| 单词 | errand |
| 例句 | If there were no errands to run that day, Searchlight would just pull little Willy up and down Main Street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got a little errand I want you to run for me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a soft job for him, running little errands, doing little favors, and there’s no way he’d want to jeopardize it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One day an errand took him to a long building called a ropewalk. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m an errand boy. Maybe a driver, if he ever lets me drive. We’ve barely exchanged a dozen words.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z "When I stopped by a little bit ago, she said she needed me to take her somewhere. I told her I had to do another quick errand and I'd be right back." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The wages Mamá was paid at the hotel were too small to support the seven of them, and Lupita earned only centavos for her errands. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Alas that ever he went on that errand! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Listen, can you stay upstairs with Candy for a little while? I have to run an errand.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Once I’m gone she’ll need you to run errands and stuff,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The light had been on a long list of personal errands Luma had put off to deal with her team and her players’ families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We lied about why we required them, claiming that we were on an errand for the regent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate knew precisely who I was and I know that if he had asked me rather than Paul, I would have simply performed the errand and forgotten about it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "I bring the money into the house. I buy the groceries, run all the errands. Mama, I'm the one who takes care of you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She would be happy to see Lupita, who had just finished an errand in the neighborhood. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘We still have our journey and our errand before us,’ answered Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On Sunday, November 12, Dalgard puttered around the house in the morning, fixing things, doing little errands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends I hustled in front of the A&P, carrying packages for women, and sometimes I ran errands for neighborhood people. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "Hi, Eleanor, sorry, but Park has errand to run. We see you tomorrow, okay?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When Maa sent me into the village for some errand, I lingered under the windows of the school to listen to the students saying their lessons aloud. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday morning, I took some catfish out for dinner. Was gonna fry it up with some hush puppies, fries, the whole nine. I left to run some errands.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It had been a roudne day, a day more or less like the other days I had spent on the job as errand boy and washer of eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A wealthy woman in the apartment above ours occasionally asked me to run errands for her. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z By day, Enrique runs errands for his uncle, washes his five cars, follows him everywhere. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z If she had had her own children, she wouldn’t have had to ask me to run a thousand errands from her back door to the back door of her friends. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, it was no time before he was toddling around, and talking, and doing little errands. So kind and polite. A perfect joy. And you say he has a beard?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘Orion, you claim to be strong. Yet you couldn’t keep the vows of the Hunt. You died rejected. And now you’re running errands for your mother. So tell me again, how exactly are you threatening?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Our housekeeper’s. We have this old Subaru wagon for when she runs errands.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He was constantly running errands, or taking a nap, or in the shower, even when I didn’t hear any water. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I would go into the dining room upon some petty errand and find Granny kneeling, her head resting on a chair, uttering my name in a tensely whispered prayer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually I loved going to Sunday Mass. That, along with our Tuesday visits to Grand Island to run errands, was the only time we left the farm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As for no sooner said than done, it’s a promise that’s seldom kept. errand of mercy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Stay, strangers here unknown!’ they cried in the tongue of the Riddermark, demanding the names and errand of the strangers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I went, and having found Bessie and despatched her on my errand, I proceeded to take further measures. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a few errands to make,” he said, handing me the folder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “There’re a lot of misunderstandings that I’d like to clear up,” I said, forcing the words out of me, for I knew now that my errand was futile. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They all three swam off into the murk under the drawbridge, upon their errand of mercy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, despite the urgency of my other errand, I couldn’t ignore the chance to gather some information about the crisis closer to home. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But those who go with it must not count on their errand being aided by war or force. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And she hadn't made it up, the other errand she had mentioned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You want to run an errand with me?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After an errand downtown we reached the airport. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z What kind of errands could they be, that he would brave even demons and khefts to accomplish them? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He had had an unpaid internship at a small architecture firm in Cambridge, where he’d run errands at Charrette for the designers, been sent to photograph nearby sites, lettered a few drawings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He also ran errands for the ward and in his spare time made me a cigarette lighter out of an empty Austrian rifle cartridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Every week or two, Theo traveled to Seattle to complete various errands. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Therefore I say to you, lady: Stay! For you have no errand to the South.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Lady Isobel had taken her daughters to luncheon with the village philosopher, and Beatrice had gone into the City on an errand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later they’re gone, and Dad disappears to the garage again on some vague errand, which means he’s going to toke up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A prisoner on an errand saw him and stopped. as though he knew exactly what was happening. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now, I didn’t steal them personally. Gods taking each other’s symbols of power—that’s a big no-no. But you’re not the only hero in the world who can run errands.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Usually when she came home from running errands for Ensenada shopkeepers for a few centavos, she stopped to admire her flowers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z One morning she got out of bed for an early errand, and I fell asleep again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But praise be to the ancestors, Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka had Saturday errands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Ida ran the house with military efficiency, and Winnie and I took our orders willingly; I often ran out to do errands at her command. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The old men, pensioners on their families, were made to run errands and mind babies, the only work left for old worn-out men in Williamsburg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mind being outside running errands, even with the days getting colder. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z During the last few weeks, errands had been my only way out of the house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She has an errand to run in the city. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, errands. Also I’m headed to the campus store to get my parents some school gear before I head home for Thanksgiving.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Emily heard a careful tread on the stairs—Cecilia at last taking the flowers up to the guests room, a simple errand she had been asked many times that day to perform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Finish those cookies, please, and drink a second glass of milk. You can’t run errands for me unless properly nourished.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I had snuck into Hollows through a back entrance, acting the part of an errand boy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But during the afternoon, as he carried water and ran a dozen different errands, Jethro heard them talk of a battle in the East. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z All of August was spent running errands and watching Jason after his summer camp ended. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z We slathered pink frosting all over them and I ate so many that I was stuffed by the time Mom came home from errands and Dad came home from work and it was dinnertime. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Instead I convinced Gran to drop me off at the library while she ran errands. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z These few errands left me chilled to the bone, so cold that not even the window displays at the clothing store called The Fad could draw me in. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘Say no more! My errand is not to Wormtongue, but to the Lord of the Mark himself. I am in haste. Will you not go or send to say that we are come?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I’m going on an errand,” I said finally. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt run out the door cause she forgot she got a errand to run and a blooming hour done passed already. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Grandfather and I could run any errand you need.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aware that he and Desdemona were a burden to my parents, Lefty was extremely helpful around the house, doing repairs, assisting with the cleaning, running errands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Matty could have taken them and left on his errand without pausing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I think I’m going to go out and run a few errands,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Though I beg Cook to let me run errands for her so I can be out in the markets every day, I hear nothing from the Resistance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He’s not just an errand boy flying missionaries around, no, sir! