Anachan's Corner

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Archive for May, 2016

Valued, Respected, and Wanted

Recently, I noticed Peter Hollens had put out a new video, so as normal, I clicked on it on YouTube to see what it was. Let me preface this by saying that I love Peter Hollens’s work. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of songs I have actually purchased in recent years (rather, […]

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“If There Be Any Virtue . . .”

Some time ago, I noticed a freshman student had a copy of Water for Elephants on her desk. “Is it a good book?” I asked her pleasantly. She nodded her head.  Then her face screwed up a bit.  “But there was this one part . . .” Her voice trailed off, and she fidgeted slightly […]

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