, 2008
Charles Dickens: Light of My Life
I finally finished “Bleak House”, by Charles Dickens, this weekend. This book flattened me. It flattened me out like a pancake. I was a pancake and “Bleak House” was a heart-wrenching, delightfully satirical asphalt paver. That Dickens! He can spin a yarn. Where were you in my literature classes, “Bleak House”? Why did my professors [...]
