#Ernest Elmore

[streetqueenofmars]

I was going through my books, trying to decide what to read next, when I noticed that I had a lot of collections of short stories.

So i've decided to play a reading game.

I've written out a list of all of the short story collections I own and given each a corresponding number. I'll roll a die and I'll read a random story from a collection with the corresponding number. The goal is to read my way through the list and sample how each writer approaches short story writing. Some of these are writers I've read novels or novellas but not short stories, some I've read other stories, and some I've never read anything from before.

Here's the list with corresponding numbers, 17 collections from 17 writers from various genres and eras.

1. The Complete Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard

2. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

3. The Best of Richard Matheson

4. The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

5. Poseidonis by Clark Ashton Smith

6. Books of Bloods Vol.2 by Clive Barker

7. The Complete John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

8. In the Land of the Lost and other Fantasy Stories by Lord Dunsany

9. A Song for Lyra by George R. R. Martin

10. The White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur Machen

11. Vathek and Other Stories by William Beckforth

12. The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

13. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

14. Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald

15. Departures by Harry Turtledove

16. Night Shift by Stephen King

17. Dracula's Guest and Other Stories by Bram Stoker

[coffeebeanwriting]

15 Writing Tips from Authors

1) “You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” - Joss Whedon

2) “First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow them.” - Ray Bradbury 

Coffee bean’s analysis: Letting your characters lead the story can result in an authentic, character-driven story, full of real conflicts and natural emotion.

3) “Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” - Jeanette Winterson

4) “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” - Isabel Allende 

Coffee bean’s analysis: In order to write or eventually share your story with the world, you have to sit down and do the work, even if your brain is empty. Once you show up, the creativity has a chance to spark.

5) “All bad writers are in love with the epic.” - Ernest Hemingway

6) "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo Da Vinci

Coffee bean’s analysis: Being able to turn a complex idea into simple words is harder than one might think— but can elevate your writing. Not everything needs to be epic or overly flowery.

7) “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.” - Anne Lamott

8) “I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.” - Erica Jong

9) “Don’t write at first for anyone but yourself.” - T.S Eliot

Coffee bean’s analysis: Perfectionism will kill any chance you have at having fun and finishing your novel. Let go of that pressure of being perfect and do not worry about being judged. Write for you.

10) “Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.” -Henry Miller

Coffee bean’s analysis: Don’t overwhelm your schedule with trying to write a ton of projects at once. Focus your energy into one (or two) at a time.

11) "A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it." - Edgar Allen Poe

12) “Every sentence must do one of two things— reveal character or advance the action." - Kurt Vonnegut

Coffee bean’s analysis: Even if you’re writing a novel, this advice is brilliant. Whether it’s a sentence, paragraph or whole chapter... make sure they are meant to be in your story. Keep your scenes tidy and thematic, building towards something.

13) “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” - Anton Chekhov

Coffee bean’s analysis: When writing a novel, give your reader details so that they can picture the scene in their head. Don’t do too much telling (though it has it’s places).

14) “It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly.” - C.J Cherry

15) “If it sounds like writing … rewrite it.” - Elmore Leonard

Coffee bean’s analysis: Allow yourself to write messily and worry about editing later. Once in the editing phase, if your writing sounds stiff, rewrite it so that it sounds natural.

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[brookston]

Holidays 12.6

Holidays

Abolición del Ejército (Costa Rica)

Adore You Day

Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christkind (Central & Southern Europe)

Constitution Day (Spain)

Dia de la Constitucion (a.k.a. Constitution Day; Spain)

Dogecoin Day

Ed Tech Appreciation Day

Encyclopedia Britannica Day

Give a Secret Gift Day

Gorse Day (French Republic)

Gramophone Day

Halifax Explosion Anniversary Day (Canada)

Ice Cube Day (Astronomy Club)

International Bad Hair Day

International Desk Day

International Memecoin Day

Miner's Day (West Virginia)

Mitten Tree Day

Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies Day (Azerbaijan)

Musical Instrument Gift Day

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)

National Microwave Oven Day

National Miner's Day

National Pawnbrokers Day

National Sunnies Day (Australia)

National Travis Day

Put On Your Own Shoes Day

Quito Day (Ecuador)

Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day (Pakistan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Make & Bake Day

National ‘Cook For Christmas’ Day

National Gazpacho Day

Samichlaus Day

1st Wednesday in December

Special Kids Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence Days

Åland Islands (from Russia, 1917)

Bophuthatswana (from South Africa, 1977)

Finland (from Russia, 1917)

Ireland (from the UK, recognized in 1922)

Kingdom of Titan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham of Kratia (Christian; Saint)

Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri (Fire & Water Festival; Japan)

Crossover Doozer (Muppetism)

Day of the North Wind (Pagan)

Denise and companions (Christian; Saints)

Dionysia, Dativa, Aemilianus, Boniface, Leontia, Tertius, and Majoricus (Christian; Martyrs)

Eliot Porter (Artology)

Frédéric Bazille (Artology)

Gamera Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Insult a Religious Fanatic Day (Pastafarian)

James Bernouilli (Positivist; Saint)

János Scheffler (Christian; Blessed)

María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas of Myra (Christian; Saint) [brewers]

Peter Paschal (Christian; Saint)

Pirate Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Thor's Day (Norse)

Turnover (The Seasons of Earnings begins; Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [35 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [28 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [56 of 60]

Premieres

Adaptation (Film; 2002)

Aeronauts (Film; 2019)

As Good As It Gets (Film; 1997)

Beggar’s Banquet, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1968)

Bullseye Bullwinkle, or Destination Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 3; 1959)

Cinderella (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Day Tripper, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

DuBarry Was A Lady (Broadway Musical; 1939)

Dumb and Dumber (Film; 1994)

Ferry Cross the Mersey (Documentary Film; 1964)

Gimme Shelter (Concert Film; 1970)

Going To A Go-Go, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Song; 1965)

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Hip Hip-Hurry! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

The Lake District Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

Live at the BBC, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1994)

Mary Had a Little Lamb, recorded by Thomas Edison (Song; 1877) [1st Recording of the Human Voice]

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (Muppet TV Special; 1995)

19th Nervous Breakdown, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)

Popeye (Film; 1980)

Red Bank Boogie, recorded by The Count Basie Orchestra (Song; 1944)

Rubber Soul, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Animated TV Special; 1964)

Running on Empty, by Jackson Browne (Live Album; 1977)

Sixteen Stone, by Bush (Album; 1994)

Smoke on the Water, recorded by Deep Purple (Song; 1971)

Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 4; 1959)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film; 1991)

Still Crazy After All These Years, by Paul Simon (Album; 1975)

The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin (Short Story; 1894)

The Stroll, by The Diamonds (Song; 1957)

Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

Tommy Tucker’s Tooth (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Turn! Turn! Turn!, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)

We Can Work It Out, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Whole Lotta Love, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Austria)

Nikola, Nikolai, Nina (Bulgaria)

Nikica, Niko, Nikola, Nikša, Vladimir (Croatia)

Mikuláš (Czech Republic)

Nikolaus (Denmark)

Klaus, Laas, Laus, Nigul, Nigulas, Niilas, Niilo, Nikolai, Nils (Estonia)

Niila, Niilo, Niki, Niklas, Niko, Nikolai, Nikolas (Finland)

Nicolas (France)

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Germany)

Nikolaos, Nikoleta, Nikos (Greece)

Miklós (Hungary)

Nicola (Italy)

Klāvs, Niklāvs, Nikolajs (Latvia)

Bilmantas, Mikalojus, Norvydė (Lithuania)

Nikolai, Nils (Norway)

Dionizja, Emilian, Jarema, Jarogniew, Mikołaj (Poland)

Nicolae (România)

Mikuláš (Slovakia)

Nicolás (Spain)

Niklas, Nikolaus (Sweden)

Nicholas (Ukraine)

Claus, Ira, Nicholas, Nichole, Nicholet, Nick, Nicklaus, Nickolas, Nico, Nicolas, Nicole, Nicolette, Nikki, Niko, Nikolas (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 340 of 2024; 25 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 49 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 24 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 10 Zima; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 23 November 2023

Moon: 36%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 4 Bichat (13th Month) [James Bernouilli]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 74 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 15 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.6

Holidays

Abolición del Ejército (Costa Rica)

Adore You Day

Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christkind (Central & Southern Europe)

Constitution Day (Spain)

