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This is a blog of many things, and nothing in particular. The author can never be content confining herself to one subject. (This makes it difficult not to ramble -- which may be happening at the moment). Writing is a means of expressing and organizing ideas. (Rambling doesn't help with the latter.) It's also a way to find ideas and inspiration, then draw connections between them. (This is where rambling can be useful.) Manigfeald is ideas: organized, clarified, discovered, rambled, and all.

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My Heritage
What You Need to Keep an Empire Together
Individual vs. State
The Trouble With Political Correctness
Old Glory
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Independence
Rexburg Flood July 15, 2014 (This is very recent history.)
Pioneer Day
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Books I'd Recommend

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
  • Antigone by Sophocles
  • Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
  • Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • Henrey IV Parts I and II by Shakespeare
  • Henry V by William Shakespeare
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  • Measure For Measure by Shakespeare
  • Phoenician Women by Euripides
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Shane by Jack Schaefer
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
  • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  • The Holy Bible
  • The Iliad by Homer
  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

Classic Bedtime Stories You Never Actually Grow Out Of

  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  • Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
  • Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
  • The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
  • The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Smith of Wooton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Most Beautiful Musical Pieces (That I Know Of)

  • Aaron Copeland - Appalachian Spring
  • Alan Hovhaness - Psalm & Fugue
  • Alexander Borodin - On the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovstian Dances
  • Alison Kraus (various)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem: Pie Jesu
  • Anonymous Greek person - Epitaph of Seikilos
  • Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
  • Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9: Mvt. 2
  • Beatriz de Dia - A Chantar
  • Bedrich Smetana - Ma Vlast: The Moldau
  • Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor
  • Chopin - Prelude in E minor
  • Claude Debussy - Prélude À l’Après-midi D’Un Faunea
  • Claude Debussy - Revere
  • Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite: Adagio
  • Edvard Grieg- Peer Gynt Suite: Solveig's Song
  • Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Enigma, Var. IX (Nimrod)
  • Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides
  • Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor
  • Franz Schubert - Mass in G
  • Franz Xaver Biebl - Ave Maria
  • Gabriel Faure - Pavane
  • Georg Matthis Monn - Symphony In B Major, Mvt. 1
  • George Friedrich Handel - Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  • Guillame Du Fay - Nuper Rosarum Flores
  • Gustav Holst - The Planets: Venus
  • Howard Shore- LOTR Soundtrack: Many Meetings, The Council of Elrond, In Dreams, May It Be, Evenstar, The Leave Taking, Forth Eorlingas, The White Tree, Into the West
  • Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird, Finale
  • Invernia (Artist: Orlando Pops Orchestra)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite #2 In B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in C Major - Mvt. 3
  • Josquin Dez Prez - Ave Maria Salve Regina
  • Kansas - Dust in the Wind
  • Kansas - The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis)
  • Loreena McKennitt (various)
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 Eroica
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 Mvt. 2
  • Mack Wilburg - Requiem
  • Michael Martin Murphy - Wild Fire
  • Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
  • Palestrina - Missa Pape Marcelli
  • Ralph Vaughn Williams- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • Rimsky Korsakov- Scheherazade Suite: III. The Young Prince And The Young Princess
  • Skyedance album- artists: Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis
  • Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite: Scènea
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony #5 In E Minor- 2. Andante Cantabile, Con Alcuna Licenza
  • Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto In D: 1. Allegro Moderato
  • W.A. Mozart - Requiem In D Minor

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Mary F.
I am very curious (in more than one way). I am in quest of discovering how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. I hold an AS in Music and a BA in Humanities with a focus on literature and history from classical antiquity and the medieval era. I still have so much more to explore in those areas. But for now I will return to studying music, emphasizing composition and songwriting. If I had all the time in the world (and money), I would probably major in several more disciplines. I utilize my study of the humanities to fuel and give context to my creative ideas, whether I'm composing a novel, a symphonic poem, or a blog post. I hope to ultimately lead my audience to a sense of their potential as human beings, as children of God. I love the desert, mountains, and the smell of rain. I love my family and friends, quirks and all. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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