"My God, that bloody casket has fallen on the floor! Some people were hammering in the next flat and it fell off its bracket. The lid has come off and whatever was inside it has certainly got out. Upon the demon-ridden pilgrimage of human life, what next I wonder?"
--Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea
Murdoch was born in Dublin on this date in 1919.
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This morning I took our senior cat Charlie to the vet for his monthly arthritis shot. L. ordered an induction range (on sale!) for our retir...
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As I said on New Year's Day, one of my projects for the year is to keep track of all the reading done by the characters in the fiction t...
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Books Read in 2022 (In backwards order) The Snow Hare. Paul Lichtarowicz “He’s Very Well Read.” Catherine Lacey A Psalm for the Wild-Built....
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