I wrote about The Autobiography of Mark Twain in yesterday's edition of Small Town Newspaper. You can read it here , if you want. This is the photograph I had in mind while I read Clemens' dictations. He really was a masterful storyteller, even when rambling on about the poorly designed door knobs in Florence or in describing the Countess Massiglia, who he described as a "pestiferous character." About her, he said, “She is excitable, malicious, malignant, vengeful, unforgiving, selfish, stingy, avaricious, coarse, vulgar, profane, obscene, a furious blusterer on the outside and at heart a coward.” And I laughed out loud.
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Nice banner.
Thank you for the lovely Christmas banner, Robyn.
abbreve! abbreve! abbreve! vocab! prof! tusc county! indie... nipple.
And just so you know, nipple is not an abbreviation. It is a complete word!
AND...where is YOUR mother, letting you stay up till all hours?