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...misfortune, he puts my name in another thing, he's going to get a blow of my cane in the mug!", Ceccaldi warns in The Innocent. "Michel and I can begin speaking again the day he goes public, with The Elementary Particles in his hand, and says 'I am a liar, an impostor; I have been a parasite; I never did anything in my life except hurt all those around me. And I apologize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist's Mother Fires Back | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

...scrub jays fly by, turkey vultures too. In the fall, cyclones of geese and ducks circle the harbor. In the summer, hummingbirds sidle up to the windowpane. Every morning I hear the grinding of coffee. Its scent rises as my husband climbs the stairs. He hands me my morning mug, and we do our ritual. "What do you say?" he asks. "Thank you," I answer, and he receives his kiss. There have been days when I awake confused because it is quiet and the smell of the house is of unstirred air. And then I remember that my husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comforts of Home | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Every morning the newspapers are waiting for me on the breakfast table. The crossword puzzle is filled in, and my husband is upstairs in his office. I take the papers and my second mug of coffee to the living room. The little girl dog lies in a spotlight on the rug. At ten o'clock, I go upstairs to my study, a former sunporch with nine windows and never enough bookshelves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comforts of Home | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...enjoy during the movie. The event also included an Eco-Month Clothing Swap with a designated box from which anyone could add or take clothes that would then be donated to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. The last activity of the night was a “mug-rack painting,” where students contributed their personal design to a new mug-tree for the Lowell dining hall. The HoCo-sponsored event was part of Lowell House’s Eco Month activities, which also include an “eco trivia night?...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCo Exhibits Green Gardening | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...learn a few phrases ahead of time. Here’s one to get you started: “zhe shi she ma zhong de ro?” (“What kind of meat is this?”). 7) Leave your perpetual caffeine drip (aka travel mug) at home. In China people carry tea around in glass jars. 8) When taking a cab, if you’re in the know, you’ll ride up front. 9) There are no fortune cookies in China... 10) ...Instead, your fortune is up to you: the color...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 15 Tips for China Trips | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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