Dia de la Constitucion (a.k.a. Constitution Day; Spain)

Dogecoin Day

Ed Tech Appreciation Day

Encyclopedia Britannica Day

Give a Secret Gift Day

Gorse Day (French Republic)

Gramophone Day

Halifax Explosion Anniversary Day (Canada)

Ice Cube Day (Astronomy Club)

International Bad Hair Day

International Desk Day

International Memecoin Day

Miner's Day (West Virginia)

Mitten Tree Day

Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies Day (Azerbaijan)

Musical Instrument Gift Day

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)

National Microwave Oven Day

National Miner's Day

National Pawnbrokers Day

National Sunnies Day (Australia)

National Travis Day

Put On Your Own Shoes Day

Quito Day (Ecuador)

Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day (Pakistan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Make & Bake Day

National ‘Cook For Christmas’ Day

National Gazpacho Day

Samichlaus Day

1st Wednesday in December

Special Kids Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence Days

Åland Islands (from Russia, 1917)

Bophuthatswana (from South Africa, 1977)

Finland (from Russia, 1917)

Ireland (from the UK, recognized in 1922)

Kingdom of Titan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham of Kratia (Christian; Saint)

Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri (Fire & Water Festival; Japan)

Crossover Doozer (Muppetism)

Day of the North Wind (Pagan)

Denise and companions (Christian; Saints)

Dionysia, Dativa, Aemilianus, Boniface, Leontia, Tertius, and Majoricus (Christian; Martyrs)

Eliot Porter (Artology)

Frédéric Bazille (Artology)

Gamera Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Insult a Religious Fanatic Day (Pastafarian)

James Bernouilli (Positivist; Saint)

János Scheffler (Christian; Blessed)

María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas of Myra (Christian; Saint) [brewers]

Peter Paschal (Christian; Saint)

Pirate Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Thor's Day (Norse)

Turnover (The Seasons of Earnings begins; Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [35 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [28 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [56 of 60]

Premieres

Adaptation (Film; 2002)

Aeronauts (Film; 2019)

As Good As It Gets (Film; 1997)

Beggar’s Banquet, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1968)

Bullseye Bullwinkle, or Destination Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 3; 1959)

Cinderella (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Day Tripper, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

DuBarry Was A Lady (Broadway Musical; 1939)

Dumb and Dumber (Film; 1994)

Ferry Cross the Mersey (Documentary Film; 1964)

Gimme Shelter (Concert Film; 1970)

Going To A Go-Go, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Song; 1965)

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Hip Hip-Hurry! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

The Lake District Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

Live at the BBC, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1994)

Mary Had a Little Lamb, recorded by Thomas Edison (Song; 1877) [1st Recording of the Human Voice]

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (Muppet TV Special; 1995)

19th Nervous Breakdown, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)

Popeye (Film; 1980)

Red Bank Boogie, recorded by The Count Basie Orchestra (Song; 1944)

Rubber Soul, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Animated TV Special; 1964)

Running on Empty, by Jackson Browne (Live Album; 1977)

Sixteen Stone, by Bush (Album; 1994)

Smoke on the Water, recorded by Deep Purple (Song; 1971)

Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 4; 1959)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film; 1991)

Still Crazy After All These Years, by Paul Simon (Album; 1975)

The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin (Short Story; 1894)

The Stroll, by The Diamonds (Song; 1957)

Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

Tommy Tucker’s Tooth (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Turn! Turn! Turn!, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)

We Can Work It Out, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Whole Lotta Love, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Austria)

Nikola, Nikolai, Nina (Bulgaria)

Nikica, Niko, Nikola, Nikša, Vladimir (Croatia)

Mikuláš (Czech Republic)

Nikolaus (Denmark)

Klaus, Laas, Laus, Nigul, Nigulas, Niilas, Niilo, Nikolai, Nils (Estonia)

Niila, Niilo, Niki, Niklas, Niko, Nikolai, Nikolas (Finland)

Nicolas (France)

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Germany)

Nikolaos, Nikoleta, Nikos (Greece)

Miklós (Hungary)

Nicola (Italy)

Klāvs, Niklāvs, Nikolajs (Latvia)

Bilmantas, Mikalojus, Norvydė (Lithuania)

Nikolai, Nils (Norway)

Dionizja, Emilian, Jarema, Jarogniew, Mikołaj (Poland)

Nicolae (România)

Mikuláš (Slovakia)

Nicolás (Spain)

Niklas, Nikolaus (Sweden)

Nicholas (Ukraine)

Claus, Ira, Nicholas, Nichole, Nicholet, Nick, Nicklaus, Nickolas, Nico, Nicolas, Nicole, Nicolette, Nikki, Niko, Nikolas (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 340 of 2024; 25 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 49 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 24 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 10 Zima; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 23 November 2023

Moon: 36%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 4 Bichat (13th Month) [James Bernouilli]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 74 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 15 of 30)

[bibliotecasanvalentino]

In Biblioteca puoi scoprire autori e opere che non conoscevi o di cui avevi sentito parlare ma che ancora non avevi avuto modo di leggere. Ed è per questo che abbiamo deciso di dedicare un angolo alla scoperta di questi "tesori nascosti".

Oggi l'opera prescelta è “Lo specialista” di Robert Crais

Carol Starkey è morta in una terribile esplosione. Morta per centosessanta interminabili secondi. Poi il suo cuore ha ricominciato a battere. Quello di David "Sugar" Bordeaux, suo compagno e collega, invece, si è fermato per sempre. Lontano dalla Squadra Artificieri, di cui era il fiore all'occhiello, Starkey ha ripreso lentamente a vivere. Ma quando, tre anni dopo, un altro poliziotto muore dilaniato da una bomba, lei sa che non può continuare a nascondersi. Deve incastrare l'artefice di quei perfetti ordigni di morte, il folle artefice di quelle terribili esplosioni.

Romanzo con tutti gli ingredienti necessari e quel tocco personale che contraddistingue l’autore. C'è una trama non troppo cervellotica, che mischia azione adrenalinica e momenti di dipanamento della matassa con un buon equilibrio e con i colpi di scena piazzati al punto giusto. Inoltre, la scrittura di Crais, che non si prende troppo sul serio e riesce a strappare il sorriso con facilità e continuità, è molto spesso tagliente e dissacrante, portando il lettore in un vortice di violenza con un finale che soddisfa, anche perché non è mai quello che ci si aspetta. Da sfondo vi è una Los Angeles dipinta in maniera ingloriosa: bella ma dannata. Racconta la disfatta del sogno americano, la disperazione di chi vi arriva per cambiare vita e viene vomitato da una città esasperata. La violenza nelle strade, la povertà, la miseria umana. Ma il vero trucco del romanzo consiste nel far concentrare il lettore sui personaggi, sul loro carattere, sulle loro storie, sul loro vissuto e sul loro sentire: così il resto della storia passa in secondo piano.

Robert Crais (1953) è uno sceneggiatore e scrittore statunitense. All'età di 15 anni si inizia ad interessare alla letteratura cominciando a leggere e ad essere affascinato da scrittori come Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Robert B. Parker e John Steinbeck. Nel 1975 si trasferisce ad Hollywood dove diventa sceneggiatore di serie televisive fra cui “Quincy”, “Hill Street giorno e notte”, per cui è nominato ai premi Emmy, e “Miami Vice”. Nel 1985 con la morte di suo padre decide di dedicarsi alla scrittura di romanzi polizieschi, sua vera passione. Crais ha vinto numerosi premi per i suoi romanzi. Lee Child lo ha definito uno dei suoi giallisti americani preferiti. I romanzi di Robert Crais sono stati pubblicati in 62 paesi e sono diventati dei best seller in tutto il mondo, anche se in Italia non ha riscontrato lo stesso successo, tanto che alcuni suoi romanzi sono stati pubblicati solo nell'edizione Giallo Mondadori, alcuni da Piemme e altri da Mondadori, talvolta con molto ritardo rispetto all'uscita americana. Nel 2014 gli è stato assegnato il Grand Master Award, già vinto da scrittori come Stephen King, Elmore Leonard e Ed McBain.

