Anecdotal Evidence

A blog about the intersection of books and life.

Friday, November 06, 2026

'Hope, Indeed, Is Very Fallacious'

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Some years ago I was diagnosed with a condition called MGUS (pronounced EM -gus) -- monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. It’...
Thursday, November 05, 2026

'Spirit, Mettle; Courage, Pluck'

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“It happened to me last year to lose my home with all contents in a night of that phenomenon that we oddly called blitz , though why we shou...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2026

'A Dull and Childish Ignorance'

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“I have a dreamy way of withdrawing into myself, and, besides, a dull and childish ignorance of many common things.”   Among the most rewa...
Tuesday, November 03, 2026

'The World and All Her Train Were Hurl’d'

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How often have you encountered a poem or other piece of writing that not only provoked astonishment on first reading but continues to do so ...
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Monday, November 02, 2026

'Lighter Than a Hummingbird's Feather'

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Czesław Miłosz wrote “In Warsaw” in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II: “I did not want to love so. That was not my design. ...
Sunday, November 01, 2026

'The Circle Is Complete'

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Perhaps it’s age but I find growing satisfaction in resolution. I like stories that conclude satisfyingly, often ending where they started, ...
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Saturday, October 31, 2026

'A Very Peculiar Sorrow Attacks Me'

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The feuilleton is an attractively flexible form, part journalism, part essay, that has seldom successfully crossed the Atlantic. The name i...
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