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READING — JUNE 2026

Posted by on June 30, 2026 No comments

25581. (Mar­garet Atwood & Ken Stea­cy) War Bears [graph­ic nov­el; issues 1–3]
25582. (Vir­gil Fin­lay) The Art­work of Vir­gil Finlay
25583. (Charles D. Michael) Brave Deeds for British Boys
25584. (Andreas G. Vla­chopou­los) The Wall Paint­ings From the Xeste 3 Building 
. . . . . at Akrotiri: Towards an Inter­pre­ta­tion of the Icono­graph­ic Programme
. . . . . [arti­cle]
25585. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) Base­ball Bats for Christ­mas [ill. Vladyana 
. . . . . Krykorka]
25586. (G. A. Hen­ty) At Agin­court ― A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris
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Image of the Month — JUNE 2026

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FILMS — MAY 2026

Posted by on May 31, 2026 No comments

(Mar­tin 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.143 ― Death Strikes Three
(Sauvé 2019) La Faille: Ep.2 ― Les proches
(Werk­er 1939) The Adven­tures of Sher­lock Holmes
(Carter 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.144 ― Top of the Class
(Rawl­ins 1942) Sher­lock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
(Lubitsch 1930) Monte Carlo
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First-time listening for MAY 2026

Posted by on May 31, 2026 No comments

27053. (Fid­lar) Fidlar
27054. (George Fred­erik Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in F, Op.1 #12, Hwv.370
27055. (Palm­bomen) Night Flight Europa
27056. (Mat­teo Man­cu­so) The Journey
27057. (George Fred­erik Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in A, Op.1 #10 [doubt­ful attrib.]
27058. (H. P. Love­craft) Live, May 11 1968
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READING — MAY 2026

Posted by on May 31, 2026 No comments

25571. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak & Robert N. Mun­sch) A Promise Is a Promise 
25572. (Gigi Tevzadze) Trans­fer of Roy­al Fish and the Non-evo­lu­tion­ary His­to­ry of Black Sea 
. . . . . Stur­geons [arti­cle]
25573. (Domi­t­il­la Sagramoso & Akhnet Yarlykapov) What Drove Young Dages­tani Mus­lims to 
. . . . . Join Isis? [arti­cle]
25574. (Dominique Foufelle & Isabelle de Couli­boeuf) Cahi­er de colo­riages Gus­tav Klimt, le 
. . . . . fon­da­teur de la séces­sion Viennoise 
25575. (Esmond W. Non­ter­ah et al) Vit­a­min A Sup­ple­men­ta­tion and Nutri­tion­al Sta­tus among 
. . . . . Chi­dren 6–36 Months in North­ern Ghana [arti­cle]
25576. (Robert Sheck­ley) The Game of X
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Image of the Month — MAY 2026

Posted by on May 1, 2026 No comments

The town of Boucherville, fac­ing Mon­tre­al from across the St. Lawrence. In the dis­tance can be seen Mont Saint-Hilaire, an extinct vol­cano with a crater lake on its sum­mit. To the left of this, and just at the hori­zon, is the tiny vil­lage of Sainte-Madeleine, where my moth­er was born. Beyond the hori­zon are the Mégan­tic Moun­tains, an exten­sion of the Green Moun­tains of Vermont.

FILMS — APRIL 2026

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(Hamer 1954) Father Brown [aka The Detective]
(Ros­mer 1934) The Secret of the Loch
(Mankiewicz 1963) Cleopatra
(Neill 1944) The Scar­let Claw
(Dono­van 2022) Three Pines: Ep.1 ― White Out, Part 1
(Neill 1944) The Pearl of Death
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First-time listening for APRIL 2026

Posted by on April 30, 2026 No comments

27042. (Bill Mon­roe) The Essen­tial Bill Mon­roe & The Mon­roe Brothers
27043. (Bernard Her­rmann) Jason and the Arg­onauts Filmscore
27043. (Howl­in’ Wolf) The Chess Box, Disc 1 – 1951–1955
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 3 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
. . . . 27044. (Blessd, Mzi­ol­ly, Mike Bahía & Beéle) “Ropa interior”
. . . . 27045. (De La Ghet­to, L‑Gante & LIT kil­lah) “Ku’”
. . . . 27046. (Micro TDH & Yan­del) “Las Olas”
. . . . 27047. (Big Soto, Jer­ry, Micro TDH, ADSO & Akapel­lah) “En solidad”
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READING — APRIL 2026

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25560. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) The Lit­tlest Sled Dog [ill. Vla­dyana Krykorka]
25560. (Oliv­er Wen­dell Holmes) The Path of the Law [arti­cle]
25561. [3] (Andre Nor­ton) Storm Over Warlock 
25562. (Benoît Cursente) Les cagots, his­toire d’une ségrégation 
25563. (Nick Sikkuark) The Name of This Book Is What Ani­mals Think
25564. (T. E. Page, E. Capps & W. H. D. Rouse –ed) Remains of Old Latin, Vol.1 – Ennius and 
. . . . . Caecilius 
25565. (Walt Kel­ly) The Best of Pogo 
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Image of the Month — APRIL 2026

Posted by on April 1, 2026 No comments

Yel­lowknife, North­west Ter­ri­to­ries, some­time in the 1960s.