The Glass Character
Monday, September 8, 2014

A fizzing fountain of joy

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Close your eyes, keep them closed, and this is great. It's mane-tossingly European as it clip-clops by the glittering Rhine, and all ...

A fool there was. . .

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In other words, I just got my library copy of The Movies by Richard Griffith and Arthur Mayer. I've barely leafed through i...

Steal this book (no, I mean it!)

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I will tell you what I'd like to see. Go to the library to read  The Glass Character.  Don't pay. Borrow it from a friend. Kin...

Fire sale: another way of burning books

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Message From Customer Service Your Account Amazon.com Hello Margaret, I regret that we haven't been able to address your c...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Dear sir or madam, will you read my book

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  Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book     It took me years to write, will you take a look Order The Glass Char...

Sometimes the ridiculous is sublime

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I think a blog has to have, if not a subject, then certain core subjects that are visited again and again. Since I can't draw worth ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge: what went wrong?

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Why the Ice Bucket Challenge is bad for you The ALS campaign may be a great way to raise money – but it is a horrible reason to d...

Sheer beauty

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Friday, September 5, 2014

This talking picture business will never get off the ground!

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I am a serious student of strange, especially late at night when I should be sleeping. It does something to my brain, I suppose. For some...

Footlight Parade Redux: I can't wait to see it again!

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And here are a few delicious gifs I made LAST time I saw it:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Taxidermy gone horribly wrong

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This is a cheap sort of post, but I'll do it anyway. There are thousands of these pictures on the net, on hundreds of sites, and mo...
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Margaret Gunning
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Welcome to Margaret Gunning's blog: a tribute to the strangeness of the ordinary. Ms.Gunning is the author of The Glass Character (Thistledown Press), her paean/tribute to the brilliant silent screen comic Harold Lloyd. Researching and writing this novel celebrating Harold's legacy and legend was by far the most compelling (and fun!) experience in her long and varied writer's life. The novel is available on Amazon and Kindle, Thistledown Press, and other major book sites. Her previous novels, Better than Life (NeWestPress) and Mallory (Turnstone Press) explore her lifelong fascination with family secrets, alienation, and the surprising joys of the ordinary. She has also written hundreds of book reviews (Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Globe and Mail) and newspaper columns for small-town papers across the country. Her philosophy: "Everything that happens is happening for the first time."
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