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever they run out for a quick errand, though, I hunt for the key. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘But, Aragorn,’ she said at last, ‘is it then your errand to seek death? For that is all that you will find on that road. They do not suffer the living to pass.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’ve got some errands to run. Keep an eye on things, will you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Helmuth decides to return the book later, at lunch, perhaps, or when he's sent on another errand to file papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Now she was planning to take advantage of the rare day off and do some errands. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I guess our lives had gotten pretty sad if Dad’s idea of fun was running errands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She would not have to run errands for my father’s tyrant mother with the bound feet or thread needles for the old ladies, but neither would there be slaves and nieces to wait on her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d rather you stayed home, too. But I have errands to run, and I’m not taking a chance on you gallivanting off again.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But as I left the house, I told myself I should be quick with the errand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said, “Morning, Mr. Hodges. Mr. Ropes had to go on an errand. He asked me to keep an eye on things till you got back.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'll do what I choose. And I choose not to run your errands." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dûr. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I can come in with you if you want. My errands can wait. Honey, how about I come in with you?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “He must be running errands. His truck is gone.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z As he galloped away, Hamlet cried after him, “Make haste in your errand, for remember, I will be shriven today.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The younger ones admired the older boys who strutted about so tough, and they jostled with their playmates for a chance to run errands for the gangs of young men they looked up to. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was apparently out on an errand; there was a package in his front basket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Turns out the dad wasn’t even home and the mom was out running errands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Just like back at home, Saturday is the day me and Daddy run errands. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z A rising sense that I was on a fool’s errand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know how many forty- and fifty-year-old errand boys went down the Hill dressed like ambassadors in black suits and white collars, to downtown jobs “in government,” “in finance,” or “in law.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z While the joyful Psyche hastened on her errand, the god flew up to Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Away Gladys hurried, her slippers frantically clacking, delighted to be sent on such an important errand; then she was back, his leather briefcase cradled like the baby in her arms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At last with a little shrug, he said, “Be so kind as to give us some advice, old man. We’ve come on a fairly important errand.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But he did not rush us and seemed genuinely interested in our errand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept up, ran errands, weighed bags, and lifted them onto the drays. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Men on errands had to step dainty to avoid being spattered. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her father was golfing, and her mother was running errands. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He had no errand in the courtyard at all, but merely invented one that he might find out whether I put his precious wineskin into Gebu’s hand and tell me to wait for another tomorrow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But the answer came at once: ‘And the Council gave him companions, so that the errand should not fail. And you are the last of all the Company. The errand must not fail.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mama’s in an old shalwar kameez and the threadbare pink leopard hijab that she keeps in her purse for emergencies—the one she wears when she needs to run out for an errand without warning. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I nodded; and presented my regrets that I had to step suddenly away upon an errand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At noon I would forgo my lunch hour and run errands for the white men who were employed in the shop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I figured you were running errands,” I answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She keeps me company when she can, but she’s been busy running errands for my dad, plus keeping the books and doing the billing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Before he finished, they were about these errands. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They also sent me on errands about the farm, or ordered me to sweep the floor or pick up trash. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don't I handle the ad and the flowers? I have a few errands for you this afternoon: the butcher's and then to Mrs. de Vries's.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Theresa gave me a silent squeeze on the arm and took off to do the errand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was sent on errands, she saw other wards in similar states of preparation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She did much of the work, and I was required to lug water from the communal tap, run errands and baby-sit my brother and sister. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing him, the Professor was reminded of his errand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stepped in to help us with errands since we opened. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about to run on her errand, when Aurelia stopped her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Now I was wary, however, having established proof that another had been here before on some similar errand of mischief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Frodo had not spoken much to him of his errand, and Sam only knew vaguely that the Ring had somehow to be put into the fire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Running errands had never been high on my list of fun things to do, but at least it gave me a chance to breathe some fresh air and get away from Mama’s watchful eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He ran errands for an “itinerant photographer” who stopped for a time in Gilmanton. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There were a few folk out on their own early-morning errands, all bundled in cloaks and blanket coats and shawls and scarves wrapped high. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My dawn visits up the Commons had become the most ordinary of errands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the Observers met, the boys always stayed in the room below to run errands for them, and it was always Rab who mixed the fragrant punch with which the meetings ended. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They meet Lorena in the lobby and the two of them drag him around town on a number of errands, including a stop at a tailor for his suit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One morning as I was running a teacher’s errand, I saw someone named Renshaw walking across the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In fact, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen her in regular clothes, the kind she wore to relax around the house or run errands. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Czerny seemed to be recharging her soul by running through a list of mundane errands. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every dav I was in and out of the regent’s house doing errands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he said warmly: “Greetings, stranger! Welcome to our feast. There will be time to tell your errand later.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suppose I did let you run some errands for me. What would you tell your father?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, my son, when we have done our errands, we shall go back.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “I am a porter. I pour ingots and wash sweepings and run errands.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I hope this is the hero’s errand, because not following her is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I ask her if I can borrow her car and run some errands. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I walked by the attendance office once, on an errand for a teacher, and that’s exactly what they were doing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z ‘Ride to Helm’s Deep! Go not to the Fords of Isen, and do not tarry in the plain! I must leave you for a while. Shadowfax must bear me now on a swift errand.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Maybe he could convince the twins to run some small errand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We finished Mama’s errands, and we have the whole afternoon to ourselves without our little sisters, even though they begged Mama to come with us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I run a few more errands for Mama, and then when I try to get home, soldiers have blockaded the streets I would normally take. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One day that summer, Volpe came back into his house from running errands and Marcy handed him an envelope from the school district. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But Izzi, it turns out, left early on an errand for Cook. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes they are victims of professional narcissism and write as if the reader were interested in every blind alley, fool’s errand, and wild-goose chase they engaged in while exploring the topic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Instead of spending my days underground, I was studying or working in a law office where the only physical activity was running errands or putting files in a cabinet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He acted so normally, as though he were just off to do an errand. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I made my last errand to the post office, put my bag away, washed my hands, and pulled on my cap. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s so good of you to visit us. But you needn’t trouble yourself to come in person. We know you’ve more important things to attend to than running errands.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Cora remained chained to the wagon as the men pursued errands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Toddling Callie, wobbling Mona; they seemed to be always emerging from under the kitchen table — Callie on a mysterious errand, Mona forever chasing that sister gone around the corner. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It is a hard doom and a hopeless errand,’ said Faramir. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was an uncomfortable pause, during winch a black lap dog with a pug nose escaped into the lists and scampered about on some errand best known to itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered: hadn’t she left suddenly on another errand, not long before the evening? