Two things happened this week that prompted me to write this post. The world celebrated what would have been Roald Dahl’s 97th birthday, and, a day or two later, my friends Murph and Cara welcomed two beautiful little babies into the world. So, as Linette set off in one direction this evening, to arrange for […]
Tag Archives: Huckleberry Finn
My thoughts on movies and books to share with your kids through the age of nine
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Arnold Lobel, Billy Wilder, books, Cara Talaska, children's literature, Eric Carle, Frog and Toad, genocide, Go Ice Cream, Harry Potter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, life lessons, Little House on the Prairie, Mark Twain, Marquee Moon, Murph, n-word, Native Americans, Richard Murph, Roald Dahl, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Star Wars, The Onion, The Prisoner, Thin Man, Tom Sawyer, truth pond 23 Comments
J.D. Salinger and Howard Zinn run off that crazy cliff
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around — nobody big, I mean — except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Observations, Other Also tagged A People's History of the United States, another famous person has died, Canada, Catcher in the Rye, Civil War, Cornish, Disney, execution of mutineers, famous recluses, friends of Matt Damon's who have died, George Washington, hate radio, Holden Caufield, holy wars, Howard Zinn, independence from England, J.D. Salinger, Jeff Kay, Jonas Brothers, Mark Twain, Mark's favorite authors, Micahel Cera, Michael Savage, phonies, slavery, the Revolutionary War, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, vonnegut, World War II 18 Comments