[frimleyblogger]

The Sussex Downs Murder

The Sussex Downs Murder - an excellent John Bude murder mystery novel #CrimeFiction #amreading

A review of The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude 1936 was an annus mirabilis in Golden Age detective fiction which is great for the readers but makes it difficult for a novel which would be classed as well above average in most other years to gain the recognition it deserves. John Bude, the nom de plume of Ernest Elmore, has long fallen out of fashion, but in my experience, he writes solid,…

[unknown-songs]

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A list with black artists who have a song in the Unknown Songs That Should Be Known-playlist (Can be a black artist in a band or just solo-artist) (no specific genre)

Bull’s Eye - Blacknuss, Prince Prime - Funk Aftershow - Joe Fox - Alternative Hip-hop Strangers in the Night - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Soul Explore - Mack Wilds - R&B Something To Do - IGBO - Funk

Down With The Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks - Pop Dans ta ville - Dub Inc. - Reggae Dance or Die - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Funk FACELESS - The PLAYlist, Glenn Lewis - R&B Tell Me Father - Jeangu Macrooy - Soul

Southern Boy - John The Conquerer - Blues Hard Rock Savannah Grass - Kes - Dancehall Dr. Funk - The Main Squeeze - Funk Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You - Lizz Wright - Jazz Out of My Hands - TheColorGrey, Oddisee - Hip-Hop/Pop

Raised Up in Arkansas - Michael Burks - Blues Black Times - Sean Kuti, Egypt 80, Carlos Santana - Afrobeat Cornerstone - Benjamin Clementine - Indie Shine On - R.I.O., Madcon - Electronic Pop Bass On The Line - Bernie Worrell - Funk

When We Love - Jhené Aiko - R&B Need Your Love - Curtis Harding - Soul Too Dry to Cry - Willis Earl Beal - Folk Your House - Steel Pulse - Reggae Power - Moon Boots, Black Gatsby - Deep House

Vinyl Is My Bible - Brother Strut - Funk Diamond - Izzy Biu - R&B Elusive - blackwave., David Ngyah - Hip-hop Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Heritage Blues Orchestra - Blues Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen - Psychedelic Rock

Disco To Go - Brides of Funkenstein - Funk/Soul Circles - Durand Jones & The Indications - Retro Pop Cheesin’ - Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, sophie meiers - R&B Changes - Charles Bradley - Soul The Sweetest Sin - RAEVE - House

Gyae Su - Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band - Funk What Am I to Do - Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner - Hip-hop Get Your Groove On - Cedric Burnside - Blues Old Enough To Know Better - Steffen Morrisson - Soul Wassiye - Habib Koité - Khassonke musique

Dance Floor - Zapp - Funk Wake Up - Brass Against, Sophia Urista - Brass Hard-Rock BIG LOVE - Black Eyed Peas - Pop The Greatest - Raleigh Ritchie - R&B DYSFUNCTIONAL - KAYTRANADA, VanJess - Soul

See You Leave - RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen - Hip-hop Sing A Simple Song - Maceo Parker - Jazz/Funk Have Mercy - Eryn Allen Kane - Soul Homenage - Brownout - Latin Funk Can’t Sleep - Gary Clark Jr. - Blues Rock

Toast - Koffee - Dancehall Freedom - Ester Dean - R&B Iskaba - Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Afropop High Road - Anthony Riley - Alternative Christian Sunny Days - Sabrina Starke - Soul

The Talking Fish - Ibibio Sound Machine - Funk Paralyzed - KWAYE - Indie Purple Heart Blvd - Sebastian Kole - Pop WORSHIP - The Knocks, MNEK - Deep House BMO - Ari Lennox - R&B

Promises - Myles Sanko - Soul .img - Brother Theodore - Funk Singing the Blues - Ruthie Foster, Meshell Ndegeocello - Blues Nobody Like You - Amartey, SBMG, The Livingtons - Hip-hop Starship - Afriquoi, Shabaka Hutchings, Moussa Dembele - Deep House

Lay My Troubles Down - Aaron Taylor - Funk  Bloodstream - Tokio Myers - Classic Sticky - Ravyn Lenae - R&B Why I Try - Jalen N’Gonda - Soul Motivation - Benjamin Booker - Folk

quand c’est - Stromae - Pop Let Me Down (Shy FX Remix) - Jorja Smith, Stormzy, SHY FX - Reggae Funny - Gerald Levert - R&B Salt in my Wounds - Shemekia Copeland - Blues Our Love - Samm Henshaw - Soul

Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious - Jazz Hip-hop Knock Me Out - Vintage Trouble - Funk Take the Time - Ronald Bruner, Jr., Thundercat - Alternative Thru The Night - Phonte, Eric Roberson - R&B Keep Marchin’ - Raphael Saadiq - Soul

Shake Me In Your Arms - Taj Mahal, Keb�� Mo’ - Blues Meet Me In The Middle - Jodie Abascus - Pop Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist, ChurchPpl - Gospel Pop Mogoya - Oumou Sangaré - Wassoulou Where’s Yesterday - Slakah The Beatchild - Hip-hop

Lose My Cool - Amber Mark - R&B New Funk - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Funk I Got Love - Nate Dogg - Hip-hop Nothing’s Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson - Soul Crazy Race - The RH Factor - Jazz

Spies Are Watching Me - Voilaaa, Sir Jean - Funk The Leaders - Boka de Banjul - Afrobeat Fast Lane - Rationale - House Conundrum - Hak Baker - Folk Don’t Make It Harder On Me - Chloe x Halle - R&B

Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito - Hardrock Beyond - Leon Bridges - Pop God Knows - Dornik - Soul Soleil de volt - Baloji - Afrofunk Do You Remember - Darryl Williams, Michael Lington - Jazz Get Back - McClenney - Alternative Three Words - Aaron Marcellus - Soul

Spotify playlist 

In memory of:

Aaron Bailey Adam Addie Mae Collins Ahmaud Arbery Aiyana Stanley Jones Akai Gurley Alberta Odell Jones Alexia Christian Alfonso Ferguson Alteria Woods Alton Sterling Amadou Diallo Amos Miller Anarcha Westcott Anton de Kom Anthony Hill Antonio Martin Antronie Scott Antwon Rose Jr. Arthur St. Clair Atatiana Jefferson Aubrey Pollard Aura Rosser Bennie Simons Berry Washington Bert Dennis Bettie Jones Betsey Billy Ray Davis Bobby Russ Botham Jean Brandon Jones Breffu Brendon Glenn Breonna Taylor Bud Johnson Bussa

Calin Roquemore Calvin McDowell Calvin Mike and his family Carl Cooper Carlos Carson Carlotta Lucumi Carol Denise McNair Carol Jenkins Carole Robertson Charles Curry Charles Ferguson Charles Lewis Charles Wright Charly Leundeu Keunang Chime Riley Christian Taylor Christopher Sheels Claude Neal Clementa Pickney Clifford Glover Clifton Walker Clinton Briggs Clinton R. Allen Cordella Stevenson Corey Carter Corey Jones Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd Cynthia Wesley

Daniel L. Simmons Danny Bryant Darius Randell Robinson Darius Tarver Darrien Hunt Darrius Stewart David Felix David Joseph David McAtee David Walker and his family Deandre Brunston Deborah Danner Delano Herman Middleton Demarcus Semer Demetrius DuBose Depayne Middleton-Doctor Dion Johnson Dominique Clayton Dontre Hamilton Dred Scott

Edmund Scott Ejaz Choudry Elbert Williams Eleanor Bumpurs Elias Clayton Elijah McClain Eliza Woods Elizabeth Lawrence Elliot Brooks Ellis Hudson Elmer Jackson Elmore Bolling Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. Emmett Till Eric Garner Eric Harris Eric Reason Ernest Lacy Ernest Thomas Ervin Jones Eugene Rice Eugene Williams Ethel Lee Lance Ezell Ford

Felix Kumi Frank Livingston Frank Morris Frank Smart Frazier B. Baker Fred Hampton Fred Rochelle Fred Temple Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.