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "My groundskeeper has an errand to run back in the village," said the headmistress. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Things have changed. And I have an errand to run.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z But he liked going on errands to her house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I know what errand you have come on,” continued the Witch. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “You’ve fussed for days because you don’t like her serving customers. Let her run the market errands. It will clear her head. Young people need the outside air.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever a woman leaves her wide-open-to-the-world yard to work her field or saunter off on an errand, first she must make herself decent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next few days, as Tree-ear trotted about the village to and from work or on errands for Min, he kept his eyes wide in search of Kang. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z At five years of age, I knew just enough English for my mother to trust me on errands to stores one block away. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of any particular activities or errands we should be aware of?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the past few months, I’ve gone on errands with the Doctorita and walks with the family, but never been outside alone. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked around Stagecoach Pass all morning, trying to be useful, running errands for anyone and everyone, delivering messages, and making phone calls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Strap this on your bike and take it back, would you? I have to do an errand. I told the lab chief that I'd pick up some stuff at the Supply Center.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He will teach and preach some, but much of his time will be spent running errands, collecting money from the students’ parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Aisling couldn’t shake the feeling that her mother had merely gone out on an errand and would come home at any moment and wonder what the three of them were doing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said Charles came looking for him and said he had to run an errand. He promised to have the truck back in fifteen minutes.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She pretends she needs to run an errand, but I know exactly what she’s doing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was running an errand in downtown Durham one day not long after the trial when he spotted a city councilman walking briskly toward him on the sidewalk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “He has been here this very morning, on a most extraordinary errand. It is impossible to express our surprize. He came to speak to his father on a subject,—to announce an attachment—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In Liberia, a neighbor would always look after her kids if she needed to leave them to run an errand or visit a friend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Soldiers patrolled through the streets, apprehending Negroes out at unseasonable hours on suspect errands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I have a couple of errands,” she tells the receptionist. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” Grandma said, “but he just left. He had to go run some errands. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The young man who ran errands for the owner of the building was standing in the hallway, one powder blue suitcase in each hand. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The next morning on the bus, Eleanor asked him what his big, secret errand was, and he handed her his license. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I could tell this was already happening with Mama since I was now allowed to go into town by myself to do quick errands. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Several other sailors were seen on shore that morning, running what appeared to be last-minute errands. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember the last time I’d run an errand by myself or walked in a park just for fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Now look,” Mother says, “I have some personal errands to run and I just don’t think it’s a good time to have you tagging along.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m to gather information about the Trials, and then, when I leave Blackcliff for my errands, the Resistance will contact me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But he knowing their errand told them it was not they who were wronging him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, Bono walked forth on errands with the cravat unspotted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I worked odd jobs at the market, at pubs, ran errands, whatever people needed me to do, and a few more years went by. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Old men and errand boys jumped for safety. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z On numerous occasions as she passed on errands, Cora overheard him lobby for the redistribution of her parcel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Working in kitchens, running errands for pennies, I might be able to save that much in a year, if I was lucky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When Phoebe’s mother came home from running all her errands, she looked terrible. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I have errands for the Prior as well. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Realizing we have to find a way to get more food, Pa somehow arranges for Kim to work at the chiefs house as his errand boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha was tasked with running errands and bringing water and food to the patients on the second floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Let me worry about Leon. You just run your errands, Obie.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent Tree-ear back and forth between the house and the kiln on various errands. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Here’s the place for my errands. Will you come in? It won’t take long.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And you never knew when there might be an important errand to run. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Bep had a nervous fit last week because she had so many errands to do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Neeley worked as errand boy in a downtown New York brokerage house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That way Mother could run errands together with the boys, and Eliza and I could get some work done in peace. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Peralta’s daughter and son grabbed his fat hands as they ran some errands. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Later, I’m in the jail cell room, fetching my portfolio, waiting for Guillermo, who needed to run an errand, when Oscar, once again buttoned and zipped, with camera at the ready, sticks his head in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Three old colored men had already been hired, but not for die road work, just to do the picking up, food bringing and other small errands. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But Rosencrantz was not at the ball, for he had been sent by Hamlet on a fool's errand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “It is some secret errand for the king, which if they perform well”—she paused, waiting for me to look up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nat hugged his thin coat about him and scurried back from an errand. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long, she was sending me on errands to the market square, where the real business was done, and it was there that I saw my first fight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She was always an easy, undemanding houseguest, and it was a pleasure having her as she was happy following me around on errands or just lying on my sofa reading a magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lolly shouted, “I’m taking the truck. I’m going to head on out and do some errands.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Even though he was a bachelor, Eras spent much of his time with women—mostly other mens wives—taking them on errands in his carriage, going to dinners. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to leave them alone together, but Mother needed help with the cooking, so I returned to the stove but devised small errands to bring me back to the table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The other warren would have little opinion of a Chief Rabbit who ran his own errands. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma hung up the phone and decided she had an errand to run. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Now that soccer season is over, I’m back to accompanying her on her endless errands. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, well, that’s a necessary errand. Go and speak to him, but be sure you shout. He hates nothing so much as people who mumble.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She did not know if her mother was referring to Sidhean, but she rolled the sentence around in her mind while she did her errands during her stepsisters’ fittings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was in town on errands; my mother was scrubbing the floors. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When 1 first went to stores on errands for my mother, I could be seen by the golden-red statue of Christ, where it hovered over the main door of the church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments when I come home from an errand and he runs to me and throws his arms around my waist like I’m the most important thing in the world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody walked over my grave, she thought, probably Jem on some idiotic errand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You can’t come in,” he said after I explained my errand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There were occasional errands to run or letters to Xerox, but for the most part all I did was sit at my desk and mentally redecorate the house. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When Farmer remained in Haiti, White found himself running errands in Boston for projects in Cange, picking up things like sinks and other supplies that couldn’t be found in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I had this from the lord marshal, Menelaos, and when my errand in that place was done I left for home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I usually had some sort of errand to run while my parents set up for dinner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’ll trust me to run errands alone again, and when she does, I’ll keep my eyes and ears alert and find a way to escape. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies, perhaps I should bid you goodbye and be on my way to run errands.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “I want you to run a little errand for me,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Templeton had quit work and gone off somewhere on an errand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After I finished my errand I headed to the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Young squires hurried about on errands as their masters woke, yawning and stretching, to meet the day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had some errands to run after his appointment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, people are home in bed, which makes them an awful lot easier to reach than if they are off on errands or working in the fields. