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The Haunting of Hill House 1959

Posted on October 16, 2018 by carilynn27

February 22, 1999 The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House was a 1959 book by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson was born December 14, 1914 in San Francisco. She had been reading and writing all her life. She … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged 1959, 1999, Abigail, Adventure, Agoraphobic, Angel, Angle, Are Some People Born Bad?, Arthur Parker, bed, Blood, Book, Burned House Down, California, changes, Children, Class, Cold, Cold Spot, Coldness, Crane, Crazy, Creative Writing Classes, Dare, Dark, deadly, Death, Demons, Depression, Disorted Views, Dr. Montague, Drinking, Driveway, Eleanora, England, Evil, Explore, Family Novels, Flaky, French Palace, Gates, Ghost Hunt, Ghost Stories, Gone, Good, Gothic, Gothic Literature, grace, Grief, Guilt, hand holding, Heaven and Hell, Help Eleanor Come Home, Henry James, horror, House, House Is Toying With Them, Hugh Crain, Imprints, In Love, Isolated, Journey's End When Lover's Meet, land decays, Luke, mansion, Markway, Married, mentally ill, mind creates physical manifestations, Mother's Death, Movie, Mrs. Dudley, Mystery Machine, Nancy Miller, Nell, Nelly, New York, Norville Rogers, Novel, Ominous, opressive, Oscar, OSU, Ouija Board, People Are Killed, poisonous plant, Poltergeists, Power, problems, Psychic, scared, scary noises, Scooby Doo, Scream, Screamed, Screaming, secretive, Seculuded, Shirley, Shirley Jackson, Sleep, Stanley Hymn, statues, STOP, storms, Suicide, Supernatural, Suspense, The Haunting 1963 Movie, The Haunting of Hill House, The Innocents, The Lottery, The Nursery, The Ohio State University, The Tower, The Turn of the Screw, Thelma, Theo, Trapped, trying to leave, Unexpected Evil in Life, USA, Villagers, Wake, Walk Alone, Winchester House, Won't Stay After Dark, Writing, Written on the Wall | Leave a comment

Why Nations Fail

Posted on July 9, 2017 by carilynn27

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, 2012 The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Politics/Economics | Tagged 1800s, 1900s, 2002, 2012, Agriculture, Arab Spring, Argentina, Blog, China, City-States, Colonies, Colonization, Daron Acemoglu, Destabilization, Developing Countries, Dictatorship, Dutch East India Trading Company, East India Trading Company, Economics, Egypt, England, Exclusive, Extractive, Fail, Fixed Elections, flounder, France, Freedom of the Press, French Revolution, Geography, Glorious Revolution, Government, Growth, Ignorance, Inclusive, industrial revolution, Italy, James A. Robinson, Japan, Journalists, Korea, Land Grants, Magna Carta, Maya, Mayans, Mexico, Monarchy, Monopolies, Mudracker, Negative Feedback, North Korea, Northern Hemisphere, Oligarchy, Parliament, Patents, Patriarchy, Peron, Peru, Poor Education, Positive Feedback, Power, President Karismov, Prosperity, prosperous, Rebound, Roosevelt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serfdom, Sierra Leon, Social Work Class, Somalia, South Korea, Southern Hemisphere, Soviet Union, Stagnant, Sub-Saharan, Tax Breaks For the Wealthy, Taxation, Taxing the Poor, The Black Plague, The New Deal, The Silk Road, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, thrive, UNCG, US Barons, USA, Uzbekistan, Venice, Vicious Circle, Virtuous Circle, Why Nations Fail, Wilson | 1 Comment

Silent Spring

Posted on June 8, 2017 by carilynn27

Silent Spring Rachel Carson, 1962 Silent Spring begins with a “fable for tomorrow” – a true story using a composite of examples drawn from many real communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural … Continue reading →

