

morning coffee at luke's | Happy Death Day, y'all!
January 14th is one month before Valentine's Day... and therefore I have declared it DEATH DAY on BW&R (because, reasons)! [Note: This is...


morning coffee at luke's | Happy Happy Jane!
December 16, 2014 Jane Austen is looking good for 239 years young! And to celebrate it, I think it's time for another viewing of...


morning coffee at luke's | Me Gusta-ve Flaubert
December 12, 2014 First of all, let's take a moment to acknowledge that I TOTALLY nailed that post title! Secondly, happy birthday to the...


morning coffee at luke's | Candide Indeed!
November 21, 2014 Happy Birthday, Voltaire! To celebrate, I'm going to share some great quotes from the birthday boy... "Every man is...


morning coffee at luke's | Important Day in Mayo History
November 20, 2014 On this day in 1934, Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour opened at Maxine Elliott's Theater on Broadway. Set in an...


morning coffee at luke's | That's the dream
November 17, 2014 Listening to BookRiot's "Reading Lives" podcast yesterday, I was struck by something essayist Ashley Ford said about a...


morning coffee at luke's | We've got us a Pippi virgin!
November 14, 2014 Happy Birthday, Astrid Lindgren! If the author of Pippi Longstocking was alive today, she'd be celebrating her 107th...


morning coffee at luke's | Birthday Treasure
November 13, 2014 Happy Birthday, Robert Louis Stevenson! Did you know? The Royal Bank of Scotland issued a £1 banknote featuring...


morning coffee at luke's | T.S. is Nobel
November 12, 2014 On this day in 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel prize in literature for his impact on modern poetry. To honor...


mornng coffee at luke's | Breakfast of Champions
November 11, 2014 Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut! And here's some interesting reading to celebrate! Open Culture: Kurt Vonnegut Explains...