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Dreaming and Decorating

Status report: It’s been a dreadful day. Would you like to know what I did for most of it? Well, I’m going to tell you. When I first wrote Chapter 2, I used the Penguin edition of The Picture of … Continue reading

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Choosing Patterns

This is going to be a short post, because I’m very tired. Status report: By the time I go to sleep tonight, I will have finished the second section and half of the third section of Chapter 2. That means … Continue reading

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Walking in Boston

Status report: This morning, I went to the university library to pick up some books and photocopy an article.  I wasn’t able to finish the footnotes to the second section of Chapter 2 yesterday, so I’m going to work on … Continue reading

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Roses All the Way

Status report: I’m tired and despondent. The revisions to Chapters 1 and 3 are finished, except for the introductions, but I’ll need to write the general introduction first and make sure those are consistent with it. I’m working on Chapter … Continue reading

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The Mess

Status report: Today, I worked on Chapter 2. I will be working on Chapter 2 late into the night. But I took some time to go to my favorite antiques store, where I did something that may be very silly, … Continue reading

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The Secret Garden

Status report: It’s been a strange day. I’ll tell you why in a moment, but first, an actual status report. Chapters 1 and 3 are revised. I’m working on Chapter 2. I’m going to try to finish that chapter over … Continue reading

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Shabby Mission

Status report: I didn’t work as much on my dissertation today as I should have, because I was still working on The Thorn and The Blossom. Today was the day we made the final edits, so I spent quite a … Continue reading

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