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Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
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Richard Jespers
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in Wichita, Kansas, The United States
June 11
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Adam Haslett, Peter Cameron, Tobias Wolff, Michael Cunningham, Lorrie
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October 2014
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Dear Subscribers,
Once again, because of ill health, I am suspending publication of my four to five weekly blog posts. Believe me, they have always been a joy to prepare, but at this time I must devote my energy to reviving my health.
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Once again, because of ill health, I am suspending publication of my four to five weekly blog posts. Believe me, they have always been a joy to prepare, but at this time I must devote my energy to reviving my health.
Thank you for all your support through the years that I have been in operation. I hope to be back up and running as soon as I feel like it. There are thirteen to fourt Read more of this blog post »
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This book is chock full of information, so much information that it may be hard to take it all in. That is the reason why I’m keeping it as a reference book. On Ultra-Processed Foods “First, these foods and beverages contain additives and industrial...more |
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"This is a fine but not a great novel which I enjoyed immensely and I am in the process of buying the other two novels in the trilogy of which this is volume one. I am struggling, against my fondness, not to oversell this novel or the . Stuart Thorogo"
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Below the bows of the Arrawa a child’s coffin moved onto the night stream. Its paper flowers were shaken loose by the wash of a landing craft carrying sailors from the American cruiser. The flowers formed a wavering garland around the coffin as it began its long journey to the estuary of the Yangtze, only to be swept back by the incoming tide among the quays and mud flats, driven once again to the shores of this terrible city (279).”
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“A bald eagle perched in a dead tree, watching us. The landscape was bold. Not only was the property on the North Platte River but the river ran through it, taking an east-west turn for a few miles in its course. The land was a section, 640 acres, a square mile of riparian shrubs and cottonwood, some wetland areas during June high water, sage flats and a lot of weedy overgrazed pasture (46).”
― Bird Cloud
― Bird Cloud
“Whatever it was, it caused me to be late getting the roll taken, and I had just turned to that task when the door opened and Molly Bendixon walked in abruptly.
‘Where’s your absence report?’ she demanded. ‘They’re waiting for it in the office. It’s holding everybody up. Haven’t you been told that you’re supposed to take the roll first thing and get it down there?’ Her tone was sarcastic and patronizing.
‘I’m just taking it now,’ I said. ‘I’ll have it down there right away.’ I was furious but determined not to show it in front of the students. Molly turned and marched out, and I followed her, closing the door behind us. I hadn’t had my morning coffee yet, and my anger was getting the upper hand. ‘Miss Bendixon,’ I said, ‘let me explain something.’ She sighed and turned, evidently expecting an excuse. ‘My classroom is off limits to you. You are never again to enter it unless I invite you. And if you ever humiliate me in front of my students again, I will knock you on your ass. You can tell that to the principal if you want to, and if you don’t believe me, try me.’
I went back to my classroom and slammed the door, hard. Several of the students had slipped up to the door and had been straining to hear what I was saying to Molly, but they scuttled back to their seats when I came in, and everybody was very quiet.”
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‘Where’s your absence report?’ she demanded. ‘They’re waiting for it in the office. It’s holding everybody up. Haven’t you been told that you’re supposed to take the roll first thing and get it down there?’ Her tone was sarcastic and patronizing.
‘I’m just taking it now,’ I said. ‘I’ll have it down there right away.’ I was furious but determined not to show it in front of the students. Molly turned and marched out, and I followed her, closing the door behind us. I hadn’t had my morning coffee yet, and my anger was getting the upper hand. ‘Miss Bendixon,’ I said, ‘let me explain something.’ She sighed and turned, evidently expecting an excuse. ‘My classroom is off limits to you. You are never again to enter it unless I invite you. And if you ever humiliate me in front of my students again, I will knock you on your ass. You can tell that to the principal if you want to, and if you don’t believe me, try me.’
I went back to my classroom and slammed the door, hard. Several of the students had slipped up to the door and had been straining to hear what I was saying to Molly, but they scuttled back to their seats when I came in, and everybody was very quiet.”
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Hello, Richard! Thanks for contacting me! Congratulations on your book and on your views on writing! I hope you're having a good week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
