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Neil C. Leach, Jr.
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Reading - Film - Cream on the Upper Crust
If it seems a prodigal act of generosity and tenderness, do it anyway.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The term "high fantasy" was coined by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay, "High Fantasy and Heroic Romance", which was originally given at the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians in October 1969. In this definition, Alexander was using the framework
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.

LLOYD ALEXANDER
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
MEETINGS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN - ANN DURELL, Editor
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"I've known good dwarfs," said Mrs. Beaver.

"So've I, now you come to speak of it," said her husband, "but precious few, and they were the ones least like men. But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that's going to be Human and isn't yet,
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
There are many factors to consider in selecting a broker, such as
competence, honesty, vertical leap, and placement in the Evening Gown
Competition.  But the most important factor is an intangible quality called "professionalism," by which I mean "car size."
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
NCAA Women's Volleyball

#14 Kansas vs. Cincinnati | ESPN+

Thursday, October 30 | 6:30 PM
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How does a cat pass through an inside door, elude two people standing shoulder to shoulder, and exit through an outside door?

Careful shot geometry calculations, multiple banks, and plenty of English.
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
He was getting rather tired by this time, so that is why he sang a Complaining Song.

Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. MILNE
1929
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"There’s a stronger smell of danger and lies and magic and treason about this land than I’ve ever smelled before."
- PUDDLEGLUM
The Silver Chair
C.S. Lewis
1953
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#21 North Carolina is threatening to make #6 Louisville prove it in 5.
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
5:00 PM
#13 Creighton vs. Providence
ESPN+ • NCAA Women's Volleyball
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reposted by Neil C. Leach, Jr.
More grim evidence from my private journals.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Finishing
The Horse and His Boy
C.S. LEWIS
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted by Neil C. Leach, Jr.
Some lichen pics from a hike on Tuesday.
#Newfoundland Canada.
#hiking #lichens #fungifriends #fungi
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One's first moustache is not nearly as portentous as one's last moustache.
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cartoon about gun ownership by Herblock
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My 11 year old granddaughter plays her first volleyball game.
In 6 or 7 years, maybe a scholarship to PITT ...
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Well done, young Raul Fernandez 25!
And there wasn't a dry eye in the house ...
2nd Fabio Di Giannantonio 49
3rd Marco Bezzecchi 72
Phillip Island Circuit, haute categorie!
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Serpentine Tors, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska, USA
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM