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• Jump!

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too ! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. My feet rarely leave the ground. For exercise, I use the stationery bike, the Stairmaster, yoga, and ...
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• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

  
  Highly Recommended — Authority: 123
  Cannery Row by John Steinbeck is my candidate for best opening line in a fiction book: “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” The rest of the opening paragraph isn’t bad either, and provides a great orientation ...
  3 days ago

• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
  4 days ago

• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
  4 days ago

• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
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• Explaining the Inexplicable: Steinbeck on Writing

  
  POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS — Authority: 467
  Im reading a beautiful book of letters that John Steinbeck wrote to his editor while he was writing East of Eden . Eden s not a mystery, yet it is one of the most suspenseful novels Ive ever read; Steinbeck placed his reader between a monumental battle of good versus evil and created perhaps the most villainous ...
  1 week ago

• John Steinbeck “discusses His Reasons For Writing The Grapes Of Wrath” Literary Discussion Animation

  
  Science Fiction Buzz Blog — Authority: 149
  Heres a virtual movie of the novelist John Steinbeck (1902 – 1968) discussing his reasons for writing his great novelThe Grapes of Wrath in a sound interview recorded in 1952. To my knowledge thei. . .   Mail this post Technorati Tags: animation , discusses , Discussion , Grapes , John , literary , ...
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• Dead End America

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 741
  Dead End? The film with Joel McCrea  and what finally became known of as The Dead End Kids ? Saw it … in its entirety … for the first time, two nights ago. The authors, of course, Sidney Kingsley  and Lillian Hellman had been, at the time of writing and production at any rate (mid 1930’s), the early ...
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• John Steinbeck on Ministry

  
  TimSpivey.com — Authority: 419
  You may not have known that John Steinbeck ever commented on ministry. Neither did he. In his classic work, Cannery Row, Steinbeck offers us a ministry gem hidden in a conversation between Doc and Hazel. As they sit there, shelling oysters, Hazel brings us a man by the name of Henri who seems to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• MOVIES ON BIG SCREENS - December 4, 2009

  
  / HAMMER TO NAIL — Authority: 124
  NEW YORK CITY: Even if no new films were opening at the IFC Center this weekend, it would still be the talk of the town, as Mr. Vanco, Mr. Dew, Mr. Wells, and the rest of the crew are finally unleashing their fancy new five-screen set-up on us ever-hungry cinephiles. Hooray! But that’s not even the most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Screwy Squirrel (1944)

  
  Picturenose — Authority: 119
  Let’s go nuts, kids…Cillian Donnelly returns with his thoughts on the brilliant beginnings of cartoon violence…If, like me, you believe Tex Avery to be the only true genius... To read more, follow the link on this page to www.picturenose.com
  3 weeks ago

• Destination Salinas

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 173
  Author: salinas411 Keywords: salinas california travel steinbeck tourism tourist information attractions visit cell phone walking tour Added: November 29, 2009
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• Interviews: "John Steinbecks The Pastures of Heaven", The Final Development Milestone

  
  NEA New Play Development Program hosted by Arena Stage — Authority: 421
  Cal Shakes / Octavio Solis / Word for Words "John Steinbecks The Pastures of Heaven" is a Distinguished New Play Development Project that has just completed its fifth development workshop. The world premiere will be opening CalShakes 2010 mainstage season June 2 - June 27. Click here for the Cal Shakes blog posts ...
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• Will Oprahs long goodbye doom her career as literary tastemaker?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 762
  Filed under: People , Media When Americas wealthiest and most influential media star calls it quits on her talk show , its great fodder for several news cycles. But two years will pass between Oprah Winfreys announcement last Thursday and the September 2011 air-date of her final syndicated show. And that gives ...
  4 weeks ago

• On Being Easily Moved

  
  Grumpy Old Ken — Authority: 112
  I happened to catch the end of Goodbye Mr Chips recently. (The 1969 version starring Peter OToole.) I found the closing speech where the socially inept Mr Chips puts into words his feelings for the boys surprisingly moving. Maybe it struck a cord, me being a schoolmaster for a considerable number of years. If ...
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• Going Rogue: Palin and Steinbeck

  
  PalinTwibe — Authority: 478
  Last week, I was excited to finally receive my pre-ordered (two months ago via Amazon ) copy of Governor Sarah Palins book, Going Rogue . Admittedly, I was impatient to crack it open, but it was a busy week and I had to wait a couple of days to start reading. As of now, however, I can happily report that I am ...
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• Travel Lust Started with Jules Verne

  
  A Traveler's Library — Authority: 421
  Destination: The World Books: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck A GUEST ...
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