Dangling modifiers from Noah's Compass, Anne Tyler's eighteenth
novel: At the age of eight, my mother died.
Walking on the beach, a shark appeared.
Read about dangling modifiers, misplaced modifiers and squinting
modifiers at http://www.pearsoncustom.com/ca/sac_english/resources/LONG.0321292030.pdf
There are more than 40,000 types of rice cultivated in the world (from arborio to carnaroli,
sticky to sushi, black to brown, and white to wild (which is actually a type of grass)), but today, let’s look
at two of the most common and beguiling examples: jasmine and basmati rice. Jasmine rice hails from Thailand,
while basmati comes from India and Pakistan. They are both of the long grain variety,
which means they cook up fluffy and not very sticky, so their grains remain
distinct, although jasmine is plumper, softer, and a bit more moist than
basmati, which has a firmer chew and drier character. To highlight
the specific character of each grain, you might showcase basmati in a pilaf or
salad and jasmine in a pudding, but they are both well suited to underpinning
rich, saucy dishes like curries, and you can often use either variety you
prefer, depending on whether you want something firmer and drier (that’d be
basmati) or a softer and slightly more luscious base (hey, jasmine). Jen Wheeler
Link to recipes at
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920) was an American
children's literature author. Born in New York, his father was a
prosperous businessman. Carryl became a
successful businessman and stockbroker, and for 34 years from 1874 he held a
seat on the New York Stock Exchange. In
1869 he married Mary Wetmore, and had two children, the eldest of whom was poet
and humorist Guy Wetmore Carryl. In 1882
he published his first work: Stock
Exchange Primer. In 1884 he published the children’s fantasy Davy and the
Goblin; or, What Followed Reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland",
serialized in the magazine St Nicholas.
His work includes the children’s nonsense poem “The Walloping Window
Blind”, published in 1885, in a verse style similar to Lewis Carroll's: A capital ship for an ocean trip/Was the
Walloping Window-Blind;/No wind that blew dismayed her crew/Or troubled the
captain’s mind. A second novel, The
Admiral's Caravan, also serialized in St Nicholas beginning in December 1891,
was dedicated to his daughter Constance. His poems "The Sleepy
Giant" and "The Walloping Window Blind" are featured on Natalie
Merchant's 2010 concept album Leave Your Sleep. https://www.poemhunter.com/charles-edward-carryl/biography/ See also https://www.princeton.edu/~english/ENG335/carylbio.html
The
Cheshire Cat is
a fictional
cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive
mischievous grin. While most often celebrated
in Alice-related contexts, the Cheshire Cat predates the 1865 novel
and has transcended the context of literature and become enmeshed in popular
culture, appearing in various forms of media, from political cartoons to
television, as well as cross-disciplinary studies, from business to
science. One of its distinguishing
features is that from time to time its body disappears, the last thing visible
being its grin. There are
numerous theories about the origins of the phrase "grinning like a
Cheshire Cat" in English history. A
possible origin of the phrase is one favoured by the people of Cheshire, a county in England which boasts
numerous dairy farms; hence the cats grin because of the abundance of milk and
cream. According to Brewer's
Dictionary, "The phrase has never been satisfactorily accounted for,
but it has been said that cheese was formerly sold in Cheshire moulded like a
cat that looked as though it was grinning". The cheese was cut from
the tail end, so that the last part eaten was the head of the smiling cat. In 1853, Samuel Maunder explained: This phrase owes its origin to the unhappy
attempts of a sign painter of that country to represent a lion rampant, which
was the crest of an influential family, on the sign-boards of many of the
inns. The resemblance of these lions to
cats caused them to be generally called by the more ignoble name. A similar case is to be found in the village
of Charlton, between Pewsey and Devizes, Wiltshire. A public-house by the roadside is commonly
known by the name of The Cat at Charlton. The sign of the house was originally a lion or
tiger, or some such animal, the crest of the family of Sir Edward Poore. Its first appearance in literature was in the
18th century. A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (1788)
by Francis Grose (The
Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, London) contains the following entry: "CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one
who shows his teeth and gums in laughing."
The phrase appears again in print in John Wolcot's pseudonymous Peter Pindar's Pair of Lyric Epistles (1792): "Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will
grin." The phrase also appears in
print in William
Makepeace Thackeray's The Newcomes (1855) ("That woman
grins like a Cheshire cat."). The
Cheshire cat's grin has inspired scientists in their naming of visual
phenomena. A merger of galaxy groups in
the constellation Ursa Major is nicknamed "Cheshire Cat galaxy group"
by astronomers due to its suggestive appearance. In linguistics, cheshirization, when a sound disappears but
leaves a trace, just like the cat disappears but leaves his grin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat
Angel Food Cake with Vanilla Strawberries by Siri Daly Cake for breakfast is a thing, in case you
didn’t know, and one of the best kinds to eat in the morning is angel food
cake. It’s light, delicate and
sponge-like, making it an ideal vehicle for loads of fresh fruit. Fruit = breakfast, therefore this cake =
breakfast. It’s simple math! This recipe calls for strawberries that
marinate in sweet sugar and flavorful vanilla bean paste—there’s your
fruit! The first time I made angel food
cake, I was so proud of myself. Yes, it
does require a lot of egg whites, but you can use the leftover yolks in
shortbread, Hollandaise sauce or pudding.
Or scramble them and eat them for breakfast with your cake. Recipe excerpted from Siriously
Delicious by Siri
Daly Copyright 2018 Oxmoor House https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/angel-food-cake-with-vanilla-strawberries?utm_campaign=TST_Weekend_20180519&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_Newsletter&utm_content=Angel%20Food%20Cake%20with%20Vanilla%20Strawberries
The Navajo Nation is the largest federally-recognized tribe within the United
States. The Navajo Nation population is
relatively young--the median age being 22.5 years (2000 Census Count). The Navajo Nation extends into Arizona, New
Mexico and Utah and covers over 27,000 square miles, including all or parts of
13 counties in those states. If the
Navajo Nation were a recognized state, it would be larger than 10 of the 50
states in the U.S. Navajo Indians may be
comfortable with long periods of silence, and may not share inner thoughts and
feelings with anyone outside their clan.
The
Navajo language is unwritten and extremely complex. Its syntax and tonal qualities make it
extremely difficult to understand and it has no alphabet or symbols. The Navajo language was the only code
considered unbreakable in World War II. http://freebooks.uvu.edu/NURS3400/index.php/ch10-navajo-culture.html
The competitive advantage of going to
the library -
Malcolm Gladwell at the LA Times Festival of Books April 29, 2018 https://www.reddit.com/r/LibraryTalk/comments/8fsoc5/the_competitive_advantage_of_going_to_the_library/?ref=share&ref_source=link 54:40
Justify won
the 150th Belmont Stakes in New York by 1¾ lengths on June 9, 2018, leading all
the way to give the sport its 13th Triple Crown champion. American Pharoah ended a 37-year drought in
2015 and now just four years later, racing is celebrating another sweep of the
Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Justify
won the Belmont starting from the rail. The last Triple Crown from that spot at the
Belmont was Secretariat, 45 years ago to the day Saturday. Justify is
just the second horse to capture the Triple Crown undefeated, joining Seattle
Slew (1977). Justify, who is 6-0 and is
the first horse to sweep the series without racing at age 2, beat nine others
to win--more competition than any other Triple Crown winner has beaten in the
Belmont. Justify defeated 35 horses
across the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont.
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1900
June 11, 2018 Thought for
Today A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly
exhausted at the end. You live several
lives while reading it. - William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006)
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