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my mom’s bike, and she used it to run errands and go to the market. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As he crossed the Avenue, that solitary stripe of sunlight, he saw the errand boy from the guildhall coming toward him with a tray. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I told her I had to go on an errand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She ran errands for Momma when we were busy in the Store and sweated profusely. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He did odd jobs for housewives, ran errands for shopkeepers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Treating a colonel like an errand boy. That was Groves’s way.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z ‘The morning passes, and we have an errand that will not wait.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, when I had caught up with my work, I ran errands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I go on errands, I brush and smooth my hair into a perfect waist-long ponytail and try on three outfits before I find the right one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And Momly goes over there and feeds him, and makes sure he's all cleaned up while his daughter runs around taking care of errands and stuff. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I know not what his errand, so hidden in obscurity, was that night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One of his jobs at the zoo was to run errands for Baaz, so he always had news first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All day, he was too busy in the chandlery, or running errands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day one of Jamison’s errand boys woke me out of a sound sleep in my vast bed at the Horse and Four. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile they had another errand: they knew now that the house was empty and the Ring had gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That’s why he was such an obvious stooge, an errand boy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, when I was around five years old, my gran left me at home for a few hours to go run errands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She takes a deep breath, just the way Minou describes Fela doing right before the sisters take over her body and use her old woman’s voice to assign their errands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So, had he been keeping more of the change for errands we’d been running together? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was out running errands once when a man recognized her from her days on the street. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was assigned to run errands and wash eyeglasses after they had come from the rouge-smeared machines. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel as if my talents could be of better use somewhere else, somewhere I can speak the language andpreach, instead of just stand around and run errands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Let me give you a lift. I’ve got a few errands to run there.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Wishing Rekh the goldsmith would suddenly send him on an errand to the other side of Thebes, Ranofer turned his back on the man and reached for the oil jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I entered the library as I had always done when on errands for whites, but I felt that I would somehow slip up and betray myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t fit with anything I’ve ever heard of them. They’re sup posed to strike like lightning then disappear. They don’t visit, set some fires, then come back later to run a few errands.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So here she is on a late spring afternoon in her SUV running errands in the old neighborhood. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Fortune smiled on me, giving me enough time for a meal and a bath before one of Jamison’s errand boys tracked me down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I ain’t never seen a white woman sit there like she do. Most of em is busy-busy, running errands, acting like they busier than me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I’m sending you alone on an errand,” she says in a stuffed-up voice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth rode over to the Kirkwood House, where he accomplished his strangest errand of the day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, I went out on errands, because really, there was no problem anymore. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We are driving around in the rain in San Francisco, getting our last- minute errands done before we leave for the capital this afternoon to petition for Papa’s release. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once an errand took him to a sail loft. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If we go to the heart of the matter, they’re useless even for running errands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She must be on an errand, a knotted rag in her free hand, a poor girl’s purse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But now suddenly his errand returned to his memory, and he ran forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was little choice, as Her Highness Rachel is above manual labor, and Ruth May beneath it so to speak, so Leah and I were considered by our mother, by default, disposed for her errands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He whistled it when he had special jobs to assign or errands to be run. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When the driver and vehicle arrived, The Giver would send the driver on some brief errand. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have some errands to run tonight. Then I’m meeting... some girls. At church.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “She sent me to fetch those Arabica beans! Me, the hero of Trenton and Germantown reduced to a simple errand boy. What has the world come to?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There, in the downtown Greyhound bus terminal, the smuggler tells Lourdes to wait while he runs a quick errand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Not only did they protect him, but he used them to run errands, serve as chauffeurs and occasional dinner companions, and be available to do whatever else he wanted at any hour. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was better to go alone on such a personal errand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Has the devil asked you all to go on errands for him?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandmother kept Nhamo by her side and refused to let her run any more errands. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “They boss me around and I always have to do jobs and errands for them, but look what they gave me! They said that from now on I can take their leftovers home!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was playacting the cleaning lady’s son come to the big house on an errand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In my official capacity as assistant cultural attache, but on an unofficial errand, I attended the Warhol opening at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From then on if she caught me reading, she would call me lazy and set me to a task or send me off to the village on an errand. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I do odd jobs around the priory, run errands, that sort of thing.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Who goes there?” demanded the sentry at the door, but seeing Robin and the friar, he allowed them to pass, thinking they were bent on some holy errand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Well, but he was here, and he would help in any way he could, even if it was only running errands for the delegates. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then he would quickly send me on some errand that would take me out of his presence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent Chase on a pointless errand to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Viji Aunty asks the policeman if we can stay on a few hours, until the evening, so she can take care of a few errands. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Every day when I leave Blackcliff to run the Commandant’s errands, I fear Keenan will pull me aside and demand a report. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I walked up and around the property. There’s no one there. All of the windows are still intact, and the front door is latched. It’s like they left on an errand and never came back.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They’re doing more errands for us now and showing more of an interest in our troubles, though we certainly shouldn’t bother them with our woes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It required some courage to disturb so interesting a party; my errand, however, was one I could not defer, so I approached the master where he stood at Miss Ingram’s side. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I recognized him as one of Jamison’s errand boys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was very deferential and polite as he explained their errand. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbert loved kids and would invite them into his yard, pay them to do errands, and talk to them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The flat was only ten minutes away from the house, so I was always around to drop in to help with errands or have dinner once in a while. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And as she thought and watched and listened, Beetle noted that the midwife had taken to mysterious errands. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I run errands, Antonio always seems to be nearby, waiting for me, smiling at me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days passed, I learned to take longer than necessary when she sent me on errands. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, I watch for him through the window, and if I see him walking home alone from school, I dash out on an errand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are a million black boys like us to run errands,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny, standing at the door, forgot his own errand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sonia always makes an excuse and goes out to run an errand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would be sent on an errand to the dispensary and would have to wait for the pharmacist to return. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She could only imagine what it looked like, the people on their errands, the busy shops, the buggies and carts navigating each other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I'm sure I can find an errand for Mr. Kreuk that will require me to be in that neighborhood. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m big as a linebacker, and a seven-year-old girl treats me like her errand boy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how many odd jobs or errands the crew dreamed up, however, one fact remained: there was really nothing to do on the frozen ship but wait, wait, wait. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I’d never had any friends on the top floor, so I had gone up only once or twice in the past to run an errand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z All of the little ones, too young to run errands, were placed under the care of a woman, so old she could no longer work. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother said, “You know, I have a few errands in the city myself. Would that make things easier? If I drove you and dropped you off and came back to get you?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I wait, and when he doesn’t respond I begin to feel that maybe I’m on a fool’s errand. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I waited until Robin was in school and Father was away on an errand before I went to see Miss Whitlaw. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour prepared an errand list for me the next afternoon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember Matilde saying that she would see other maids like her at the markets in Quito or on the street running errands. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is he still here?” he asked, “No,” she said, “he had to go run some errands.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, I’m on my way home. I had to run a quick errand.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Salvador went off on her errand frowning, and he returned still frowning though he had good news. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Rowan led the way, passing other kids in the hall—students who, like him, were late, or were just on an errand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “If I was e’er upon a sleeveless errand, it was you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She went as often as she could to the little valley, to run errands for the woman or simply to chatter and listen, for the woman had wonderful tales to tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Everyone’s trading on the black market; every errand boy has something to offer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We smile and show our teeth when we run errands in town. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Later they would beckon me to fetch fire or water for them, or to tell the women they wanted tea, and in those early months I was too busy running errands to follow their conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "What," he asked, in what he was certain were lofty and scornful tones, "would possibly make you imagine that my lady-love would have sent me on some foolish errand?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z While Ma and Pa help the war effort in the fields, Kim returns home each night from his work as the chief’s errand boy bruised and injured from his own war. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I am thankful that Mutter was on an errand to the baker during their visit. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z ‘Make all haste. I will come when I can. But I have an errand to the Lord Denethor that will not wait. Take command in the Lord’s absence!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I sent him out an hour ago, for an errand that should have taken ten minutes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Surely no errand was urgent enough to draw Gebu out into all that. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Young John Garrett, back from an errand at a neighboring farm, reported that the U.S. government was offering a $140,000 reward for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy always hated it when the gods used him for their errands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mario answered the phone and told her that his mother was running errands. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z To earn a little something to eat we carried water, scrubbed his floor, ran errands, and held the babies so they wouldn’t cry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The next day Mrs. Byrne comes into the sewing room and says she needs me to go on an errand into the center of town, a mile’s walk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On top of that, Colonel HaWkins claimed me for his errand girl, sending me out with messages for this captain or that sergeant or in search of snuff or hair powder or almonds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty Lewis spent most of the day doing errands all around Flint. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Vincent is a jack of all trades: he supervises shipments, keeps the account books, runs errands, and does whatever other odd jobs need doing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Soon he is taking Marie-Laure along on various errands again, teasing her about the mountains of sugar she spoons into her coffee or bantering with warders about the superiority of his brand of cigarettes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I had to make my round of errands to deliver eyeglasses and I stole a few minutes to run across the street to talk to Harrison. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora kicked her beggar’s cup, the few coins flew into the hubbub, and she continued on her afternoon errand to fetch flour for her son’s birthday cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “But something in their iron robot hearts will yearn to have lived and died as we did: on the hero’s errand.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z One morning, so early that the dew still jewelled the grass and the clamour of the tannery had not yet begun, I went out on my errand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom always planted a row of corn even though that was a bit of a fool’s errand. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they did errands in town together, but Charles also went off to scientific meetings or to talk to an expert about his specimens. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They trusted him to know the paths, to be safe on them, and to do the errands that required traveling through the thick woods with its complicated, mazelike turnings. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The streets are jammed with people running errands or licking ice cream cones and soaking up the last days of summer. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z If my family needed anything, the church members were there to help, taking my mom shopping or helping us run errands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She had liked school and had grieved when Papá told her she must leave and start earning money by doing errands for people. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z While Anya finished her errands, Ash wandered among the peddler’s stalls in the village green. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had come on a fool’s errand to Estre, hoping for solace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dicey headed confidently for the walkway, as if she had every right to be where she was, as if she had an important errand to run, as if she knew just where she was going. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of the funeral she asked me to drive into Centreville with her to help with the grocery shopping and errands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z At noon, they sent an errand boy out for a bag of sandwiches and a carton of coffee and they ate their lunch in the lavatory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lorne one day sent them to the butcher for stew meat, and they, thinking it was an errand a cat might enjoy, carried her with them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Another errand took him to Ruck’s Creek, called “Knocker’s Hole,” because all day you could hear the thump, thump, thump of the caulker’s mallets, caulking the seams of ships. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Didi would arrive on my doorstep with the plate and I could tell that she simply wanted to perform her errand as quickly as possible, but I would do my best to delay her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had pulled into the parking lot of our local pharmacy to run an errand, and checked my skin in the rearview mirror like I often did before getting out of the car. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As soon as she was sure he was really awake and her errand done, Iris sped away, fearful that she too might sink forever into slumber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him Merry rode on Stybba with the errand riders of Gondor, and behind them again twelve more of the king’s household. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then, in answer to Ion’s startled reproachful look, she told him that she had come on a secret errand to Delphi. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There are some who would begin to doubt whether your errand is fit to tell,’ said the old man. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I had twenty- three cents—a dime I had earned running errands for my grandpa, and thirteen cents a fisherman had given me for a can of worms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just don’t miss the bus back. All my errands are on the other side of town this afternoon. I won’t be able to pick you up.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z That was how Omakayas found her mother when she returned from her town errand. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I have a few errands to run before the sun goes down. Would you like to come with me?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Beneath gray skies, I wandered the streets, engaged not simply in my errand, but also in wonder at what was about me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Wandering through the city looking for his car, he observed the quotidian world around him from a dramatic remove: the normal people going about their normal activities, headed to work, running errands. Meet the podcasters bringing Alcoholics Anonymous into the Digital Age 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z I’d listen to him at the grocery store to make errands more dreamlike. Perspective | As time loses its meaning, the music of Morton Feldman gains new resonance 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z However, he quickly learns that it’s a fool’s errand and unleashes his rage by screaming in the zombie’s face before sitting back down in the truck and lighting a cigar. The Walking Dead: season six, episode six – Always Accountable 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z She is often fussy when we run errands, but it is not always possible to pick her up, which she wants. Social Q’s: A Parent’s Cry for Help - Social Q’s 2013-01-18T21:36:25Z Not when they are running errands, or chatting on the phone, or on their way home from work. 50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z I leave my 8 year old alone for at least an hour to shop or do other errands. Motherlode Blog: Home Alone? Don't Tell the Neighbors 2012-06-28T21:49:30Z On each installment, adorable children, usually between 2 and 4 years old, run their very first errands, all by themselves — going to the market, taking shirts to the cleaners, bringing dad an apron. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Before returning to New York, I had one last errand to run. My Search for Lost Time in a Slice of Jewish Rye 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Twenty percent of millennials are also eating snacks on their feet while running errands. Majority of Americans no longer eat 3 meals a day, study finds 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z I thought of Mike and our sad errand to New York and I looked at those nuns and believed they were praying for him. Fiction: “Double Take” by Jessica Francis Kane 2013-03-02T16:00:00Z Organizations that feed and run errands for the elderly or otherwise unable are always seeking volunteers. How to help your community during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z I helped Ma with the work, ran errands and every day worked sums in multiplication looking back at the multiplication table to help me when I couldn’t remember. The Clunky Memoir That Became “Little House on the Prairie” 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z In a tweet, he lauded young people running errands for elderly neighbors for practicing “social connectedness with physical distance.” Is ‘social distancing’ the wrong term? Expert prefers ‘physical distancing,’ and the WHO agrees. