Can’t make it to Pubcon South and looking for some raw, kick ass and live coverage of the conference? Look no farther than conference live blogging diva Lisa Barone and her coverage of Pubcon South on the Outspoken Media blog. Barone’s coverage should be starting today as according to Tw...

Saturday’s trip to Theler Wetlands in Belfair had a touch of everything. Although we left under bright blue skies, we ended up driving through rain, sleet, and even a little snow before we got there. As we walked down the long hill to the Wetlands, it started raining hard, and I figured we’d end...

Never, even in my college days, did I ever sleep in the clothes I wore all day. I don’t even do that while camping. This week, however, is what I like to call a “behind the eight ball week.� Not only have I grossly crossed the line of neglect in regard to personal hygiene, but I’m also getti...

I’ve been wanting to change the style of my web page for awhile now. Unfortunately, after today’s mistake, I’ll be changing it right now. I made the mistake of pushing the Automatic Upgrade button on my Wordpress site and it decided that it didn’t like my non-standard theme t...

There was at least one more major point I had planned to make on The Return of the Native, but when I realized how much work it would take to go back and support the idea with quotations, I decided to use the first two chapters from The Mayor of Casterbridge to make the same point instead. Probably ...

Considering that Diggory Venn is the only character I remembered from my first reading of Hardy’s Return of the Native and is the only character I found admirable after my second reading, I was a little dismayed when I read this brief analysis from Cliff Notes: Since the reddleman is used by H...

I’m sitting at the dining room table thinking about the long crack in one of its legs, the result of time, temperature changes and family history. A junk shop find from the 1930’s, this cherry wood piece of furniture was once the prized possession of newlyweds, strangers to me. Perhaps it was a ...

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After re-reading Hardy’s The Return of the Native I’m still not sure what originally attracted me to it, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the plot. In fact, it’s a sign of Hardy’s genius that he managed to make the novel as believable as he did. The plot is melodramatic, little more than so...

"The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken." - Herbert Who would have guessed that motherhood is a heavy test of one's critical thinking skills? The first two weeks after I resign from my full-time job, I feel like I'm playing hooky. As time goes on, however, I realize the ...