![]() It struck me later in life there were three glaring problems with this:ġ) A teacher (of all people) never exhibited the intellectual curiosity to find out the history of her school. She said at lunch her and I could go to the front where they have a plaque dedicating the school to HJ Lassaline and providing some biographical information. She had to admit she had no idea (I believe she had been there as a teacher for several years). Schools are always named after famous, august people, no?įirst day at my new school I asked my teacher in front of the whole class who exactly HJ Lassaline was. My family moved to Windsor (a factory town near Detroit). It was a real source of pride to be at a school named after a great Canadian scientist. When he was alive he would actually visit the school once a year to give a talk to the students of the school named after him. As students, we were well aware of who this man was. My grade school in Montreal was named after a famous Canadian brain surgeon, Wilder Penfield. Your experience going to a new school not meeting expectations reminded me of moving from Montreal to Windsor as youth. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The shift from TV adaptation to full-blown movie comes after Cooper announced a new production company with Weston Middleton. Now, Deadline has broken the news that Cooper’s adaptation of Hyperion has moved over to Warner Bros., where it’s being developed as a feature film. Then in 2015, it was announced that Cooper had partnered with SyFy to create a limited series television treatment of the story. ![]() ![]() Cooper first announced his desire to direct a screen treatment of the highly acclaimed science fiction book by Dan Simmons back in 2011. That will be the case with Bradley Cooper’s adaptation of Hyperion, should we ever get to see it. Sometimes, an epic story must travel an epic road before it finds its audience. ![]() ![]() You can expect them to last around three months in the right conditions in a root cellar or similar environments. People love butternut squash in soups or blended recipes, roasted, or even in a stir-fry.īutternut squash is great for long-term storage as well. ![]() People love butternut squash! It tastes similar to sweet potatoes once cooked so that you can use it for a variety of recipes. Despite having a harder skin, it’s easy to peel, but you can leave it on if you’re roasting the halves of the squash. So, let it ripen on the vine for as long as you can. It’s good to know when harvesting that the more orange the exterior, the drier and sweeter the flesh will be. They typically require five to seven days to cure before eating. They tend to weigh one to two pounds.īutternut squashes take around 110 days to reach maturity, so if you have a shorter growing season, you’ll need to start the seeds indoors. The skin is a pale orange-yellow color with a pear shape it’s larger at the bottom with a thinner neck. Butternut squash is one of the most popular winter squash types and the most recognizable type of squash aside from zucchini. ![]() ![]() Along the way, the trio come across an older lesbian couple-who help them get to Pride-an older gay couple, and a group of queer and trans young people to hang out with. So, with Paige in tow, the cousins embark on a road trip against their parents’ wishes. When Mark finds an old car on the cabin property, he tries to sneak off to Toronto without Talia or Paige, but, when he is caught, Talia realizes this is an opportunity for her to find Erin. While Talia is mostly concerned about an on-again-off-again relationship with Erin, her nonbinary school sweetheart, Mark is focused entirely on getting to Toronto Pride for the first time. When a family emergency gets Mark and Talia’s estranged families back together for the first time in a while, the two end up clashing almost constantly, with Mark’s sister, Paige, being one of the few voices of reason to keep things from falling into complete chaos. ![]() The only thing that ties the two together at all is their shared queer identities. ![]() Mark just wants to have fun, even if that means breaking rules, causing trouble, or even getting drunk and disorderly in the middle of an already tense week-long stay at a remote family cabin. Talia is a stickler for rules, generally hates disorganization, and wants people to get along. When You Get the Chance follows Mark and Talia, cousins who could not be more different. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inside: 120 pages for the Small size, 144 pages for the Medium, Large and Album sizes ivory color available in striped or smoothĪgenda: ivory color, perpetual daily, 4 languages (Italian, English, French, German), phone book included. 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I also liked the scenery: set in the Florida Keys, in a salmon-colored beach house that the hero calls Big Pink, there are wonderful descriptions of the Gulf, of walks on the beach, of overgrown greenery, of grand old Florida houses. I love when King is able to describe what it’s like to make art, to feel the need to make art, and especially the down side of it: the emptiness and exhaustion that come after working on art, the constant self-doubt and that nagging belief that these people only like your work because they like you. I loved that the main character, Edgar Freemantle, is an artist. Well, now I’ve read it, and: it’s not one of my favorites. Which, actually, is probably entirely appropriate. And in terms of book format, I didn’t like it. Maybe that’s the reason, actually: maybe Duma Key sat on the shelf for so long because it’s not a hardcover we bought it in mass market paperback, and what’s more, we bought one of those tall paperbacks – the “Summer beach read” edition, I’ve seen them labeled. ![]() My wife and I read every Stephen King book, and we generally get them and read them within a year or so of publication this is one author we are willing to pay full hardcover price for. ![]() For some reason it took me a while to get to this one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the release of the second book, The Wise Man’s Fear, in 2011, fans have been eagerly awaiting the conclusion of Kvothe’s story. So buckle up and let’s dive in! About Doors of Stone Source: ĭoors of Stone is the highly anticipated third and final installment in Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy. ![]() ![]() But, what about the release date? When can we finally get our hands on this highly-anticipated book? In this blog post, we’ll explore everything we know so far about Doors of Stone’s release date and what to expect from this epic conclusion. Are you eagerly waiting for the release of “Doors of Stone” like most fantasy cout there? Patrick Rothfuss has kept us all on our toes with the final installment of his Kingkiller Chronicle series, leaving us with unanswered questions and thrilling scenes. ![]() ![]() He has also had the opportunity to write for the New York Times op-ed page. ![]() In addition, his works have earned titles such as “ingenious” (New York Times) and “superb” (Chicago Tribune). ![]() One of the most decorated authors of all time, Harlan was the first writer to win all the three awards: Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award. Harlan has over 50 million books printed to his name and published in 40 languages worldwide. Harlan is married to Anne Armstrong-Coben, a pediatrician, and has four children. After graduating, he worked for his father in a company in the travel industry. Harlan attended Amherst College and majored in political science. ![]() Harlan Coben is an American bestselling thriller author born to a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, on January 4, 1962. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, if this ode to spinsterhood were written by me, the cover photo would show an unkempt slob sprawled on a vintage 1975 woven plaid couch inherited from her parents, wearing a pair of flannel pajama pants and a holey T-shirt she’s had since college with no bra, hair uncombed, in the company of either a cat or a dog (depending on which decade this picture was taken), a book in one hand, a bag of potato chips or peanut butter M&Ms in easy reach of the other, because who the fuck does a woman at home alone have to impress? And because the world is unkind, certain people would see the title “Spinster” and think “No wonder.” (Translation: in the marriage market, here lies the clearance rack.) The whole photo is meant to appeal to the sort of retro thinker who never learned that a woman needs a man the way a fish needs a bicycle, who will say, “How can she possibly be single?” (Translation: this woman has chosen her singleness!) ![]() But there she is, on the cover of her new book/ode to the single woman, Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, perched on the edge of an antique velvet sofa with a cup of tea in a patterned china cup-how spinstery!-dressed in a cocktail dress and heels with her hair in long, glossy auburn waves, like in a shampoo ad. I’m trying hard not to hate Kate Bolick because she’s beautiful. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife. ![]() |