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Posted in Biology, Culture, Environment, Event | Tagged 1960, 1962, 22nd Century, Air, beauty, Bill of Rights, Biology, bird-less, Bohemia, Bones, brush control, burning, California, cancer, carcinogens, Chemicals, Chimney Sweeps, choice, Coal, contact, Cornwall, cost, Coughing, DDT, Death, destroy non-human life, Destruction, diet, Disaster, dose, Dutch, Earth, Ecology, England, Environment, Environmental Movement, Fable For Tomorrow, Facts, farmers, Farms, fish-less, Fork in the Road, harm, Holland, Ill, Illinois, industrial revolution, industry, Inhalation, insects, lethal, lies, Life, Lung Cancer, Maine, marrow, Miners, Mines, Money, mosquitoes, Nature, Newspaper, not quite fatal, notes, Officals, Pesticides, Poison, Power, Preservation, profit, prophetic, Public, quotes, Rachel Carson, Radiation, rivers, Robert Frost, Saxony, Scientists, Sick, Silent Spring, Skin Cancer, Soot, species, streams, study, survive, Swallowing, Sweden, United States, US, Vision, Warfare, waterways, who gets to decide?, Who Speaks?, Why Do They Speak?, witness to nature, WWII | Leave a comment

Patterns of Tragicomedy in Shaw

Posted on October 14, 2014 by carilynn27

Patterns of Tragicomedy in Bernard Shaw By CD Sidhi, Bahari Publishers, 1978 The evolution of tragedy and comedy merged into a new species called the Tragi-Comedy. Happy Endings in historical tragicomedy can be found as far back as he 17th … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Politics/Economics, Religion | Tagged 1978, Absurdest, Anti-Christ, Antigone, Aristotle, Beckett, CD Sidhi, Christ, Comedy, Conflicts, Creative Evolution, Critical Thinking, Criticism, Destiny of a Nation, Disillusionment, England, Evil, Existentialism, Faust, GBS, George Bernard Shaw, Goethe, Hamlet, Happy Ending, Heartbreak House, Heaven, Hell, Hero, Ibsen, John Bull's Other Island, Major Barbara, Manufacturing of Misunderstanding, No Ending, Open-Ended, Patterns of Tragicomedy in Bernard Shaw, Prometheus, Savage God, Shavian, Slice of Life, Story of A Nation, Tragedy, Unresolved, Wagner, Waiting For Godot, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Wild Duck, World Betterer | Leave a comment

Man of Iron

Posted on June 22, 2014 by carilynn27

Man of Iron Jeremy Irons intrigues me. He stars with many of my favorite stars in happens to be in many movies I like. I first saw him in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune with Glenn Close. After that, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged 17, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2010, 2013, 38, Alfred, Antonio Banderas, Appaloosa, Beautiful Creatures, Ben Affleck, Borgais, British, Casanova, Damage, Dungeons and Dragons, England, Ex-Boyfriend, Glen Close, Heath Ledger, House of the Spirits, Humpert Humpert, Isabelle Allende, Italy, Jeremy Irons, Joanne Whalley, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Liv Tyler, Lolita, Macon Ravenwood, Meryl Streep, relationship, Reversal of Fortune, Rodrigo Borgia, Stealing Beauty, Superman VS Batman, The Lion King, Viggo Mortensen, Winona Rider | Leave a comment

The War of the Roses and The Game of Thrones

Posted on August 27, 2013 by carilynn27

The War of the Roses and Game of Thrones There have been a number of references to the fact that George RR Martin drew inspiration from the historical War of the Roses, but nothing in great detail about what … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged A Song of Fire and Ice, Arya Stark, Baratheon, Beheaded, Bran Stark, Caitlyn Stark, Cersi Lannister, Dany, Dragons, Eddark Stark, Edmond Tudor, Edmund, Edward, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, England, Game of Thrones, Gender Roles, Gendry, George RR Martin, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Ireland, Iron Lands, Jamie Lannister, Jasper, Katherine Huntley, Lancaster, Maragret, Margery Tyrell, Marriage, North, Owen Tudor, Perkin Warbeck, Phillipa Gregory, Politics, Religion, Richard III, Rickard Stark, Rob Stark, Sansa Stark, Scotland, Sexuality, Shakespeare, Sir Thomas and Sir William Stanley, South, Stanos, The Boy, The Tower, The Wall, The War of the roses, The White Princess, Theon Greyjoy, Tudor, Tyrion Lannister, Tywinn, Usurper, Westeros, white walkers, Wildlings, Witchcraft, Witches, York, zombies | 4 Comments

