I have an enormous crush on Garrison Keillor. My mother swears he looks like Dwight from the Office, but I find him to be adorable.
Everyday, a version Keillor's Writer's Almanac is emailed to me (usually at 4:00 AM -- who is the poor American Public Media intern emailing this out at 4:00 AM?). There's a poem at the beginning, and then little tidbits about writer's on their birthdays, anniversaries of historic events -- that sort of thing. It provides a nearly perfect five minute break in the afternoon with a cookie and a cup of tea.
All this week, they've been writing in celebration of the anniversary of the Norman invasion of 1066 and what that defeat meant for the English language. And today, it's all about the French food and cooking words that entered our vocabulary as a result of the English defeat.
Read it here.
Now I just need decide how to super. Beef? Pork? Mutton?!
We just had a discussion in my office yesterday about Garrison Keillor! Some of my colleagues find him to be drab and depressing, but I think he's amusing! (By the way, we're talking about starting a local version of The Writer's Almanac.)
ReplyDeleteA local version of the Writer's Almanac!? So fun!
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