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Monthly Archives: April 2012
It’s Bookshelf Time
Spring is here! And so are new books to the Urchin Bookshelf! Check it before you wreck it. (Actually, don’t wreck it at all. We only have one, and it was given to us by a large man with a … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged alison bechdel, are you my mother, biographies, books, c.s. lewis, desert solitaire, edward abbey, essays, granta, london, london the lives of the city, michael pollan, prince, ronin ro, the botany of desire, the london scene, the omnivore's dilemma, till we have faces, urchin bookshelf, virginia woolf
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High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: Daydreaming. Beth Geo Margaret Sarah Next week’s theme: Sweeping generalisations.
Posted in Collaborative, High Noon Urchins
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That’s What He Said
I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. – Mitt Romney
Posted in Margaret, Politics & Global Issues, That's What They Said
Tagged Mitt Romney, social issues romney
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Happy Arbor Day
By Margaret Hedderman Of all our great under appreciated holidays, Arbor Day is perhaps the most important. On the first Arbor Day in 1872 over 1 million trees were planted. Today, an estimated 8.2 million trees will be planted in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Holidays, Margaret
Tagged arbor day, Bolivia deforestation, brazil deforestation, deforestation, j. sterling morgan
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This Isn’t Working: Real Talk About the Relationship Between Books and Movies
By Geo Ong The two book series that everyone seems to be reading these days are The Hunger Games trilogy and the Fifty Shades trilogy. I’d rather not discuss either one, but as this article’s title suggests, we need to … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Film & Television, Geo, Literature
Tagged books, books to film, books to movies, e.l. james, fifty shades darker, fifty shades freed, fifty shades of grey, filmmakers, movie adaptations, screenwriters, suzanne collins, the fifty shades trilogy, the hunger games, the hunger games trilogy, writers
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National Park Week
By Sarah Jost When I was growing up, my family visited a different national park every summer. Having taken driving vacations around America with her parents in the 1950s and 60s, my mum was eager to show me all of … Continue reading
Revenge of the Electric Car
By Margaret Hedderman I am quite proud of the fact that I do not own a TV. Recently, however, I visited a household with a very large, flat TV and realized one of the many things I have missed not … Continue reading
The Urchin Mix Tape
Music makes the world go round, which is great, because that makes more sense to us than whatever real answer lies ahead. ‘My Body’s a Zombie for You’ by Dead Man’s Bones As if being an incredibly talented actor (Blue … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Music
Tagged country roads, crazy heart, dead man's bones, extraordinary machine, fiona apple, la inner city mass choir, mescalito, my body's a zombie for you, oh well, roadhouse sun, ryan bingham, ryan gosling, silverlake conservatory of music, the idler wheel, urchin mix tape, zach shields
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High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: One of these things is not like the other Beth Sarah Geo Margaret Next week’s theme: Daydreaming.
Posted in Environment, High Noon Urchins, Collaborative
Tagged sarah jost, Geo Ong, earth day, High Noon Urchins, cookies, beth jost, shoes
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That’s What He Said
If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and … Continue reading
