Commonplace Blog

commonplace book. n. Formerly Book of common places (see commonplace n. 3). orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 5 April 2015.

commonplace blog. n A commonplace book in a blog.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

A boring life story

If somebody wrote the story of my life before James (and it would be a short book, repetitious and unillustrated), I would not buy it; I would not have it on my shelf. It would be a waste of the budget.

Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant’s House (NY: Avon, 1997), p. 25.

Mary Whisner at 10:25 AM

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