George Floyd George Grant George Junius Stinney Jr. George Meadows George Waddell George Washington Lee Gregory Gunn

Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Harry Tyson Moore Hazel “Hayes” Turner Henry Ezekial Smith Henry Lowery Henry Ruffin Henry Scott Hosea W. Allen

India Kager Isaac McGhie Isadore Banks Italia Marie Kelly

Jack Turner Jamar Clark Jamel Floyd James Byrd Jr. James Craig Anderson James Earl Chaney James Powell James Ramseur James Tolliver James T. Scott Janet Wilson Jason Harrison Javier Ambler J.C. Farmer Jemel Roberson Jerame Reid Jesse Thornton Jessie Jefferson Jim Eastman Joe Nathan Roberts John Cecil Jones John Crawford III John J. Gilbert John Ruffin John Taylor Johnny Robinson Jonathan Ferrell Jonathan Sanders Jordan Edwards Joseph Mann Julia Baker Julius Jones July Perry Junior Prosper

Kalief Browder Karvas Gamble Jr. Keith Childress, Jr. Kelly Gist Kelso Benjamin Cochrane Kendrick Johnson Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. Kenny Long Kevin Hicks Kevin Matthews Kiwane Albert Carrington

Lacy Mitchell Lamar Smith Laquan McDonald Laura Nelson Laura Wood L.B. Reed L.D. Nelson Lemuel Penn Lemuel Walters Leonard Deadwyler Leroy Foley Levi Harrington Lila Bella Carter Lloyd Clay Louis Allen Lucy

M.A. Santa Cruz Maceo Snipes Malcom X Malice Green Malissa Williams Manuel Ellis Marcus Deon Smith Marcus Foster Marielle Franco Mark Clark Maria Martin Lee Anderson Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew Avery Mary Dennis Mary Turner Matthew Ajibade May Noyes Mckenzie Adams Medgar Wiley Evers Michael Brown Michael Donald Michael Griffith Michael Lee Marshall Michael Lorenzo Dean Michael Noel Michael Sabbie Michael Stewart Michelle Cusseaux Miles Hall Moses Green Mya Hall Myra Thompson

Nathaniel Harris Pickett Jr. Natasha McKenna Nicey Brown Nicholas Heyward Jr.

O’Day Short family Orion Anderson Oscar Grant III Otis Newsom

Pamela Turner Paterson Brown Jr. Patrick Dorismond Philando Castile Phillip Pannell Phillip White Phinizee Summerour

Quaco

Ramarley Graham Randy Nelson Raymond Couser Raymond Gunn Regis Korchinski-Paquet Rekia Boyd Renisha McBride Riah Milton Robert Hicks Robert Mallard Robert Truett Rodney King Roe Nathan Roberts Roger Malcolm and his wife Roger Owensby Jr. Ronell Foster Roy Cyril Brooks Rumain Brisbon Ryan Matthew Smith

Sam Carter Sam McFadden Samuel DuBose Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr. Samuel Hammond Jr. Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. Sandra Bland Sean Bell Shali Tilson Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Shukri Abdi Simon Schuman Slab Pitts Stella Young Stephon Clark Susie Jackson

T.A. Allen Tamir Rice Tamla Horsford Tanisha Anderson Timothy Caughman Timothy Hood Timothy Russell Timothy Stansbury Jr. Timothy Thomas Terrence Crutcher Terrill Thomas Tom Jones Tom Moss Tony McDade Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. Trayvon Martin Troy Hodge Troy Robinson Tula Tyler Gerth Tyre King Tywanza Sanders

Victor Duffy Jr. Victor White III

Walter Lamar Scott Wayne Arnold Jones Wesley Thomas Wilbert Cohen Wilbur Bundley Will Brown Will Head Will Stanley Will Stewart Will Thompson Willie James Howard Willie Johnson Willie McCoy Willie Palmer Willie Turks William Brooks William Butler William Daniels William Fambro William Green William L. Chapman II William Miller William Pittman Wyatt Outlaw

Yusef Kirriem Hawkins

The victims of LaLaurie (1830s) The black victims of the Opelousas massacre (1868) The black victims of the Thibodaux massacre (1887) The black victims of the Wilmington insurrection (1898) The black victims of the Johnson-Jeffries riots (1910) The black victims of the Red summer (1919) The black victims of the Elaine massacre (1919) The black victims of the Ocoee massacre (1920) The victims of the MOVE bombing (1985)

All the people who died during the Atlantic slave trade, be it due to abuse or disease.

All the unnamed victims of mass-incarceration, who were put into jail without the committing of a crime and died while in jail or died after due to mental illness. 

All the unnamed victims of racial violence and discrimination. 

...

My apologies for all the people missing on this list. Feel free to add more names and stories. 

Listen, learn and read about discrimination, racism and black history: (feel free to add more)  Documentaries: 13th (Netflix) The Innocence Files (Netflix) Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix) Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix) I Am Not Your Negro

YouTube videos: We Cannot Stay Silent about George Floyd Waarom ook Nederlanders de straat op gaan tegen racisme (Dutch) Wit is ook een kleur (Dutch) (documentaire)

Books: Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery White Fragility by Robin Deangelo Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Woman, Race and Class by Angela Davis

Websites: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/ https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/ https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsoflyn00nati/page/n11/mode/2up https://lab.nos.nl/projects/slavernij/index-english.html https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://www.zinnedproject.org/

[zippocreed501]

Never open a book with weather. If it’s only to create atmosphere, and not a charac­ter’s reaction to the weather, you don’t want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leap ahead look­ing for people. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways than an Eskimo to describe ice and snow in his book Arctic Dreams, you can do all the weather reporting you want.

Avoid prologues: they can be ­annoying, especially a prologue ­following an introduction that comes after a foreword. But these are ordinarily found in non-fiction. A prologue in a novel is backstory, and you can drop it in anywhere you want. There is a prologue in John Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday, but it’s OK because a character in the book makes the point of what my rules are all about. He says: “I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.”

Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. But “said” is far less intrusive than “grumbled”, “gasped”, “cautioned”, “lied”. I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with “she asseverated” and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.

Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said” … he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange. I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical romances “full of rape and adverbs”.

Keep your exclamation points ­under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. If you have the knack of playing with exclaimers the way Tom Wolfe does, you can throw them in by the handful.

Never use the words “suddenly” or “all hell broke loose”. This rule doesn’t require an explanation. I have noticed that writers who use “suddenly” tend to exercise less control in the application of exclamation points.

Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly. Once you start spelling words in dialogue phonetically and loading the page with apos­trophes, you won’t be able to stop. Notice the way Annie Proulx captures the flavour of Wyoming voices in her book of short stories Close Range.

Avoid detailed descriptions of characters, which Steinbeck covered. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”, what do the “Ameri­can and the girl with him” look like? “She had taken off her hat and put it on the table.” That’s the only reference to a physical description in the story.

Don’t go into great detail describing places and things, unless you’re Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don’t want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words in them.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

Author Extraordinaire Elmore Leonard and his rules of writing.

[the-forest-library]

Who are your favorite authors? Can you recommend any books by authors who have lived in the Midwest?

This is always so hard to tie down, but some favorites are L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Robin McKinley, Shakespeare, and Ursula K. LeGuin. These are the folks that will always be at the top of my list no matter what. Others come and go. 

From the Midwest: Jeffrey Eugenides, Toni Morrison, Elmore Leonard, Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Hemingway, Gillian Flynn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Willa Cather, Mitch Albom (hey @bvkspine) & Ruta Sepetys. Oh, and Neil Gaiman lives in the midwest now. 

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is book that just blew me away, and it contains a wonderful history of Detroit. My favorite book set in the Midwest is Station Eleven (It’s by a Canadian author and is partially set in Canada, but Michigan is very prominent in it). 

Hope this helps!

[ceevee5]

Bedside table reading for the next few weeks:

- To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway) - Rum Punch (Elmore Leonard) - Hood Rat (Gavin Knight).

I’ve already read 1/3 of Hood Rat. It’s Tom Wolfe-esque new journalism about gang violence in Britain. The first third was about a police officer who is a specialist at tracking/infiltrating gangs in Manchester.

[jennmoslek36]

IT HAS BEEN about a year now since my involvement with the Dozier School For Boys began taking over my world. Kicking off the whirlwind was my need to get my hands on the school’s student ledgers. I won’t rehash the entire adventure but what I will say is that it took many frustrating nights online, several emails to the Archivist, the potential of an $600+ bill to get digital copies & finally an 8 hour round trip before I’d actually have what I wanted…Well at least a quarter of what I wanted!

  HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO clue what I was looking for, I spent the next several weeks trying to organize what I had. Almost immediately number of very distinct patterns began jumping out at me. The same sentencing judges over & over again, the SAME sentence length OR lack there of & a crap load of blank spaces; Specifically under the “WHEN/HOW RELEASED” columns. One would expect that any institution handling children would be required to keep detailed & accurate records of ALL of its charges, especially when it comes to their last known whereabouts BUT that would make too much sense, now wouldn’t it…

        THE INFO THAT I had gotten was only from the latest volume of the ledgers & didn’t even make a dent in the number of boys that had been shoved through the doors to be reformed. I knew there were hundreds OR even thousands of names in those books. I maybe had a few hundred at the most. By now, I had gotten used to what I like to call the “Hurry Up & Stop” method of researching. Basically I’d need specific info, finally get said info ONLY to start looking it over & promptly figure out that I needed additional material OR even worse, I’d need something entirely different altogether. In this case, I had just assumed that I’d eventually be making another trip to the Archives; That is until I ended up becoming involved with Bob Straley & taking over his website…And right there on one of the site pages was a link to the detailed, handwritten notes that WHB Mr. Andrew Puel had spent hours putting together.

Mr. Andrew Puel At The State Archives…Sitting In The EXACT Same Spot That I Did When I Was There!

      NOT IT!!

WHEN I SAW that link, I was beyond thrilled! I was finally going to have something reliable to validate what I had come up with! I had spoken with Andrew at Bob Straley’s memorial service & knew that any research he had done would be the best & most accurate info that I could possibly get. When the page loaded, it definitely did NOT show what I had been hoping for; In all actuality, it showed nothing but this:

    ODDLY THE INFO was missing! I started clicking on some of the other older links on the website & sure enough, there were quite a few that led to nowhere. I don’t know why it gone OR where it went, only that it’s not there. I tried not to get to aggravated, thinking that there had to be a hard copy among the thousands of documents that I have. I spent the next several weeks going through EVERY page, folder, digital file, etc. & found nothing. Bob kept everything, so to say I was puzzled that he wouldn’t have a copy of something so important was a huge understatement. I did another look through, literally taking out every piece of paper, one by one; Still nothing.

  Well Damn….

    AN EVENING IN GAINESVILLE

ON A FRIDAY in late February, I made the 3 hour trip to Gaineville. With me was a small black bag filled with what I believed to be the most important material related to the Arthur G Dozier School for Boys. I pulled up to a beautiful home, tucked back in a quiet sub division that was surrounded by forest. Standing outside was a familiar face, Mr. Bryant Middleton. The “Whitehouse Boy” greeted me with a smile & a brief hug before inviting me inside to meet his wife. Both graciously spent several hours telling their personal story of Dozier & how the WHB’s Organization was founded. They were both lovely people & I was grateful that they had been so willing to meet with me & be as open as they were. When we finally moved into the dining room to look over the things that I had brought, I began pulling things out. I yanked a folder out that had been wedged inside of my over full bag & a stack of papers fell out. The stack was stapled together & folded in half. I picked it up to see what it was & as I unfolded it, my jaw hit the floor!

    OH…MY…GOD…It was a hard copy of the list of missing boys! The same list that I had just spent weeks trying to find! The stuff inside of that bag was the stuff that I pulled out & reviewed quite frequently & there’s absolutely NO way that I would missed that thick stack of ledger pages! I slid the stack across the table, explaining to Bryant why I was a bit stunned at finding them. He thought it was strange as well. I’m not going to get into the specifics of my time with the Middletons in this post, although I will say that I’m very fortunate to have met with them. They’re great people & they continue to work toward keeping the future from repeating the past.

    WHERE COULD THEY BE?

OF COURSE THERE is minimal info on the boys on this list. What is known is that most were listed as escaped but never recovered. A lot lacked permanent homes OR guardians, so there wouldn’t have been any concerned parents wondering about the whereabouts of their lost boy. It should also be noted that the last place they were seen was the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. That leaves so many unanswered questions; Could ALL 185 boys on that list have actually successfully escaped & moved on to a better life? Even if that did happen, would it be possible that NOT 1 single child ever be heard from again? I suppose it could be possible for some BUT for All 185? I seriously have my doubts & given the history of Dozier, I’d say that’s highly unlikely. Especially considering the significant proof of other burial sites on the school’s 1200+ acres.Whether or not they continued life after Dozier OR their lives were taken at the school, they each deserve to be recognized. I’ll let them speak for themselves….

☆☆☆☆☆☆

  JOSEPH WILK – 17 JAME HENRY COLSON SMITH – 16 BEHARD STEPHENS – 15 JOHNNIE J. RICHARDSON – 17 AB DURDEN – 16 WILLIAM RICHARD WHITE – 16 MONROE ROGERS – 16 NOWLA (SONNY) VENOS – 16 BERNARD WILLIAMS – 15 WILLIAM NICOLAS BURNETT – 15 FRED RUSH – 16 HORACE MECHOM – 16 J.W. HARRILL, JR. – 14 EDWARD MATTHEW MITCHELL – 17 LARRY DAVIS – 14. ALFONSO DEWEY DAVIS – 16 JAMES ARTHUR HARELL – 13 CARROL PITTMAN – 15 CARL HUBBARD REWLS – 14 RICHARD PEUDRY TYLER – 15 HAROLD OLDS – 14 LYNVILLE RAY – 16 LAIRD WILDES (age unknown) ALFRED SMITH GOODSON – 16 QUINCY LEWIS – 16

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ZANE HOPKINS – 12 ROBERT WALKER – 13 WILLIE FRANKLIN FARROW – 13 EUGENE JOHNS – 14 GABE BELL – 15 WILLIAM DEWARS – 15 LELAND LLOYD BRADY – 16 JASPER ALLEN HOLDER – 15 WILLIAM JOHNSON – 16 GEORGE HENRY ABBEY – 16 HARRY L. SAULS – 15 BEN BUNDRICK – 15 LOUIS VALOIS COUTURE – 16 ROBERT GILBERT ALBRITTON – 16 LAUDRIC BASKIN – 17 JAME HENRY COLSON SMITH – 16 JOHN JOSEPH COOGAN, JR – 16 ARINAUDO MACHIN, JR – 16 JULIAN GREEN – 15 CARL UNDERHILL – 16 WILLIAM DANIEL HATCHER – 17 DWIGHT SPRINGER – 14 JASON EDWARD LOGAN – 15 PAUL HERSHEY, JR – 17 CLARENCE C. RAULERSON – 16

☆☆☆☆☆☆

EVERETT BRADDOCK – 15 HAROLD EUGENE NORMAN – 16 RICHARD RUSSEL TODD – 14 EDWARD POOLE – 14 BILLY RAY BURNS – 16 MARCO GUTIERREZ – 14 WALTER C. GREEN – 16 LEON MANNING – 16 LEONARD JAMES NELSON – 16 GODSON WHITTAKER – 15 ROBERT GORDON – 15 ROBERT LAURIN GODDARD – 15 KENNETH LEE YORK – 17 TRUBEE BYRD – 17 ROWANE HOLLIDAY – 16 BOBBY WHITEHEAD – 15 WILLIAM EDWARD LEGGETT – 16 ROBERT HELGRAN – 13 OSCAR EUGENE MCCURDY – 16 WILLIAM RIVERA EMANUEL, JR – 16 JOHN LENNARD NAVE – 16 JACKIE CREWS – 16 ERNEST WOODARD – 16 ARTHUR KENT PATTERSON (aka William S. Johnson) – 14 DAVID EVANS HARRIS – 16

☆☆☆☆☆☆

JOHN HARRIMAN – 16 GB IRWIN – 14 HOWARD MCCALL – 17 OSCAR LEE CALDWELL – 14 JD THOMAS – 13 GEORGE F. CLAY – 13 WILLIS BUNYAN – 16 JAMES CAMPBELL – 15 BERTRAM THOMPSON – 16 WILLIE JAMES MURPHY – 17 SANDY JONES – 15 RALPH HALL – 16 MELVIN FALSON – 13 HERBERT LEE COVINGTON – 14 LUKE BENJAMIN – 16 TOMMIE L. WOOTEN – 15 WALTER ADAMS – 15 DAVID JONES (aka Cockran) – 15 EDWARD BROWN – 14 EDWARD DEMERRITT – 16 WILLIAM JENKINS – 13 MATEO BENARD COLUMBUS – 14 WILLIE C. MITCHELL – 13 CLARENCE MORTON, JR – 15 JOSEPH JOHNSON – 16

