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• 2013 A-Z Reflections Post

  
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  I survived another year of A-Z!  Wahoo!   I nearly missed this post.  Its been so crazy lately for me.  I apologize for the delay on this one.  I chose Chaucer for my A-Z theme this year because I like classic literature.  Chaucer was a favorite of mine way back when and I decided to reread the Canterbury ...
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• A-Z: Z is for Chaucers Canterbury Tales Recap from A-Z

  
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  Okay, my Z post is a highlight of all my post...Chaucer from  A-Z .   Whew!  I made it!  Before I finish with my last post I wanted to give you a brief background into the versions that I read of Chaucers Canterbury Tales.  There are different translations, versions etc... but I thought It was important to ...
  3 weeks ago

• A-Z: "Y" is for The Canons Yeomans Tale

  
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  We are almost at the end our  A-Z challenge and todays letter is Y.  Im featuring The Canons Yeomans Tale in Chaucers The Canterbury Tales.  After the Second Nuns Tale the host asks the Canon and his Yeoman to tell a tale.  Both men are alchemists and the Yeoman works for the Canon.  The Yeoman ...
  3 weeks ago

• A-Z: "X" is for The Manciples Tale Of The Crow

  
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  The  A-Z challenge is rapidly coming to a close and today Im featuring  The Manciples Tale Of The Crow for the letter X.  Whats the X stand for you ask?  Well, X equals The Manciples Tale and thats my choice.  Hah! The Manciple tells us about a noble knight named, Phoebus, who had a white crow who ...
  3 weeks ago

• A-Z: "W" is for The Wife of Bath Tale

  
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  The A-Z letter is W and Im featuring Chaucers The Wife of Bath Tale in Canterbury Tales. I remember liking this tale more the first time I read it than this time around. The Wife has an idea based on experience about what married life should be.  I suspect since women were considered property, they ...
  3 weeks ago

• A-Z: "V" is for Valerian in The Second Nuns Tale

  
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  The  A-Z  Challenge letter today is V and my post is for "Valerian" in The Second Nuns Tale  .  The nun tells the story of Saint Cecilia, an extremely devout Christian who converts her husband (Valerian) and brother-in-law to Christianity   When she marries Valerian, she explains that she is protected by an ...
  3 weeks ago

• A-Z: "T" for The Franklins "Tale" & "U" for Unfinished

  
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  For the A-Z challenge Im doing another double post.  First, Im featuring The Franklins Tale from Chaucers Canterbury Tales.  And for my "U" post, Ill follow up with two of Chaucers Tales that were unfinished, The Cooks Tale and The Squires Tale. "T" is the "The Franklins Tale" The Franklin tells a ...
  4 weeks ago

• A-Z: "S" is for The Shipmans Tale from the Canterbury Tales

  
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  A-Z  Challenge again and we are onto the letter S! Today the is one of Chaucers lighter tales, as "S" is for The Shipmans Tale in Canterbury Tales.  Although the tale features more adults behaving badly, its still pretty funny.  The tale starts with a merchant who is has a wife who is a spendthrift.  They live a ...
  4 weeks ago

• A-Z: "R" is for Alma Redemptoris in Prioresss Tale

  
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  A-Z  Challenge again and this time its the letter R.   Today "R" is for Alma "Redemptoris" in Prioresss Tale. What a beautiful story and rather timely too.  The story was an ode to the Virgin Mary and all things in this world that she blesses including the innocent.  It starts with a widows son, a seven-year-old ...
  4 weeks ago

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