Steve Clifford #booksky 💙📚
@jazzncocktails.bsky.social
Retired English prof., love good books, good music, good cocktails. My pup is Marlowe, after Philip, not Christopher. #books #booksky
May 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just subscribed to Hulu for this. Love Roy Wood, Jr., and his stand up is fantastic.
March 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Just subscribed to Hulu for this. Love Roy Wood, Jr., and his stand up is fantastic.
Just saw the T-Mobile/Starlink ad during the first quarter of the Super Bowl. I didn’t leave the Twitter hellsite to support Musk elsewhere. @tmobilesupport.bsky.social
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for over 10 years but I’ll be shopping for a new service provider this week.
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for over 10 years but I’ll be shopping for a new service provider this week.
February 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just saw the T-Mobile/Starlink ad during the first quarter of the Super Bowl. I didn’t leave the Twitter hellsite to support Musk elsewhere. @tmobilesupport.bsky.social
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for over 10 years but I’ll be shopping for a new service provider this week.
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for over 10 years but I’ll be shopping for a new service provider this week.
Spent Sunday afternoon making vegetarian meatballs, and while it took much longer than the NYT recipe claimed (big surprise), the results were fantastic.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...
#vegetarian
#FoodSky
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...
#vegetarian
#FoodSky
February 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Spent Sunday afternoon making vegetarian meatballs, and while it took much longer than the NYT recipe claimed (big surprise), the results were fantastic.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...
#vegetarian
#FoodSky
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...
#vegetarian
#FoodSky
Hugo’s “Notre-Dame de Paris” only turns to Quasimodo 160 pages in, a description fascinating for its similarity to Mary Shelley’s Creation—and because Hugo publishes this in 1831, the same year the “popular edition” of her novel is released. The “monster” is nurtured by society.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I used Amazon to research available editions of Hugo’s “Notre-Dame de Paris” and then ordered it from one of our several wonderful Portland, Maine, bookstores: Back Cove Books. And picked up this set of essays by Toibin and the same time. Shop independent!
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#bookstores
#PortlandME
#BookSky
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#bookstores
#PortlandME
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I used Amazon to research available editions of Hugo’s “Notre-Dame de Paris” and then ordered it from one of our several wonderful Portland, Maine, bookstores: Back Cove Books. And picked up this set of essays by Toibin and the same time. Shop independent!
#BookSky
#books
#bookstores
#PortlandME
#BookSky
#books
#bookstores
#PortlandME
Listened to The Daily podcast on the rebirth of Notre Dame (12/11/24) and was inspired. Loving Victor Hugo’s description of medieval carnival and I’ve only just begin the novel.
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January 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Listened to The Daily podcast on the rebirth of Notre Dame (12/11/24) and was inspired. Loving Victor Hugo’s description of medieval carnival and I’ve only just begin the novel.
#BookSky
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Quiche day for my 86 year-old mom who loves quiche.
January 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Quiche day for my 86 year-old mom who loves quiche.
Just saw 2024’s The Fall Guy on Prime—a dumb but fun popcorn movie. What made it worthwhile, though (Spoiler Alert!), was the cameo by an 85 year-old Lee Majors in the credits. He was at the center of my ‘70s childhood and seeing him brought a nostalgic smile.
#film
#FilmSky
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January 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I have a new favorite Christmas novel. Just finished Niall Williams’ The Time of the Child and loved it. I reread This is Happiness first, not realizing this new novel draws from his earlier Faha story. So glad I did; his eye for complex human emotion and spirit is wonderful.
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January 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Beautiful film adaptation of Small Things Like These. Gorgeously shot. Was hung up on Cillian for the first few minutes til I wasn’t. Watson is perfectly frightening. A bit too much on Billy’s past; doing the right thing wasn’t as limited to personal history in the novella. Still, see it.
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#BookSky
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Beautiful film adaptation of Small Things Like These. Gorgeously shot. Was hung up on Cillian for the first few minutes til I wasn’t. Watson is perfectly frightening. A bit too much on Billy’s past; doing the right thing wasn’t as limited to personal history in the novella. Still, see it.