☆☆☆☆☆☆

CURTIS WILSON – 10 EUGENE FULLER – 16 THOMAS BOWERS – 15 LEON DUNBAR – 16 DAVID EAGLETON – 14 HENRY JUNIOR JOHNSON – 14 EDWARD FOSTER – 15 GEORGE EDWARD THOMAS – 17 ODIS SINGLETON – 16 JAMES WILEY BRYANT – 14 CURTIS DOWNING – 15 WALTER LEE NIXON – 15 JOHN TYLER – 16 ELMORE JOHNSON – 15 HENRY MELVIN JONES – 16 DOCK SMITH – 15 ROBERT LEE KING – 16 WILLARD LAMAR SHELTON – 16 ROBERT HAYS – 16 CHAS W. CHAMBERS – 16 RUSSEL HUTTON – 15 HOWARD CAYWOOD – 15 BOBBY HAYES – 16 BILLY CAUDELL – 16 WALTER R. HAYES – 17

☆☆☆☆☆☆

ARTHUR KENT PITTEBON(?) – (age unknown) WILLIAM P. NUNES – 16 EDWIN T. FINNIE – 15 MILTON LEDBETTER – (age unknown) LEROY SMITH (aka Leroy Gregory) – 17 JOE RODRIGUEZ – 17 BENARD MIXON – 15 ROBERT WESLEY DAVIS – 16 PAUL DAVID HUGES – 12 ROY JOHNSON – 13 LENARD JAMES LOTT – 16 JERRY LLOYD – 16 GABRIEL THURMAN – 16 ROBERT LEE BOSTIC – 14 GEORGE HILL – 13 JOHN ALBURY – 14 NATHANIEL TURNER – 15 LEO COLLIER – 17 TEEVESTER JAMES – 15 FLOYD RILEY, JR – 17 GEORGE NELSON – 15 NORMAN MCAULEY – 15 LYLE MACK PAULK – 16 EDWARD GIBSON – 14 WILLIAM EDWARD CORTEZ – 16

☆☆☆☆☆☆

ROBERT CHRISTMAN – 16 HUBERT BERRYMAN – 15 CHARLES LACGUEY – 16 CHARLES EDWARD KIDDY – 15 JOHN CHARLES CLANCEY – 15 DANNY LEE BOWMAN – 16 HOWARD GEORGE FAGG – (age unknown)

ROBERT ALTON SINGLETARY – 17 ELLIS MARLOWE HASKIN – 16 JAMES PHILLIP SLAWSON – 16 JAMES JOHNS – 17 BENARD JACKSON – 14 ARLISS BLACKMON – 15 BENJAMIN UDEL – 13 NATHANIEL BOWLES – 16 ROLAHO LYLES – 16 CLARENCE BOBBY BROWN – 15 WILLIE BRADFORD – 16 BILLY JACKSON – 13 RICHARD GILLYARD – 14 LEONARD WHITEHEAD – 15 FREDERICK NATHANIEL HARREL – 16 HENRY MCLENDON – 17 SAMOLE DARBY – 17 WILLIE LEE DOUGLAS – 15

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MOZELL BRADLEY, JR – 16 J.C. STEPHENS – 15 CHARLES BROWN – 15 GRANT BERNARD KEMP – 13 RONNIE FRANKIE ROSE – 16 JOE EDWARD ALLEN – 15 VICTOR STEPHEN GRICE – 16 TOMMY COOK (Mathias) – 15 JERRY COOK – 16 JOHNNY LEON WRIGHT – 16

  IT’S AN ENTIRELY different feeling you get when you’re able to put names to the children you’ve been speaking of….

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THE LOST BOYS OF DOZIER: Have You Seen Me? IT HAS BEEN about a year now since my involvement with the Dozier School For Boys began taking over my world.

[amoveablejake]

The King and I

The view from Caste Rock. 

If you asked me today who my favourite writer is, I wouldn’t be able to answer you. Ofcourse I wouldn’t, thats a big question and one that I would have to think about for quite a while. I would have to think about it for a while because a fair few names would initially come to mind. Hemingway would immediately skyrocket up that list (his work is the namesake for the blog afterall) as would Murakami. Then falling behind the true front runners, Robin Sloan and Ernest Cline would also make appearances as would John Grisham and Elmore Leonard. There is however, a new name that should be in this list. Not a new writer by any means but one that has caught me by surprise as being one of my favourites which may sound a bit silly because ofcourse you should be aware of who your favourites are, right? Well, I would say sometimes not, because in some instances you don’t realise how much something is impacting you or influencing you until you reflect on it a little bit. Sometimes these feelings need a little bit of a time to grow and fully form and then once they do there is no escaping them. Its this that has dawned on me today as I realised that Stephen King truly is, as I often say in a very bad Australian accent as a loving reference to one of my favourite podcast hosts, one of my guys. 

For the past few years I have been reading more and more Stephen King novels. I haven’t necessarily been seeking them out but rather being drawn to them naturally and consuming them without really realising that he’s been my most read author some years now with Murakami probably coming in second. As we know though its never quantity over quality but then thats the thing, whilst some King novels are better than others all the ones that I have read so far have been absolute hits. When you’re as a prolific writer as Stephen King, I mean really the rate he is writing at is absolutely insane, I think you’re allowed to put out the occasional piece that is a bit off the mark and I’m sure that I will stumble across these novels in due course but so far that has happened as I’m still basking in the halcyon days of some truly wonderful writing. And this morning I finished the book that is the shining (okay, not the actual Shining) example of that. 

One of my favourite films is ‘Stand By Me’. I remember watching it when I was little very clearly as if it was yesterday. It is probably one of the films that has had the biggest impact on me and certainly one of the longest lasting ones. There is a moment in it aswell that has stayed with me inparticular and one that I don’t think I’ll ever shake from my head which really, is probably a good thing despite how upsetting it is. It is a good reminder of mortality, as there can occasionally be. I wasn’t aware until about a week ago that ‘Stand By Me’ was based on a book called ‘The Body’ and ofcourse it was written by King. Although it isn’t one of his horror or thriller novels, in its own way it does still play upon both elements. In part to the occasional fleeting references to King’s other works that are set in Castle Rock (The ‘IT’ reference is particularly chilling). I am a huge admirer of when King places his works in the same universes and the fact that a fair few of his stories are coming out of Castle Rock is very exciting for me. I didn’t realise that ‘The Body’ was set there and it feels very fitting that it is as Castle Rock often revolves around its residents and characters having transformative experiences there and ‘The Body’ is certainly that. Its a coming of age story in the truest form, it may even be the defining coming of age story in my eyes. I won’t say why as if you haven’t read it or seen ‘Stand By Me’ then you definitely should but I will say that the moment in ‘Stand By Me’ that has stayed with me for all of these years, had as great an impact when I read it this rainy Sunday morning and I knew that it was coming. When I read through those pages I was completely transfixed as I was when I watched the film and I know that King’s words throughout that passage will now join the visuals from the film and will always haunt me. Reading ‘The Body’ has been quite the experience and it is the book that has cemented Stephen King as being one of my favourite writers. And I do mean at the very top. It wasn’t quite love at first sight, but the King and I are working our way there. Oh who am I kidding, I will now be forever singing ‘The Body’s praises and what a masterstroke of a narrative it is from Mr Maine himself. I’m in now, and there is no turning back. 

-Jake, a man still too afraid to read ‘IT’, 05/06/2022

[levysoft]

Quando chiesero a Ray Bradbury di indicare la sua parola preferita per il libro "The Logophile's Orgy" ("L'orgia del logofilo"), lui scelse "cannella": «La parola "cannella" deriva, suppongo, da quelle volte che esploravo la dispensa di mia nonna, quand'ero bambino. Adoravo leggere le etichette sui barattoli delle spezie: curry da posti remoti dell'India e cannella da tutto il mondo». Se si fa il conteggio dei milioni di parole che ha scritto Bradbury nell'arco di tutti i suoi romanzi, i dati dimostrano che non era una risposta data con leggerezza: in effetti "cannella" ricorre con un'insolita frequenza nei testi del grande autore di fantascienza, che la usava più spesso di Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, William

Faulkner, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, J. K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie, John Steinbeck ed Edith Wharton messi insieme.

La dispensa di sua nonna aveva lasciato una traccia indelebile sull'autore di Fahrenheit 451 al di là della cannella, se si considera che Bradbury usava anche altri nomi di spezie – come vaniglia, menta, liquirizia e noce moscata – con una frequenza maggiore degli scrittori di cui sopra messi insieme. E spargeva parole come curry, cipolla e limone nei suoi testi in misura almeno tripla rispetto alla media.

