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Dreams, Come True
The Urchins are dreamers and daydreamers alike. Surely you’ve been able to tell. So sit back and enjoy, if you will, these latest wouldn’t-it-be-nice-ifs and feel free to share your own! Later this summer, I will be fulfilling a four-year-held … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism
Tagged 2012 olympics, bea, Bill Bryson, bookexpo america, buckingham palace, dogs, england, goldendoodle, hampstead heath, i am a pole (and so can you!), Jon Stewart, london, london olympics, olympics, puppies, queen elizabeth, stephen colbert, the colbert report, The Daily Show, the daily show with jon stewart, uk, uk citizenship
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That’s What He Said
Liechtenstein’s last military engagement was in 1866, when it sent eighty men to fight against the Italians. Nobody was killed. In fact—you’re going to like this—they came back with 81 men because they had made a friend along the way. … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged Bill Bryson, books, Europe, liechtenstein, military, Neither Here nor There, Travel, War!
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A Personal Reading Year in Review, Part Two
By Geo Ong You didn’t think I was done, did you? There’s more. In addition to the categories I’ve covered last week, here are some more reading trends to share with you. The Travelling Writer Travel literature is a mainstay … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged a field guide to getting lost, a walk in the woods, bbc, Bill Bryson, books, bruce chatwin, eadweard muybridge, edmund white, geoff nicholson, gertrude stein, helene hanff, in patagonia, Jack Kerouac, notes on a dirty island, paris, paris france, reading, rebecca solnit, river of shadows, satori in paris, the duchess of bloomsbury street, the flaneur, the lost art of walking, travel literature
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Happy Birthday to Us! The Urchin Movement Turns Two
Today the Urchin Movement website turns two years old! We want to thank everyone who continue to support, read, and/or write for this little effort. We opened our inbox this morning to find some wonderful birthday wishes from some of … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Holidays
Tagged anniversary, Bill Bryson, birthdays, james joyce, Jon Stewart, stephen colbert
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The Best of Travel Writing: Peter Jon Lindberg
By Sarah Jost You read a lot of things in a day. The news, your email, books, magazines, websites. For the most part you just absorb the information. But every so often you come across a bit of writing that … Continue reading
The Urchin Back-to-School Reading List
All right, kids! No more AM Bloody Mary pick-me-ups! No more afternoon tanning sessions on the beach! It’s back to school. Time to forget your locker combo and discover you’re buck-naked in the cafeteria. But, with a little help from … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged a walk in the woods, andrew laties, Bill Bryson, europe central, how to get lost and found in new zealand, ian frazier, indie bookstores, john w. mcdermott, places strange and quiet, Rebel Bookseller, the great plains, william t. vollman, Wim Wenders
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The Urchins and Sport
With the exception of Margaret, we admittedly don’t look like the sportiest lot. For some of us, reading hardcover copies of Infinite Jest and running to catch the tube are the closest we’ll ever get to weight lifting or cardio. … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball, Bill Bryson, cricket, favourite sport, in a sunburned country, nba, track and field
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That’s What He Said
[The taipan] is the most poisonous snake on earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: “I say, is that a sn——.” -Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country
Posted in Animals, Examples in Urchinism, Literature, Sarah, That's What They Said, Travel
Tagged australia, Bill Bryson, in a sunburned country, snakes
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That’s What He Said
Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding. — Bill Bryson, I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
