A Trollope is not an immoral woman
Not sure why, but I have read a lot of Anthony Trollope this summer. I am 2/3 of the way through The Way We Live Now. It is brilliant. In...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 21, 20221 min read
My Netherlands Saga
On July 21-July 31, I was in the Netherlands. For almost all of that time I was in Holland, which the the Western part, more or less,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 18, 20223 min read
LIVE THE QUESTIONS
I have come to enjoy The Habit Podcast, with host Jonathan Rogers. I really recommend it for writers and would-be writers. He interviews...
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Barbara G. Tucker
May 1, 20222 min read
Yes, I Got a Dog
Confession: I am a dog person. To the core. However, I do not have "fur babies" or feel a sense of human connection with them. They are...
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Barbara G. Tucker
May 1, 20223 min read
Musings on Cloudy May Day
Sometimes I repost here from my other blog, Partsofspeaking.blogspot.com This is one, and it's a bit amorphous but heartfelt....
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Let's Talk About Bruno
I don't recommend movies. But I'll make an exception. It's not just that "We don't talk about Bruno" is impossible to get out of one's ...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jan 30, 20222 min read
The Last Thing He Should Have Told Me
I'm going to post this on Amazon, although I didn't buy the book there. That's a different story.... I was walking into the campus...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 23, 20212 min read
My Foray into Sci-Fi
Since the release of Dune (highly recommended if you have read the book; not sure otherwise, and I don't recommend much in the way of...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Updating Christmas, Part 2
In the last post I used an illustration (Jose y Maria by Everett Patterson, a comic book artist) that re-imagines the typical Nativity...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Updating Christmas
A friend posted this illustration to Facebook. I found it ... at first perplexing, then disorienting, then resistant, then interested,...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 26, 20211 min read
Links, Links, Links
Friends and I were talking about old TV shows from our childhood that are now on YouTube. I mentioned Lancelot Link, Super Chimp. I will...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Toastmasters International Series, #2: Why Compete?
There are a lot of reasons why you might not want to compete in Toastmasters. To be honest, after a few outings where I lost pretty...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Writing Thoughts on September 24, 2021
I attended a webinar today that purported to give the Six Secrets of Author Success. I won't name names here. I signed up for it to see...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Toastmasters, International Series
Entry 1: How to Come Up with Topics I would lay money on this statement: Many people who come to Toastmasters really want to improve...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 15, 20214 min read
Two Views of Evil: Collateral and Mystic River
Not feeling well last night (two reasons: exhausting first week of class and my air conditioning was out, making for a very hot house in...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 15, 20214 min read
What's Up with (opposition to) masks?
I am not a biologist or epidemiologist. I am a social scientist and understand research and basic biology. I also understand persuasion...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Academic Issue: The "Four-Year Degree"
This is not an argument against undergraduate education or the bachelor’s degree. It is an argument against the unreasonable expectation...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 13, 20212 min read
The Chosen: I’m totally on board, but . . .
First, I’m a huge fan. I’ve watched all sixteen and I plan to go back though them and watch again. They are worth multiple viewings. What...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Rethinking Writer's Block
I just finished Syd Field’s The Foundations of Screenwriting because I’m sitting in on a screenwriting class this summer. I posted on it...
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Barbara G. Tucker
Jul 11, 20213 min read
Screenwriting: I know a little bit now
This summer I am sitting in on an introduction to screenwriting course in my academic department. The final output is 30 pages—the first...
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