I was around 10 years old when I gained possession of a book by Ruth Rendell called Heartstones. More of a novella than a book, it was a psychologically tragic type of read, horrifyingly good, and at 10 years old I was hooked on the likes of it forever. I’ve never read anything else by her, but I kept that book for a long time. The book made the journey back from Australia with me, and hung around until I left for college. I think I liked the cover. I’d not given a thought to Rendell since that time.
Until recently when I read a couple books at a side of the road book-sale/flee market. The two books were Ruth Rendell’s Going Wrong, and A Dark-Adapted Eye. It was the first time I’d ever found any of her books at a used book sale, though I’m sure they are around. The books were good quick reads, mystery suspense, madness.
Thanks to The Hathor Legacy I have seen the video presentation , Werner Herzog Reads Madeline. This retelling of Madeline, by someone pretending to be Werner Herzog, is either brilliant or I am becoming common. I’m certain it’s the former. There is no doubt that it’s share worthy.
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I have listened to Tom Petty’s New CD and the single by the same name.
Enjoy it below.
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Last but not least, I will miss my good friend Suah, as she is heading back to Liberia to be with her family as her grandfather recently passed.
This is likely to keep you busy. Enough to fit in between the slices of weekend guests, hikes, tours, and debauchery.
Peace
When you become common the earth will end. Uh, shouldn’t say that the way the world’s going.
I was going to say …that’s probably not the most reassuring thing to say at this point in time. ;)
That Madeline video ins awesome cooper, how you find things like this are beyond me. Iv’e never read Rendell, but the cover is nice looking.
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I rather loved that video.
They are not mind boggling books on any level.
The Madeline piece is genius, though the book is more likely to have been read by girls – my sister had those books.
Thanks for the Petty, I did one of these at my blog I like this game.
Never heard of Rendell.
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The piece is ..and don’t lie i know you red those books.
Madeline made my day.
That books sounds kind of freaky for a ten year old. I have heard of Rendell but haven’t read a thing by her.
I have read medical textbooks and that’s all for me forever.
I love making people’s days, you know that. Hurry up I will need a new doctor soon…
That cover looks like cow poop to me, to each his own. I love the Petty, it’d be better if yo put a downloadable version..;)
I’m not gay enough to have watched Madeline but I know of the books, and that is a brilliant piece.
never looked at cow poop. Could be I suppose. I can’t it’s illegal and I am ..you know, kind of honest.
I’m going with brilliant for the Madeleine video.
The only Rendell I ever read was The Crocodile Bird. Nicely dark.
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I suppose one can live without Rendell, she is an add on, not like Twain or Shel Silverstein….;)
Agreed. I’d toss in Poe and Dorothy Parker, too.
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The Madeline video is brilliant, no question.
Rendl is pretty good; I’ve read a few of her books – they are quite dark for a 10-year-old.
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In retrospect it probably was. Possibly my parents felt it better to let a 10 year old read Rendell than to watch television, possibly they were just bad parents. Hard to tell. ;)
I think my mother bought me some of those books. She was an equal opportunity mom. I seem to remember the drawings. Love that video.
Never read Rendell. Lately haven’t read much but am looking for a good poetry book I was going to attempt this this Friday but ended up distracted.
Is that new Petty?
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Th newer petty yes.
You come from good people g, equal opportunity mom no doubt.
Those heart shaped stones look to me like oil spill globs, which tells you how stuck I am on this.
At age ten I was drawing the Dukes Of Hazzard’s General Lee, and Voltron. Book reading time wasn’t on my list of priorities. I did read a couple of Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew mysteries but wasn’t inspired so much.
Anyways, is it me, or are lots of people ignoring how big an issue the Gulf spill is? To me this is the 9/11 of corporate greed, and terrorism cover up.
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I think they were ignoring it because they actually thought that the oil company could easily fix it…it took awhile to dawn on them that this was trouble.
Admittedly people seldom care about things that they feel don’t affect them directly, so I expect people on the southern coast and all the way around the Atlantic coast to be more aware than say those who are landlocked or on the west coast. In general I mean.
Have read: Riane Eisler’s “Building Cultures of Peace” speech for the nth time: http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/building-cultures-of-peace
Seen: Glee?
Listened to: OK Go’s version of This Too Shall Pass for Tonight Show with Conan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INCU_nJxps
Will miss: My sanity.
I used to love Ruth Rendell mysteries. Thanks for the Madeline link. Will be sure to find a moment of peace to listen intently.
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The Building Cultures of peace is quite a good speech if only speeches were applied..
The Madeline clip is fabulous.
This week I devoured Rabbi Kushner’s book “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” — some profound and helpful insights there, and a quick read. I heartily recommend it to all, as we all will have to deal with tragedies sooner or later. It was also helpful to revisit a gem I discovered in college, Plato’s “The Last Days of Socrates”. Thinking about death and life this week has been difficult, and yet oddly rewarding…
I’m glad you enjoyed the clip. It’s been awhile since I revisited any Plato, but were life such that I could play and read only.
Rendell… will forever think of the current guv of pennsyltucky. Blowhard. But someone in this house owns that book.
Children are next door to sociopaths… hmmm… a 15 y.o. when auntie flo visits. The vid kinda reminds me of the style, color and diction of the Curious George series.
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I don’t think I ever touched a book at 10. At least not an actual book. I’m sure I read whatever we were forced to at school and that was it.
I pretty much gave up reading after I stopped getting Accelerated Reader Points.
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I vote for brilliant. Though I’m not familiar with that story. I was more of a Hardy Boys fan.
There used to be a radio station around here that did something like that, except instead of a story, they’d do recitations of song lyrics.
I will miss 24. Even though I hadn’t watched it the past couple of seasons, I think sometimes I divide my life into TV-show-eras. There were the cartoon days, then the Dukes of Hazzard/A-Team era, followed by the Cosby/Cheers years, the Seinfeld climax, and finally The Office reconstruction period.
The ending of a favorite TV series only serves to remind one of the passing of time. Of course, that’s the optimistic way to look at it.
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I used to be a voracious reader at ten. It was not uncommon to see me reading two or three decent-sized books a week at that age. I don’t know–it just ran in the family, I guess.
Most of my friends were adamant readers too. That helped also since they were forever recommending good reads also.
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