#BookSky
#BookSky
Just started watching “Bad Monkey” (while waiting for the latest “Shrinking” and “Bad Sisters” to drop). I’m enjoying the Vince Vaughn sunshine noir and really loving the music. Tom Petty, ZZ Top, Tom Waits? Yes, please. #BadMonkey #tv #noir #AppleTV+
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Just started watching “Bad Monkey” (while waiting for the latest “Shrinking” and “Bad Sisters” to drop). I’m enjoying the Vince Vaughn sunshine noir and really loving the music. Tom Petty, ZZ Top, Tom Waits? Yes, please. #BadMonkey #tv #noir #AppleTV+
Finally watching #BadSisters season 2 on Apple TV and, while it’s still one of my favorites, really having trouble with the episode 2 reveal. Makes narrative sense (Sharon Horgan is brilliant) but so many other more satisfying turns it might have taken.
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Finally watching #BadSisters season 2 on Apple TV and, while it’s still one of my favorites, really having trouble with the episode 2 reveal. Makes narrative sense (Sharon Horgan is brilliant) but so many other more satisfying turns it might have taken.
Rereading Niall Williams’ “This is Happiness” before I launch into his latest novel. One of the gems I encountered tonight.
December 15, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Rereading Niall Williams’ “This is Happiness” before I launch into his latest novel. One of the gems I encountered tonight.
Choose 20 books.
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#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
A beautifully written novella, parable, allegory. Hoping the new film does it justice, as “The Quiet Girl” did for “Foster.”
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
A beautifully written novella, parable, allegory. Hoping the new film does it justice, as “The Quiet Girl” did for “Foster.”
December 13, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
A beautifully written novella, parable, allegory. Hoping the new film does it justice, as “The Quiet Girl” did for “Foster.”
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
A beautifully written novella, parable, allegory. Hoping the new film does it justice, as “The Quiet Girl” did for “Foster.”
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
I first read Williams during the isolation of the early pandemic, when we imagined contact with anyone might kill us. This novel and my immersion in Faha and with its people saved my life and sanity.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
I first read Williams during the isolation of the early pandemic, when we imagined contact with anyone might kill us. This novel and my immersion in Faha and with its people saved my life and sanity.
December 12, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
I first read Williams during the isolation of the early pandemic, when we imagined contact with anyone might kill us. This novel and my immersion in Faha and with its people saved my life and sanity.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
I first read Williams during the isolation of the early pandemic, when we imagined contact with anyone might kill us. This novel and my immersion in Faha and with its people saved my life and sanity.
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Shakespeare
#comedy
#theater
Day 18
Again bucking the rules: How this 420 year old comedy explores the fragility of who we are is always amazing to me. And Mark Rylance as Olivia for the Globe Theater is still a revelation.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Shakespeare
#comedy
#theater
Day 18
Again bucking the rules: How this 420 year old comedy explores the fragility of who we are is always amazing to me. And Mark Rylance as Olivia for the Globe Theater is still a revelation.
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Shakespeare
#comedy
#theater
Day 18
Again bucking the rules: How this 420 year old comedy explores the fragility of who we are is always amazing to me. And Mark Rylance as Olivia for the Globe Theater is still a revelation.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Shakespeare
#comedy
#theater
Day 18
Again bucking the rules: How this 420 year old comedy explores the fragility of who we are is always amazing to me. And Mark Rylance as Olivia for the Globe Theater is still a revelation.
My students always love the word play and imagery of “Mothers” and her final volta, but I always think first of this poem by Nikki Giovanni and the ways love makes us. #BookSky #poetry #poets
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48228/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48228/...
December 10, 2024 at 12:47 PM
My students always love the word play and imagery of “Mothers” and her final volta, but I always think first of this poem by Nikki Giovanni and the ways love makes us. #BookSky #poetry #poets
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48228/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48228/...
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
Damn the rules: As a teen, I inherited an old, leather-bound copy from a favorite uncle; he won it as a kid in a school contest. Loved reading it (and the Gene Kelly film) and knowing he had, too.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
Damn the rules: As a teen, I inherited an old, leather-bound copy from a favorite uncle; he won it as a kid in a school contest. Loved reading it (and the Gene Kelly film) and knowing he had, too.
December 9, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Choose 20 books.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
Damn the rules: As a teen, I inherited an old, leather-bound copy from a favorite uncle; he won it as a kid in a school contest. Loved reading it (and the Gene Kelly film) and knowing he had, too.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
Damn the rules: As a teen, I inherited an old, leather-bound copy from a favorite uncle; he won it as a kid in a school contest. Loved reading it (and the Gene Kelly film) and knowing he had, too.