Notes from Around the Block- Irv–the Owl Man on the Rancho
- Olive the trees have olives
- Wanda Hickey and the Frog Pond
- A recently discovered DNA thread: forwarding news articles
- A Bride in Blue
- The Gates to a President’s Hell: Water and the IRS
- Marriage in Oxymoronica
- The Present Moment
- If your life were a book
- From the mouths of old babes
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Dr. Levitt
by cheri block Dr. Levitt: Hello, Cheri. Nice to see you. How long has it been? Cheri: About 25 years. I was 34 years old and anxious about random evil. Dr. Levitt: Oh yes. Let me briefly review your chart. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, My fiction
Tagged Dr. Levitt, English majors, humor, Judge Blah, therapists
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Savoring a Sentence
by cheri block Consider this sentence only. Let me give you some context before you do. Before I give you the context, how much time do you have? If you are stopping by for six seconds in hopes of being … Continue reading
The English according to Emerson
by cheri block I’ve just finished reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay (1856) entitled English Traits. Particularly curious (and a bit amusing) is Chapter VI on Manners. One of my essays this quarter is due next Wednesday, so I am rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On fiction
Tagged Charles Saunders Peirce, Emerson, humor, Jane Austen, pluck, The English
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A Cup of Tea and a Biscuit (Forbes Squire)
O.K. Here’s a peek at the last main character, Fiona’s husband Forbes. Men, feel free to weigh in. Am I off? Women? Someone you know? by cheri block Forbes Squire 1950 Forbes Squire throttled down his old John Deere Model … Continue reading
And look what the California Teachers’ Association has wrought…
by cheri block In the March 31st edition of The Economist magazine, Andreas Kluth wrote a piece that warmed my heart. Warmed it like a blow torch. Although the subject of his article is education here in California,the problems the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Writing and Teaching
Tagged English majors, public schools, sloppiness
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A Cup of Tea and a Biscuit (Francois Sabourin)
by cheri block To read Chapters One and Two, click on the link. If you have suggestions or observations, I am open to them. Francois “Roux” Sabourin 1950 Francois Sabourin’s red hair distinguished him from most other people in Yarmouth. … Continue reading
Photo Shoot after the Rain
The storm ended yesterday, but cold weather and grey skies linger. I arrived home at dusk. Instead of gloom, the sun emerged in a brightness that Dante might have seen in Paradiso! Bright yellow and orange on a sopped street … Continue reading
A Cup of Tea and a Biscuit (Fiona Squire)
by cheri block To read Chapter One, you will need to return to to a previous post. In the future, as the story develops, I will use the picture to the right, taken last summer (2009) outside Annapolis Royal in … Continue reading
Boreas elbows Zephyr
by cheri block At this moment, ferocious northerly winds are upsetting my clay pots. Off the porch the adobe meteors fly in random trajectories, carried to the left and right by errant gusts. Broken shards of red pot and pansy … Continue reading
Thoreau, the loon, and David Letterman
by cheri block Luckily, I am married to a rock solid man–Judge Blah–who has principles and values, a man whom I admire. But not every woman is as fortunate as I am to be married to such a guy. Some … Continue reading
