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Category: Tolkien

On the Banks of Plum Creek

This one for me will always be The One With the Grasshoppers.* Said grasshoppers destroy the Ingalls’ wheat crop and smother their farm like a Biblical visitation.  Worse, they stay.  And lay millions of eggs.  Then one day they start marching on the ground, robotically, toward the west, finally taking their bows without so much … Continue reading On the Banks of Plum Creek →

Kevin Rosero Little House Leave a comment April 23, 2021December 5, 2021 3 Minutes

Reading left to right

August 26, 2020 Nearing the end of a two-week vacation, I’ve managed now to reach the midway point of "War and Peace", having started over from the beginning. I reached the end of the novel but there were many chapters I had skipped, and I'm sweeping through now, from the beginning, to read those. Wonderful … Continue reading Reading left to right →

Kevin Rosero Tolstoy 1 Comment February 5, 2021December 12, 2021 5 Minutes

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