In In our class, we considered the life Dickens needed to have before he could have had the experiences, skills, and maturity to write a novel that would stand out as one of the best ones in literature…Sorry there will be no spoilers here about how well he succeeded. You will have to read or re-read the book when you are seasoned enough to comprehend it.
Tag: Lifelong Learning
Reading Tom Sawyer as a Child and as an Adult
It has been almost 60 years since my fifth-grade teacher read Mark Twain’s, The Prince and the Pauper, and Tom Sawyer, to our class for the last 15 minutes
Inventing a Drone to Retrieve My Mail?
This article has been reprinted with permissions from the author, Stan Nickel, and from its original publication source, The February 2016, MennoNet Magazine of The First Mennonite Church of Richmond
Murray Ellison, Aged 68, Receives VCU English Master of Arts Diploma in the Mail Today!
It finally came! After almost three years of going to night-school, part-time, at Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, my Master of Arts in English Diploma finally arrived in the mail today!
The LitChatte Blog Introduction
LitChatte for Lifelong Learners. “The second half of my life,” by Murray Ellison, January 19, 2016. Tags: Post Retirement Planning, Falling Upward by Richard Rohr, Lifelong Learning, Book Discussions, Edgar