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Lots happening aboard the Lorelei! A question and a couple ship’s notices today… 1. How’s the Sailor Twain reading experience? Many glitches have been fixed by now. On Macs, a Safari browser apparently...
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* I long for the open sea! The muddy streams, the narrow passage, my binding, my curse, my moonlit riverbed, this petty province of detail this onrushing downfall ill suits the high nature of my...
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The Danube and the Hudson, or Waltzes and Lullabies, The Undine and My Fair Lady Continuing with the fraternity of great rivers of this world, this one is in honor of our readers in Germany, Austria,...
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Hello! Funny, is something in the air? Speaking of Starbucks (that got our on-board conversation going!) has anyone noticed a music CD on all their front counters, lately? Interesting. The jacket...
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The Rhine and the Hudson—part 1 We continue our linking in the sisterhood of great rivers. We began with the sacred Ganges, then the eternal Nile, the enchanted Danube, and today, in honor of our...
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The Rhine and the Hudson—part 2 When the Wild Waters Awaken The Rhine is the site of the Lorelei Rock—rife with legends of vanished sailors, nixies and mermaids. Below is a 19th century postcard of...
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“. . . those who wait for the eastern breeze to bring a scent of musk from the twist of her dark hair.” * Professor Paul Kane of Vassar, the prestigious college on our dear river—is not only an...
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Is Kate Beaton the best? Kate Beaton is still the best. * The STORE page has been updated with Rocklove’s Sailor Twain jewelry. Check it out, if you haven’t already! * Now about our 19th century...
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* Storm King Mountain from Cold Spring, Photograph by William Clift “The Lordly Hudson” by Paul Goodman (1911-1972) * “Driver, what stream is it?” I asked, well knowing it was our lordly Hudson hardly...
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This week is San Diego Comic-Con, if you’re coming, stop by and say hi at First Second, booth 1323; I’ll be on a couple of interesting panel on Friday at 10am and 3:30pm—the second one is on design,...
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Three Beautiful & Dangerous Mermaids and “The Botany of Desire” Have you heard any of these mermaids’ songs? Nicotiana Tabacum from Koehler’s Medicinal Plants (1887) Tobacco * Papaver Somniferum,...
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Still on the subject of mermaid songs in the botanical realms… “Boy That’s Tobacco!” by James Ormsbee Chapin (1887-1975) From Virginia Tech’s Reynolds Homestead Booker T. Washington‘s tobacco shed,...
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GISELLE Part 1 of 3 Thank you, dear Fellow Twainers, romantics, absinthe sippers, Hudson lovers, friendly lurkers, and companions for this journey! In the previous onboard discussion many of you picked...
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Giselle Part 2 of 3 Ah! Some cameo appearances, today! That’s Erik A. driving the famous double-decker tram (must return to that one sometime), and Vance B. in the Astor Library (must have an entry...
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Giselle Part 3 of 3 In Parts One and Two of this little appreciation of Giselle we had a look at the plot and characters, and some famous performers of this most romantic of all ballets, and hinted at...
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Hello dear you, It’s been lovely seeing the Twain onboard discussions lately. Not just for the riches of references, history, videos, music and such, but also for the warmth that finds its way into our...
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Echoes of Twain themes, from various poems… And thanks Lauren, for bringing us T.S. Eliot, this unmissable reference in our Twain journeys, from the end of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Shall I...
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Back to Black Thank you for the amazing conversations all over the decks of the Lorelei these days… As many of you have mentioned, Amy Winehouse has a cameo role in this thread of the story. She has...
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Hello, hello! I’m heaving a sigh of relief—there’s a sequence within “The Chained Heart” chapter that I was never settled with, and some of your questions and comments gave me further evidence...
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I’m a little stumped trying to match this page with an entry… There is a piece of music I used to ask for from my parents over and over, when I was three years old: Albinoni’s Adagio. It turns out...
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