Per il mio saggio Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve ("La parola preferita di Nabokov è malva"), ho creato un programma informatico che passa in rassegna migliaia di libri degli autori più popolari per scovare le loro "parole- cannella", quei vocaboli relativamente rari che un certo scrittore usa con frequenza. Naturalmente tutti gli scrittori fanno largo uso di elementi funzionali come articoli e preposizioni e aggettivi di base come "grande" o "veloce", ma le parole-cannella sono quei termini che un determinato autore usa in misura sproporzionata rispetto agli altri. Nabokov usava la parola "malva" quarantaquattro volte più del normale. La cosa è perfettamente sensata, a pensarci bene, perché lo scrittore russo aveva, per usare le sue parole, un "udito colorato"; quando pensava a una lettera o a un suono visualizzava contemporaneamente dei colori. Niente di più normale, quindi, che usasse i nomi dei colori quattro volte più spesso di un testo inglese medio. A volte, se si prendono le parole- cannella di uno scrittore, sembra già di sentirne la voce. Prendete queste tre: cortesia, attrazione, imprudenza. Se avete risposto "Jane Austen", ci avete azzeccato: sono le tre parole matematicamente più usate dalla Austen rispetto al resto dei testi in lingua inglese. Considerando l'importanza che attribuiva ai colori, si può presumere che Nabokov fosse consapevole delle parole che privilegiava nella sua scrittura. Ma nel caso di altri autori è possibile che non si rendano conto di usare certe parole con un'intensità fuori dalla norma. A volte le parole sono indissolubilmente legate agli argomenti trattati, come nel caso di Agatha Christie (inchiesta, alibi, spaventoso). In altri casi, dalle parole preferite si intuisce il tono dell'autore: mentre Charles Dickens preferiva "accorato", "angustia" e "ricongiunto", J. R. R. Tolkien privilegiava "elfi", "orchetti" e "stregoni". Bastano tre parole per focalizzare lo stile di ogni scrittore. Usando il

Dictionary of Cliches di Christine Ammer, ho passato al vaglio lo stesso insieme di libri per scovare le frasi fatte più utilizzate dagli scrittori. È emerso un chiaro favorito per il titolo di "scrittore con più cliché": James Patterson. Il campione di vendite americano sfoggia una media di 160 cliché ogni 100.000 parole, circa il doppio di J. K. Rowling e Gillian Flynn. Patterson mette la frase "che tu ci creda o no" in più di metà dei suoi libri, ma non è l'unico scrittore a usare le frasi fatte. La Austen adorava scrivere "con tutto il mio cuore", Dan Brown usa "chiudere il cerchio", i libri di Stephenie Meyer sono infarciti di "sospiri di sollievo" e la Rowling sfoggia il suo "nel cuore della notte". Perfino gli autori letterari hanno un debole per certe frasi fatte, con Zadie Smith che ricorre a "gettare il malocchio", Donna Tartt che si affida a "troppo bello per essere vero" e Salman Rushdie che usa "l'ultima goccia" in più di metà dei suoi romanzi. Le frasi fatte non sono sempre un male, ma è evidente che alcuni autori ci si affidano più di altri. E. L. James è nella fascia alta degli utilizzatori di cliché: uno dei suoi preferiti è "non ho parole".

Poi c'è la questione dei punti esclamativi. Elmore Leonard ne suggerisce «non più di 2 o 3 ogni 100.000 parole», anche se in realtà la sua media è di 49 ogni 100.000. In ogni caso ne metteva un po' meno di Hemingway, circa un terzo di quelli di John Steinbeck, un sesto di quelli di Stephen King, un nono di quelli della Austen e un quattordicesimo di quelli di Dickens. James Joyce usava i punti esclamativi più di 1.100 volte ogni 100.000 parole, ventidue volte più di Leonard.

Alcune persone sono diffidenti all'idea di combinare arte e scienza, o parole e numeri, ma io penso che se fatta nel modo giusto sia un'unione meravigliosa. Scorrere una lista di parole preferite non è la stessa cosa di leggere una storia ben costruita, ma se viste alla luce dell'intera carriera di un romanziere anche tre semplici parole possono offrire una finestra illuminante su uno stile, e raccontare una loro storia.

[brookston]

Holidays 11.4

Holidays

Air-Conditioned Automobile Day

Ask a Conservator Day

Bad Mood Day

Cash Register Day

Chair Day

Check Your Blood Pressure Day

Chicken Lady Day

Citizenship Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

Community Service Day (Dominica)

Day of Love (Egypt)

Endive Day (French Republic)

Flag Day (Panama)

Giorno dell’Unita Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate and Victory Day (Italy)

Good Ass Day (Japan)

Honeymoon Day

Indie Author Day

International Cake Day

International Gimme Fiber Day

International Marketing Day

International WAGS of SCI Day

King Tut Day

Medical Science Liaison Awareness and Appreciation Day

Mischief Night (UK, Australia, NZ)

National Advent Calendar Day

National Chicken Lady Day

National Coach Appreciation Day

National Community Service Day

National Day of Community Service (Dominica)

National Day of Mourning (Hungary)

National Easy-Bake Oven Day

National Melanie Day

National Professional Paint Contractors Day

National Sex Toy Day

National Skeptics Day

National Tonga Day (Tonga)

National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy)

Thanksgiving Day (Liberia)

Unity Day (Russia)

Use Your Common Sense Day

Victory Day (Italy)

Waiting for the Barbarians Day

Will Rogers Day (Oklahoma)

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day

The Zombie Apocalypse

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Candy Day

1st Saturday in November

All Saints' Day (Finland, Sweden) [Saturday after 10.30]

Book Lovers Day [1st Saturday; also 8.9]

Children’s Day (South Africa) [1st Saturday]

Digital Scrapbooking Day [1st Saturday]

Drum, Dance & Pray for Peace Day [1st Saturday]

Extra Life National Game Day [1st Saturday]

International Games Day (Libraries) [1st Saturday]

Learn to Homebrew Day [1st Saturday]

National Bison Day [1st Saturday]

National Play Outside Day [1st Saturday of Every Month]

National Pumpkin Destruction Day [1st Saturday]

National Service Day [1st Saturday]

National Wine Tasting Day [1st Saturday]

Pepsi Dig In Day [1st Saturday]

Sadie Hawkins Day [1st Saturday]

Satyr's Day (Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions) [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Sausage and Kraut Day [1st Saturday]

Standard Time begins/Daylight Savings Time ends (US, except AZ, HI, Navajo Nation, Puerto Rico, others) [1st Saturday/Sunday 2 AM]

World Chili Day [1st Saturday]

World Numbat Day [1st Saturday]

Independence Days

Valbona (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Americus (Christian; Saint) [America]

Boccaccio Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Brinstan (Christian; Saint)

Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)

Emeric of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)

Feast of Qudrat (Power; Baha'i)

Federico Pelini (Muppetism)

Felix of Valois (Christian; Saint)

Gerrit van Honthorst (Artology)

Guido Reni (Artology)

Hume (Positivist; Saint)

Joannicius the Great (Christian; Saint)

Lhabab Duechen (Descending Day of Lord Buddha; Bhutan, India)

Listen to Sea Shanties and Dance Like a Pirate Day (Pastafarian)

Ludi Plebii begins (a.k.a. Plebian Games until 17th; Ancient Rome)

Not the Zombie Apocalypse Day (Pastafarian)

Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)

Pierius (Christian; Saint)

Saga’s Day (Pagan)

Teresa Manganiello (Christian; Blessed)

Vitalis and Agricola (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Amsterdam (Film; 2022)

The Ascent to Truth, by Thomas Merton (Spiritual Book; 1951)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, 3rd ed., by Joseph A. Schumpeter (Political Theory; 1950)

Chicken Little (Animated Film; 2005)

The Cornish Coast Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

The Crown (TV Series; 2016)

Doctor Strange (Film; 2016)

Donald’s Golf Game (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1999) [Discworld #24]

First Rodeo, by Honeyhoney (Album; 2008)

The Flash (Film; 2022)

Fresh Fish (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

From Hare to Eternity (WB LT Cartoon; 1997)

G.I. Blues (Film; 1960) [Elvis Presley #5]

Great Performances (TV Anthology Series; 1972)

Hacksaw Ridge (Film; 2016)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Film; 2001) [#1]

Hearts and Bones, by Paul Simon (Album; 1983)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

The Interpretation of Dreams, by Sigmund Freud (Book; 1899)

Jarhead (Film; 2005)

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair (Novel; 1905)

The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1977)

The Lion and the Cobra, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 19987)

