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TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - LEFT SPEECHLESS!





SHE SIGNALED A CAB
 SHE WALKED UP TO IT
TWO OTHER PEOPLE LEAPT
 INTO IT FIRST
CABBIE ASKS:  "ARE YOU NOT WITH THEM?"
(THE TWO PEOPLE,  SIT, TRIUMPHANTLY SATISFIED)
SHE COULD HAVE ARGUED HER RIGHT!
SHE MISSED HER APPOINTMENT
THAT CAN BE NEW YORK FOR YOU!





Thursday, October 21, 2010

SKYWATCH FRIDAY - CLEAR SKIES BEYOND THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK CITY...





A VIEW FROM MY 10th FLOOR STUDIO WINDOW - OMITTING A FULL MOON,  BY THE WAY, THAT SEEMED TO BE FOLLOWING ME HOME TONIGHT.




NOTE FOR WOOLFIANS:


I HAD LISTENED TO AN EXCELLENT LECTURE AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTED BY DR. ANNE FENALD GIVING AN OVERVIEW ON EDITING A TEXTUAL EDITION OF MRS. DALLOWAY, 'ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND FULL STOPS'.  MS.  FENALD IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY.  SHE NOTED THAT WOOLF'S CHARACTERS COMMENT ON THE LAMENTABLE CONGESTION OF LONDON STREETS AT PRECISELY THE MOMENT THAT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1925.   IT WAS   THEN DECIDED LONDON NEEDED AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SYSTEM!


 IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE READ MRS . DALLOW, TRY READING IT AGAIN.   MS. FENALD'S EXTENSIVE RESEARCHES OF BOTH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN EDITIONS OF WOOLF'S  BOOK HAS TURNED UP MANY UNDISCOVERED HISTORICAL AND LITERARY ALLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANT REWRITTEN PASSAGES IN THE PROOF STAGES THAT ADD TO THE TEXTURE OF THIS COMPLEX NOVEL.     



Tuesday, October 19, 2010

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - AT DUSK, LAST NIGHT, STANDING OUTSIDE THE BRYANT PARK EXIT OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, 42nd Street, NYC

The light changed so quickly (from left to right) while we were talking, then we had to move on!
                          
                            FOR MORE WORDLESS WEDNESDAY, PLEASE VISIT HERE

The third night photo was published recently, shot from 53rd Street, NYC





Monday, October 18, 2010

RUBY TUESDAY - A TRUMPET FLOWER OF SOME SORT, I WONDER....


Whatever it is, its rich red colour reminded me it is RUBY TUESDAY time again!






Hootin' Anni thinks it is Sumac ....I now think it is, too! 

Friday, October 15, 2010

MACRO MONDAY - UNKNOWN INSECT ON CONE FLOWER...



                 I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE JUST HOW CLOSE I COULD ZOOM  INTO
                 THIS INSECT BEFORE IT BECOMES TOO DIGITAL!


                  FOR MORE 'MACRO MONDAY', PLEASE VISIT LISA'S CHAOS HERE!
                                                 (PS   ON MONDAY, OF COURSE!)





BLACK AND WHITE WEEKEND - MOTOR MAGIC!








FOR MORE BLACK AND WHITE WEEKEND 



WEEKEND REFLECTIONS - WAITING ...





Instead of looking at this dreary event, do visit James's wonderful Red Mill 


Sunday, October 10, 2010

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS - ON VISITING LONG ISLAND...





I like to travel via the Williamsburg Bridge, exit 48, and get on the notorious Rte 495 (Long Island Expressway) to Farmingdale, exiting at Rte 110.   On a good day the drive from Manhattan takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  





        FOR MORE WEEKEND REFLECTIONS do visit James at Newtown Daily Photo here!





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