Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 2 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 1 Wrap-up 10 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a glance back at the first week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23—with agenda items, including the Member List; With a look ahead to week two.…
Dickens Club… Member List for the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23 10 Jan 202222 May 2023 The Dickensians. Dear Fellow Dickensians! Here is our running list for members of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23, in case you wish to follow any of the other members!…
Dickens Club… Sketches by Boz: A Brief Introduction 4 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we are introduced to Sketches by Boz and the Inimitable’s first published story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk"; On the publication of collected Sketches; On his alias, "Boz"; Touching…
Dickens Club… The Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23 2 Jan 202213 May 2022 Wherein the 2022-23 DCRC is defined, and schedule proposed; Taking its cue from the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club, the DCRC’s resident Wren promises to “forward, from time to…
About… Miss Wren Welcomes You 31 Dec 20212 Jan 2022 "There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."~The Pickwick Papers Wherein a Decision is made; On changes to come in January 2022; On…
the person of the house About “the person of the house” 31 Dec 202130 Jul 2022 Like Miss Jenny Wren, I'm a seamstress (who had a tiny sewing business for 13.5 years & am now doing contract work for a local seamstress) applying some of those…
Uncategorized In Defense of Woundedness, of Failure, and of Frodo: A Personal Reflection with Tolkien’s Letters 19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021 [ALERT: If you are not familiar with the end of The Lord of the Rings, do not continue…] It is that time of year again, my favorite time—the season that…
Uncategorized Remembering Roger Rees, and his Nicholas Nickleby 9 Jul 202110 Jan 2022 “Is this a theatre?” whispered Smike, in amazement; “I thought it was a blaze of light and finery.” “Why, so it is,” replied Nicholas, hardly less surprised; “but not by…
Uncategorized The Impact of Dickens: An International Conference 17 Sep 202014 Apr 2021 It was a joy to drop in this morning on the opening of the Zoom-based international conference on The Impact of Dickens, which will continue today and tomorrow, and to…
Uncategorized Fulfilling Little Nell’s Wish During Quarantine 12 Sep 202013 Sep 2020 Our state, Oregon, went into full lockdown in the middle of March this year, and has been in the gradual reopening process over the past months. As I'm among those…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 