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z They are strange little places that offer, along with the free shipping and returns the company is known for, the chance for customers to do errands that are best accomplished in person. Inside the Nordstrom Dynasty 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z We are a profoundly divided nation, and any attempt to prescribe a solution, especially an artistic one, is a fool’s errand. Why we need to stop saying 'this is the movie we need right now' 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z And it’s even more than a thoughtful reflection about our misguided errand in Southeast Asia. ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z With almost no infrastructure in place for anything, even the simplest errand quickly turns into a project. A trek to gorilla country in the Congo Just one in five workers use their lunch break to actually eat every day — with most using the time to catch up on personal errands and browse social media instead. Only 20% of workers prioritize lunch on 'lunch break,' UK survey finds 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The real story: Famed Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot and killed on July 15, 1997, while returning to his Miami Beach mansion after an early-morning errand. Diana, Versace, Lewinsky: The upcoming TV schedule is full of shows about real-life scandals 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z I often take this with me on leisurely park walks with my little girl, or on brisker walks running errands, to keep me hydrated and warm against the cold. Three Restorative Recipes to Warm From Within 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Scenario II: You dressed for a day at your desk or running errands, and suddenly a key meeting is scheduled. When you need an outfit fast 2011-01-26T19:36:03Z Alcide's phone rings and he's off on a mysterious errand, leaving Sookie to ponder the lame joke of "Monster Mash" playing in the background. "True Blood" 4x12: A sexy, bloody end to season four 2011-09-12T11:59:00Z But it turns out that Carl’s secret errand to the King County Café is an utterly human act after all. The Walking Dead Watch: The Writing on the Wall 2013-03-04T15:52:09Z “People really looked down on me,” she said, recalling that someone had once chased her down at a conference to convince her that attempting to study common sense was a fool’s errand. MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Grant Winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z When Keith returns, having gone off to run an errand or something, she yells for him from a small window in the basement and then squeezes a key through so he can let himself in. The horrifying lesson of "Barbarian": No good deed goes unpunished 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z DeGeneres shared the picture on Monday, with a caption that said, “This is how I’m running errands from now on.” Twitter Blasts Ellen DeGeneres for Usain Bolt Meme 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “It is a fool’s errand to try to crack that fortress of professionalism,” she said. The Re-Re-Rebirth of Jean Smart 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z That scene isn’t shown, even though what transpires between Isaiah and Esther, Isaiah’s monstrous errand and Esther’s response, is utterly central to the film’s substance. The Cinematic Merits and Flaws of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Then she walked up to the house, bags in hand after running some errands. Surprise Family Reunion Videos Are Giving Us All the Feels 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z He still walks the dogs, orders food and runs errands, but he also oversees things like his boss’s art collection. The Marc Jacobs Whisperer 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z She arrives so late, on such a trumped-up errand, that despite Gallagher’s snappy timing and likable air of exasperation, it's hard to get invested in her character. A one-note aria of the financial world in '63 Trillion' 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He sought easier occupations, but his apprenticeship to a cheesemonger resulted in failure, as did a job as an errand boy at Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z Sierra asks Luis to accompany him and some other sergeants on an "errand." "It is a civil war": "Heroic" director on how the Mexican military makes ordinary men into killers 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z If I sound harsh, it’s because I want to drive home the point that expecting your daughter to never make mistakes, thus “earning” enough trust for a phone, is a fool’s errand. Perspective | Our tween daughter needs to ‘earn’ her phone. Are we overthinking it? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Which living person do you most admire, and why?It's a fool's errand to waste time admiring anybody. Q&A: Daniel Clowes 2012-07-20T21:59:50Z I personally wouldn’t brandish a fire extinguisher on my belt while running errands, but that’s a sartorial choice I’ll have to live with. A Muslim American’s Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Within weeks of my arrival, I spotted Harrison Ford, looking not at all like Han, or even Indiana, running errands in the valley’s main town, cowboy-cosmopolitan Jackson. Jackson Hole, Wyoming: The summit of scary has one luxurious landing My grandmother returned from her errand and her anguished voice brought me back to reality: “Where’s your brother?” A letter to … My mother, who hit me when I was a child 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Parked on a sofa watching old Popeye cartoons, he all but sneers at his irritated wife, Kim, and whiny child, Anna, as they prepare to run errands. ‘Last Resort’ Review: A Martial Arts Hostage Mission 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z His first job was as a “boyer”, an errand boy, tasked with small jobs like keeping the fire going and getting seal oil for the lamp. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z There are buses and trains to catch, cars to get started, errands to run before the boss starts checking her watch and everything gets tense. Seize the Morning: The Case for Breakfast 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Brooks was rushing to catch a flight with her two young kids; she let Felix stay in the car playing on his iPad while she ran into Target on an errand. The Criminalization of Parenthood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z To demonstrate, “The Leftovers” opens on that ordinary day with the scene of a mother trying to run errands and carry on a phone conversation while handling a screaming infant. ‘The Leftovers’: A biblical event leaves a sorrowful mystery If your wine shopping isn’t your last stop while running errands, think ahead and pack a cooler. As mercury rises, here’s how to keep your wine fresh 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z I had plenty of friends, but no one who knew everything about me or who I would run errands with. You slept with my sister! 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z Guessing when these records will arrive is a fool's errand. Under-the-radar pop albums to watch for this year 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z I leave the three of them at home for up to an hour during the day while I run errands nearby. Motherlode Blog: Home Alone? Don't Tell the Neighbors 2012-06-28T21:49:30Z Apollo theatre historian and tour guide Billy Mitchell began working at the venue 49 years ago running errands. Famed Harlem Apollo theatre turns 80 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z "Come or stay as you please," she says, off to attend an errand in the garden. Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z This emerges as the film’s central message when Ray embarks on an extrajudicial errand to find the missing daughter of his former partner. ‘Crown Vic’ Review: A Cop Thriller Abounding in Cliché 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Before the new coronavirus pandemic, the two spent multiple hours together each week — running errands, going to dialysis appointments, or just watching movies. Be a Friend to the Elderly, Get Paid 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z As she cycles off on an errand for her mother — her first ride alone — Opal gives us an overview of Greenwood. Behind the Jim Crow Curtain 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z But the play pivots as soon as Brenda leaves to run errands. Source Festival: ‘The Thrush and the Woodpecker’ review Running her errands, she makes the mistake of picking up her brother Seth, portrayed by Mr. Franco. Comic Performers Play It Dark in Netflix Movies 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z At 23, he went to Miami and was hired by a small station, WAHR, to sweep floors and run errands. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z We both try to get outside at least a little a day, even if we can't keep our normal workout, work or errand routines. Marriage in the time of coronavirus: Sheltering in place, together, in the U.S. outbreak epicenter 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z During the week I was in Washington DC, then I’d get home late Friday and the weekend was a blur of errands and arguing with our sons. Anne-Marie Slaughter: ‘Care is not a woman’s job any more than breadwinning is a man’s’ 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z He no longer gets approached in the cafeteria line or while running errands. Cases of Mask-taken Identity 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z I mourned the loss of our weekly baby group, our errands I spent baby-wearing her in a snug carrier, and our visits to see Grandma and Grandpa. Glitter and Cotija: The poignance of my first lunch out with my daughter 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Jessop worked in first class cabins, attending to passengers' many and varied needs: She made beds, brought breakfast trays, cleaned bathrooms, arranged flowers, and ran errands. 7 facts about "Titanic" survivor Violet Jessop 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z And introducing budding opera singers to the experimental side of the genre isn’t necessarily a fool’s errand in an era of openness to new techniques. How Young Singers Get Used to ‘Dust’ in Their Mouths 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z This just before Pie herself, “a long girl, wobbly in heeled shoes, bowlegged, shifty — bored perhaps — but friendly, quick to laugh, on any errand making an impression,” disappears traceless from the village green. Short Stories That Travel the World From a Deliciously Off-Kilter Perspective 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Paul was on call many nights and weekends, leaving Jill to juggle the kids, the errands, and the housework. Lean in? Here’s why the glass ceiling still exists 2013-09-15T10:59:00Z Now my 18-year-old daughter runs all her errands and worships the ground she walks on. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A grandmother sought advice. Now she wants another opinion. 