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Posted on June 25, 2013 by carilynn27

Mark-Paul Gosselaar August 10, 1990 I had a dream about Mark-Paul Gosselaar. He was the star of the hit teen show Saved by the Bell, which I watched on Saturday mornings. Though I liked him and thought he was cute, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Flashback, Movies/TV | Tagged 1990, Amanda, August 10th, Bathroom, Beach, Book Store, Camomile Tea, Celebrity Crush, Children, Counci, Damon's House, Daughter, Dennette, Department Store, Divorced, Dreams, Dustin Diamond, England, Experiment, Falling In Love, Flood, Fruit, George Lucas, Girl's Name, Go Down With This Ship, Hill Top, Indian Chief, Inside Out, Jill Boroom, Joanne Whalley Kilmer, Kiss, Library, Love Is An Energy, Love Radiates Outward, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Married, Ms Renz, Mythological Creatures, Past Life, Pregnancy, Return of the Jedi, Running Zack, Saturday Mornings, Saved By The Bell, Shirley MacLaine, Soap Flakes, son, Spiritual Journey, Stacey, Stefan, Steven Spielberg, Summer, Talk, Tease, Teresa, Thunderheart, Tiffini-Amber Thiesan, Val Kilmer, Vampire Diaries, Warwick Davis, WWII, You Aren't Going To Hit Me, You Like Me Too Much | Leave a comment

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Posted on June 7, 2013 by carilynn27

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Karen L King came out in 2004. German Scholar Dr. Carl Reinhardt bought a copy of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene in 1896 in Cairo, Egypt at an antiquities … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Religion | Tagged 1917, 1938, Andrew, Apostles, Authority, Cario, Carl Reinhart, Chruch, Coptic, Death, Egypt, England, Gnosticism, Greek, Jesus, John the Baptist, Karen L King, Levi, Library, Love, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Magda, Narrative, No Hell, Pages Missing, Papyrus, Peter, Resurrection, Savior, Simon, Sin, Soul, Suffering | Leave a comment

The Nazi’s Place in German History

Posted on April 19, 2013 by carilynn27

The Nazi’s Place in German History Cari Gilkison, History 518 Fall 1998 The place of the Nazi’s in German history is important, but it should not overshadow the rest of its long and diverse history. The Nazi’s were not … Continue reading →

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Posted in History | Tagged Antisemitism, Austria, Beethoven, Cari Gilkison, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Civilization, Communism, Concentration Camps, Czech Republic, Democracy, Dictatorship, Dominic, Einstein, England, France, Genocide, Germany, Goethe, History 518, History of Germany in the 20th Century, Hitler, Holocaust, Kaiser, Mann, Nazis, OSU, Otto Von Bismarck, Poland, Political Parties, Propaganda, Prussia, Russia, society, The Holy Roman Empire, USA, WWI, WWII | Leave a comment

Women in Literature and Society

Posted on January 16, 2012 by carilynn27

December 7, 2011 Women Women’s Studies and Women’s History takes center stage this week, mostly in my reading, but also in my life. First, I read The Queen of Water by Laura Rasua and Maria Virginia Farinango. It is the … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Literature/Pop Culture | Tagged Cari Lynn Vaughn, Childcare, China, Ecuador, England, Feminsim, Friendship, History, Jacquetta Bedford-Woodville, Lady of the Rivers, Laura Resau, Lisa See, Maria Virginia Farinango, Peru, Philippa Gregory, Politics, Sexism, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Stay at Home Mom, The Queen of Water, Women, Working Mom | Leave a comment

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The Haunting of Hill House 1959

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