The Man Who Sold the World, by David Bowie (Album; 1970)

Mr. Johnson’s Blues, recorded by Lonnie Johnson (Song; 1925)

Pied Piper Porky (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Prisoner of Zenda (Film; 1952)

Rocket to Russia, by the Ramones (Album; 1977)

Sheep Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Symphony No. 1 in C, by Johannes Brahms (Symphony; 1876)

Tank (Video Game; 1974)

Trolls (Animated Film; 2016)

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Film; 2011)

Walking on the Moon, by Police (Song; 1979)

Weird: The Al Yankoic Story (Film; 2022)

Today’s Name Days

Karl (Austria)

Drago, Dragutin, Karlo (Croatia)

Karel (Czech Republic)

Otto (Denmark)

Erla, Erle, Herta (Estonia)

Hertta (Finland)

Aymeric, Charles, Jessé (France)

Charles, Karl, Karla, Modesta (Germany)

Károly (Hungary)

Carlo, Guido, Rosalia (Italy)

Atis, Oto, Otomārs (Latvia)

Eibartas, Karolis, Vaidmina (Lithuania)

Ottar, Otto (Norway)

Emeryk, Karol Boromeusz, Mściwój, Olgierd, Witalis (Poland)

Karol (Slovakia)

Amancio, Carlos (Spain)

Nore, Sverker (Sweden)

Amory, Cara, Carl, Carla, Carley, Carlie, Carlo, Carlos, Carly, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carolyn, Carrie, Carroll Charles, Charlie, Chaz Chuck, Emery, Karl, Karla, Karlee, Karli, Karly (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 308 of 2024; 57 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 44 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 21 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 20 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 8 Mir; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 22 October 2023

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Descartes (11th Month) [Hume]

Runic Half Month: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 42 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 12 of 29)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.4

Holidays

Air-Conditioned Automobile Day

Ask a Conservator Day

Bad Mood Day

Cash Register Day

Chair Day

Check Your Blood Pressure Day

Chicken Lady Day

Citizenship Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

Community Service Day (Dominica)

Day of Love (Egypt)

Endive Day (French Republic)

Flag Day (Panama)

Giorno dell’Unita Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate and Victory Day (Italy)

Good Ass Day (Japan)

Honeymoon Day

Indie Author Day

International Cake Day

International Gimme Fiber Day

International Marketing Day

International WAGS of SCI Day

King Tut Day

Medical Science Liaison Awareness and Appreciation Day

Mischief Night (UK, Australia, NZ)

National Advent Calendar Day

National Chicken Lady Day

National Coach Appreciation Day

National Community Service Day

National Day of Community Service (Dominica)

National Day of Mourning (Hungary)

National Easy-Bake Oven Day

National Melanie Day

National Professional Paint Contractors Day

National Sex Toy Day

National Skeptics Day

National Tonga Day (Tonga)

National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy)

Thanksgiving Day (Liberia)

Unity Day (Russia)

Use Your Common Sense Day

Victory Day (Italy)

Waiting for the Barbarians Day

Will Rogers Day (Oklahoma)

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day

The Zombie Apocalypse

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Candy Day

1st Saturday in November

All Saints' Day (Finland, Sweden) [Saturday after 10.30]

Book Lovers Day [1st Saturday; also 8.9]

Children’s Day (South Africa) [1st Saturday]

Digital Scrapbooking Day [1st Saturday]

Drum, Dance & Pray for Peace Day [1st Saturday]

Extra Life National Game Day [1st Saturday]

International Games Day (Libraries) [1st Saturday]

Learn to Homebrew Day [1st Saturday]

National Bison Day [1st Saturday]

National Play Outside Day [1st Saturday of Every Month]

National Pumpkin Destruction Day [1st Saturday]

National Service Day [1st Saturday]

National Wine Tasting Day [1st Saturday]

Pepsi Dig In Day [1st Saturday]

Sadie Hawkins Day [1st Saturday]

Satyr's Day (Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions) [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Sausage and Kraut Day [1st Saturday]

Standard Time begins/Daylight Savings Time ends (US, except AZ, HI, Navajo Nation, Puerto Rico, others) [1st Saturday/Sunday 2 AM]

World Chili Day [1st Saturday]

World Numbat Day [1st Saturday]

Independence Days

Valbona (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Americus (Christian; Saint) [America]

Boccaccio Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Brinstan (Christian; Saint)

Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)

Emeric of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)

Feast of Qudrat (Power; Baha'i)

Federico Pelini (Muppetism)

Felix of Valois (Christian; Saint)

Gerrit van Honthorst (Artology)

Guido Reni (Artology)

Hume (Positivist; Saint)

Joannicius the Great (Christian; Saint)

Lhabab Duechen (Descending Day of Lord Buddha; Bhutan, India)

Listen to Sea Shanties and Dance Like a Pirate Day (Pastafarian)

Ludi Plebii begins (a.k.a. Plebian Games until 17th; Ancient Rome)

Not the Zombie Apocalypse Day (Pastafarian)

Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)

Pierius (Christian; Saint)

Saga’s Day (Pagan)

Teresa Manganiello (Christian; Blessed)

Vitalis and Agricola (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Amsterdam (Film; 2022)

The Ascent to Truth, by Thomas Merton (Spiritual Book; 1951)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, 3rd ed., by Joseph A. Schumpeter (Political Theory; 1950)

Chicken Little (Animated Film; 2005)

The Cornish Coast Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

The Crown (TV Series; 2016)

Doctor Strange (Film; 2016)

Donald’s Golf Game (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1999) [Discworld #24]

First Rodeo, by Honeyhoney (Album; 2008)

The Flash (Film; 2022)

Fresh Fish (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

From Hare to Eternity (WB LT Cartoon; 1997)

G.I. Blues (Film; 1960) [Elvis Presley #5]

Great Performances (TV Anthology Series; 1972)

Hacksaw Ridge (Film; 2016)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Film; 2001) [#1]

Hearts and Bones, by Paul Simon (Album; 1983)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

The Interpretation of Dreams, by Sigmund Freud (Book; 1899)

Jarhead (Film; 2005)

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair (Novel; 1905)

The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1977)

The Lion and the Cobra, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 19987)

The Man Who Sold the World, by David Bowie (Album; 1970)

Mr. Johnson’s Blues, recorded by Lonnie Johnson (Song; 1925)

Pied Piper Porky (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Prisoner of Zenda (Film; 1952)

Rocket to Russia, by the Ramones (Album; 1977)

Sheep Dog (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Symphony No. 1 in C, by Johannes Brahms (Symphony; 1876)

Tank (Video Game; 1974)

Trolls (Animated Film; 2016)

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Film; 2011)

Walking on the Moon, by Police (Song; 1979)

Weird: The Al Yankoic Story (Film; 2022)

Today’s Name Days

Karl (Austria)

Drago, Dragutin, Karlo (Croatia)

Karel (Czech Republic)

Otto (Denmark)

Erla, Erle, Herta (Estonia)

Hertta (Finland)

Aymeric, Charles, Jessé (France)

Charles, Karl, Karla, Modesta (Germany)

Károly (Hungary)

Carlo, Guido, Rosalia (Italy)

Atis, Oto, Otomārs (Latvia)

Eibartas, Karolis, Vaidmina (Lithuania)

Ottar, Otto (Norway)

Emeryk, Karol Boromeusz, Mściwój, Olgierd, Witalis (Poland)

Karol (Slovakia)

Amancio, Carlos (Spain)

Nore, Sverker (Sweden)

Amory, Cara, Carl, Carla, Carley, Carlie, Carlo, Carlos, Carly, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carolyn, Carrie, Carroll Charles, Charlie, Chaz Chuck, Emery, Karl, Karla, Karlee, Karli, Karly (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 308 of 2024; 57 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 44 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 21 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 20 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 8 Mir; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 22 October 2023

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Descartes (11th Month) [Hume]

Runic Half Month: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 42 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 12 of 29)

[frimleyblogger]

The Cornish Coast Murder

The Cornish Coast Murder - John Bude's first murder mystery novel, a delightful cosy story. #CrimeFiction #amreading

The Cornish Coast Murder – John Bude Published in 1935, The Cornish Crime Murder marks the crime writing debut of John Bude, the pen name of Ernest Elmore. He went on to write thirty in total and was a co-founder of the Crime Writers’ Association. His principal detective creation was Inspector Meredith, although he does not feature in this novel. Indeed, the main representative of the police…