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Then one night Wieland strolls outside on an errand and hears a voice call to him in the gloom, warning that there is danger in his path. Wieland; Or, the Transformation ??an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z Huffington calls them her “A-Team”; they do everything from running her errands to planning her travel to loading the Huffington Post on her computer in the morning. How a good night's sleep became the ultimate status symbol 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Once inside, two of them hold a mother and her children at gunpoint while their colleague accompanies the man of the house, a midlevel accountant at General Motors, on an urgent errand. ‘No Sudden Move’ Review: Don’t Forget the Motor City 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z It was time for a final errand: a search for a friend’s camera. Great white sharks abound at a marine sanctuary just off the San Francisco coast 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z I thought of him as a weird sort of sidekick, or a jester who made me laugh and ran errands for me, and certainly not as a threat. I was raped — and now I can finally say it 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Sound is an aural calendar: the whoosh of weekday rush-hour traffic, the hoots of the Friday night bar brigade, the slam of shared bicycles into their electronic docks on a Saturday afternoon full of errands. What does a pandemic sound like? For many of us at home, it’s a heartbreaking silence. 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “Tomodachi” is also bereft of activities like fishing, gardening and bug collecting that kept you occupied in “Animal Crossing” when you weren’t running errands for your neighbors. Review: Nintendo’s ‘Tomodachi’ colorful but dull 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z On Monday night, after a day spent together running more errands, he called me in the middle of a massive heart attack. When I parented my father 2013-03-04T23:57:00Z “But I’ve taken over the yard, running errands and other duties. What helps a lot is that he’s very appreciative, complimenting me and thanking me frequently.” If your pandemic partner is getting on your last nerve, try these tips to repair your relationship 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The plan succeeds until the mother returns early from an errand and discovers Mavra, the new maid, in the act of shaving. Music Review: ‘Mavra’ and ‘Scala di Seta,’ at Kaye Playhouse 2012-12-21T23:20:16Z Then, Carter says, she let the two men in the room and left to run an errand, unaware of what they saw, found or evaluated. What Harper Lee’s attorney doesn’t say in an op-ed is revealing 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z He began running errands for Paul Vario, a capo, or underboss, for the Luccheses, one of the New York mafia's "five families". Henry Hill obituary 2012-06-13T17:54:00Z And you’re right: Parenting other children is not a worthwhile path forward, because it’s a bit of a fool’s errand. Perspective | Can I help my child with autism spectrum disorder make friends? 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z I’d begin watching “Orange” at 4 p.m., enough time for a hot yoga class, errands and a walk on the beach. I lived “Orange Is the New Black” — now I’m going to watch it 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z His friends say he was long underestimated and treated as a glorified errand boy, even when he worked under Michael Eisner at Disney. The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Of course, these films are products of their time, and judging things from the past by today’s standards is a fool’s errand. Come-hither lions and sleazy old owls: when Disney classics are difficult 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z On December 7th, he was driving down the coast, on an errand to pick up art supplies, when he learned, from a news report on the radio, of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese-American Artist Who Went to the Camps to Help 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z When Mr. Groberg walked out the door to run an errand, Ms. Zarin thought he had gone home, and she soon departed, more than a bit disappointed. A Soul Mate to Help Heal Wounds From the War 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z This time, she is skipping the physical transformation after seeing during a costume and prosthetic fitting that the weight change was “probably all a bit of a fool’s errand.” ‘Ratched’ is Sarah Paulson’s most terrifying role yet — and not for the reason you might think 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z They both work in your home, but you wouldn’t ask your mechanic to drive you on errands, right? Nothing Wrong With Blabbing About My Cousin at the Strip Club, Right? 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Besides serving as a reliably funny recurring bit, this is telling: between the ancient vampire newcomer and the errand boy who's been cleaning up after them for more than 13 years, Guillermo rates more highly. The harder coming out stories on "What We Do in the Shadows" aren't what you think they'd be 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Once, on her return from a quick errand to a neighbor’s, he hurls a machete, missing her by a hairbreadth. She Didn’t Know How to Read, but Her Stories Captured History 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z An English performing version by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman renders the lines: On the go from morn till night, Running errands, never free. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z It’s probably a fool’s errand to wish for prudence from a corporate-made, multi-billion dollar property that was, from the outset, designed to sell as many toys as it jerked tears. ‘Toy Story’ lives on, but should it have? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z I hear about these writers’ rooms that are, like, 12-hour days, trying to break every joke and write everything ahead of time, and we were just like, “That’s a fool’s errand.” Adult Swim: How an Animation Experiment Conquered Late-Night TV 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z I made calls and drove her to do errands here and there. My deaf neighbor wrote, ‘Mother is dead.’ Many more notes would follow. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z I asked casually while we ran errands so it wouldn’t seem like a big deal. From He to She in First Grade 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z She had to run errands, so Tony set himself up on the ground outside next to the butterfly, his phone ready to videotape. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Walk Score ratings of the suburbs indicate how much a car is needed for almost all errands. Are you living in a food desert? 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z I initially feared that would be something of a fool’s errand. Want the ‘Real’ Brooklyn? Go Cheap 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The threesomes of Mom, Dad and Freshman are in an anxious tizzy of last-minute errands, the final step of the drop-off ritual. The kids are off to college, but not without one last (emotional) trip to the Container Store 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z I don’t think it’s a fool’s errand to really try to express and explain yourself to your loved ones, but some bleak mornings, I do wake up and think it’s all a farce. "The Death of Dick Long" dares you to love the men who love Nickelback 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Given how uber-competitive so many categories are this year, it would be a fool’s errand to predict what might triumph, right? Emmys 2021: the winners, the losers, the speeches – live! 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z “The women sweated over fires and labored over small errands,” Faleiro writes. The Deaths of Teenage Cousins in a Village in India Have Global Ramifications 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Even more offered to make local food deliveries and run errands. Social distancing is a must – but many are ready to contribute even more 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z It's a fool's errand to try to figure out what's going on with Mr. Robot. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z When Candie’s not being goofy or running errands, she and her co-workers lean against the wall of the Mitchums’ office, looking like perfectly posed pale pink statues against the blank industrial gray walls. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 10: Candy-Colored 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z I wouldn’t even let Rick Perry run my errands, let alone my country. Epiphany in Trump Town: Finding common ground with the “American Sniper” crowd 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z He’s a nothing character; he’s there to do an errand. Andy Samberg Makes Each Day Count With Thundercat and ‘Not Too Much’ Bourbon 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z For example, I am often treated as an errand girl, asked to drive all over at a moment's notice, and sometimes I say no on principle. Perspective | A stay-at-home mom’s work is worthy of respect — including from herself 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Oliveira says he ran occasional errands for the gang, but only when desperate for cash. Rap rhythm from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas causing a stir 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z We soon learn that young Tariq was on a grocery errand for his family and was holding a Snickers candy bar in the sleeve of his black hoodie, not a gun. A black teen is shot in Kekla Magoon's 'How It Went Down' 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Her errand completed, Ms. Ullman piled into the black chauffeured car that was waiting outside and sped uptown to Blue Tree, a Madison Avenue treasure chest stuffed with jewelry, accessories and cheerful kitsch. Tracey Ullman Stocks Up on Lingerie Before a Date With Meryl Streep 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z If she goes into town to run errands for Yvonne, she isn’t given the car — she has to be on her rickety bicycle with Yvonne’s packages in a little-girl handlebar basket. ‘The Affair’ Season 2 Episode 5: Never Read the Book 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z His mother only lets him leave the house to run errands or help Miss Volker, an elderly neighbour who writes obituaries and a history column for the local newspaper. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos - review 2012-06-29T21:55:03Z He walks four to six miles as a result of routine errands and his route between a West Side apartment and work. Urban Athlete: Walking Helps Many Fit in Exercise 2012-04-12T21:46:27Z Once we were settled, Dad told us he had to go on an errand. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z Such creatives might also know that when being tasked to create in the middle of a natural disaster when everyone is flying blind, attempting to successfully illuminate that blindness is a fool's errand. "Love in the Time of Corona" is not a drama worth catching 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z In the same vein, Todd forces Jesse to aid him with “an errand.” "El Camino" is a worthy continuation to the dark history of "Breaking Bad" 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z I went to his bar and kept his employees informed of our schedule, filled in the ledger, ran errands for more chicken wings and limes. When I parented my father 2013-03-04T23:57:00Z My father had been a teenage war refugee from North Korea, who had taught himself to read English with a dictionary and some books, and who practiced speaking by running errands for American soldiers. A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Guo missed the courier’s visit the next day, too, as she was out running errands. Judging Margaret Atwood’s Top Secret New Novel 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z On a Friday evening in November 1969, Cesnick left the apartment she shared with another nun, planning to run some errands. Review | If serials are the new way to solve mysteries, maybe ‘The Keepers’ can help close the case of Sister Cathy 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The scenery is so spartan and uniform that it seems like a fool's errand. