Nora Levine
@nlevine.bsky.social
“We are all going to the play, or coming home from it.” Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop.
Hope they didn’t leave their luggage unattended.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hope they didn’t leave their luggage unattended.
Yeats. For these past 50 years.
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yeats. For these past 50 years.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Thank you for the work and dedication.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Thank you for the work and dedication.
Love the scene, but not sure the Datebook was published before the early 60’s.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love the scene, but not sure the Datebook was published before the early 60’s.
Those Mexican cattle are taking good jobs from American cattle, darn it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Those Mexican cattle are taking good jobs from American cattle, darn it.
I believe it is not won, so much as it is bestowed.
October 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I believe it is not won, so much as it is bestowed.
Norman Foreman’s mother
August 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Norman Foreman’s mother
December afternoon.
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
December afternoon.
Thank you for this essay which I just read three times. “…In short we were defending the right to move around in our own hours…”
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Thank you for this essay which I just read three times. “…In short we were defending the right to move around in our own hours…”
Paved Paradise and put up a parking lot…
August 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Paved Paradise and put up a parking lot…
Fun thread. And a nice reminder of the joys of GOING to the movies.
August 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fun thread. And a nice reminder of the joys of GOING to the movies.
The Passage to India
August 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Passage to India
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Addicting.
The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright. Informative and tragic.
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark. Delicious.
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. So very funny and so very heartbreaking.
The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright. Informative and tragic.
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark. Delicious.
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. So very funny and so very heartbreaking.
July 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Addicting.
The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright. Informative and tragic.
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark. Delicious.
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. So very funny and so very heartbreaking.
The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright. Informative and tragic.
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark. Delicious.
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. So very funny and so very heartbreaking.
Using a card catalog. Or dictionary. Or thesaurus.
June 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Using a card catalog. Or dictionary. Or thesaurus.
Shepardizing legal citations
June 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Shepardizing legal citations
Thanks! Will find that issue in my New Yorker TBR file.
June 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thanks! Will find that issue in my New Yorker TBR file.