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-06T23:05:20Z Wash backpacks and reusable bags: When is the last time you washed your kids’ backpacks and any of the reusable tote bags you bring to the grocery store or on errands? Perspective | 12 productive things you can do to feel better about being stuck at home 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Their job is to run errands, pick up dry cleaning, to flatter, to soothe, to be humiliated and to absorb all manner of demeaning abuse. Cannes 2014 review: Maps to the Stars - Hollywood dreams turn queasy in David Cronenberg's brilliant nightmare 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Son and Daughter have scurried off on different errands, and Father has coolly let drop that he’s thinking of selling the family homestead. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z When asked what she gets up to for fun, Fox says she loves going to the movies, writing and spending time with friends, “and running errands. I’m really big on running errands.” Uncut Gems star Julia Fox: ‘I was nervous… what if I had no idea how to act?’ 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z I'd be at her beck and call, running errands, preparing meals and filling prescriptions. Lionel Shriver: How I failed my best friend 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z Sometimes patients may need help with physical care; other times, families will need assistance with errands or household chores. Dying is hard. Death doulas want to help make it easier. 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But spiritualism took root in this country long before armies of women were running errands in Lululemon Groove Pants . In the heart of D.C.’s tony Georgetown, a church that communes with the dead 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Or to Shakespeare & Company, the Paris bookshop that is publishing “Ulysses”? If you say yes, the next time you meet he will have another errand for you, something more time-consuming, perhaps. Imagined Meetings With Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, and Lawrence 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Answering phones, making copies, running errands or any of a thousand other tasks normally performed by paid workers is not permitted. Hollywood filmmakers abuse lowly production staff 2010-04-08T11:01:00Z One can only imagine how many errands that guy has to squeeze in before heading back to the forge. Does Naperville have it all? 2011-05-12T14:13:00Z They are the kinds of pieces you’d want to wear to work or while running errands on a warm day — and then on to a casual dinner with friends. A New Fashion Line From a Beloved Designer 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The film’s plot focuses on a simple errand; the delivery of one of Van Gogh’s last letters to his brother Theo, after the painter’s death. 65,000 portraits of the artist: how Van Gogh's life became the world's first fully painted film 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The children are not helpful on this errand and Noah ends up in debt to the unstable Karl. The Sitter: Guns, Cocaine and Jonah Hill's Adventures in Babysitting 2011-12-08T11:58:50Z He explained how the adjoining garage would service cars when customers were running errands inside the building. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Marat's big idea is to first locate his stricken boat and then drag it inch by inch towards the sea – the sort of fool's errand that would make Fitzcarraldo proud. Waiting for the Sea – first look review 2012-11-09T17:05:27Z He is in constant motion, running errands for shopkeepers in his neighborhood and helping his parents with their almost-legal and brazenly criminal enterprises. ‘Capernaum’ Review: A Heartbreaking and Defiant Look at a Boy’s Life in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In the context of the surrounding horrors, it’s a fool’s errand. Review: Holocaust Drama Son of Saul Is Rigorous, Demanding and Rewarding 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z This baffled my relocation agent, who insisted I would be happier left by myself to run errands. How to Parent Like They Do in Denmark 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Before he entered the record business, Averne “ran errands for the local mafia guys,” he said, worked in diaper service and family photo sales, and had his own successful home improvement business. How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The Safdies follow her on a little errand—she goes to the nearest convenience store and buys a pack of razor blades, and then, in front of Ilya, uses one of them on her wrist. Heroin, Too Close 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z She asked him, “Is it not OK to let a kid wait in a car for a few minutes with the windows open while you run an errand?” “What a horrible mother”: How a call from a “good samaritan” derailed these mothers’ lives 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z This was not war in the conventional sense of the term, but it was the ultimate reason the British Army was destined to discover that it was on a fool’s errand. Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Though Ernest mostly ran errands for Hale, he sometimes worked as a livery driver, which is how he met Mollie, chauffeuring her around town. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Would he be O.K. alone if I ran out to do an errand? Modern Love: Modern Love: Meeting My Brother?s Needs 2010-08-19T22:26:00Z It gets a little boring when you’re going about your daily life and you end up having multiple conversations with random people, when you’re just trying to run errands. ArtsBeat: Bloody Bloody Anna Paquin: An Interview With the 'True Blood' Star 2011-06-16T18:58:32Z On a 60-degree day, the author decided to leave her 4-year-old son alone in a car for five minutes while she ran an errand. What Happens When the State Controls Moms? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Walked in the house after errands to get a whiff of cauliflower roasted 3 days ago. Make Cauliflower and Broccoli More Compelling 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The film also delivers a good dose of dark humor, such as when Plemons’s Todd casually sings along to Dr. Hook’s 1978 hit “Sharing the Night Together” while driving on a gruesome errand. Review | Whatever happened to Jesse Pinkman? Thanks to ‘El Camino,’ now we know. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z While they spend about an hour longer on their hobbies, they also spend more time on repairs, gardening, running errands and caring for grandchildren. Retirement is good for you, says German study 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z We run errands and get our hair done together, with the same hairdresser. Experience: we’re twins who married twins – and had twins 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Most of the events described in this book have a lot more glitter than hardware errands. Books of The Times: What It Was All About for Alfie, Now a Grandpa 2010-10-24T21:54:00Z Early in the morning, she would prepare stews, leaving them to simmer on their own while she went back to work, or casseroles that she would pop into the oven between errands. I thought French cuisine was the height of precision. My mother-in-law taught me an easier way. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Dinghies buzzed around me, running errands for the larger vessels. In the British Virgin Islands I learned to sail — for my father, while there was still time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The bartender working that day, who was called Matt, served the young couple two glasses of Diet Coke with ice, before heading into a backroom on an errand. Tom Cruise almost had arm broken over Diet Coke confusion in pub in 1991, Irish MP claims 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z There were times she left her desk, picked up a fast-food lunch after running errands and sat in her car alone with the radio playing, “overcome with relief, impressed with my efficiency.” In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her story 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z One day, when my mother and sisters were out running errands, my father and I were left home alone. "Soylent Green" scarred me with its disgusting twist ending – but scientists love its prescience 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z As luck would have it, he found himself bearing down on one of these loathsome creatures on his way to run errands for his wife. Eat more roadkill! It’s the most ethical meat 2014-03-09T16:30:00Z "Any reader who scours this opinion's interstices for implied sentiments about any context beyond the narrow parental consortium question presented undertakes a fool's errand," he wrote. The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the daughter of the late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray can sue a doctor for the loss of her father's companionship, even though she was still a fetus when he died 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z I spent a little bit of money on a bike with a big basket in the back for running errands. I Quit Cars 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z My need to run errands, catch the next metro, drink rosé on a sidewalk terrasse always pushed me along, with speeding Peugeots and the smell of exhaust fumes enhancing the sense of urgency. In a gray, empty Paris, this corner shop’s colorful posters transport you wherever you want to go 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z He ran some errands and strolled in at 3 to find a full house with "people slamming their hands on the bar," he said. Serious suds: Where to get 'cult' beer Pliny the Younger 2011-03-01T23:54:03Z A stiff nor'easterly breeze ensured their latest errands would be particularly unforgiving. TV review: Edwardian Farm and The Apprentice 2010-12-09T08:00:00Z So dangling the outcome as suspense would be a fool’s errand in telling this story. Mary Doria Russell’s ‘Epitaph’: vivid new life in an old story 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z If you’ve wandered off on an errand and left your smartphone behind, don’t expect the phone to relay messages to your wrist from afar. Novelties: Wristwatches That Help Screen Your Messages, and More 2012-05-20T03:10:05Z I looked up after the busyness of prom, the high-decibel voices of Baltimore, the constant errands of single motherhood, and found myself sinking back into my chair. The church of the righteous armchair will set you free 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He may snap into shape, whether that means running errands for you or checking in with solicitous calls. Must We Make Your Stepfather’s Coronavirus Sickness a Political Issue? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z As Pat sets about his errands, we hear his internal monologue and the chattering of the characters he meets. Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Fans of the film will inevitably be looking for certain gags and references in the musical, but Hound says it's a "fool's errand" to expect an exact replica of the movie on stage. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels heads for London's stage 2014-03-31T23:55:11Z This is how I’m running errands from now on. Twitter Blasts Ellen DeGeneres for Usain Bolt Meme 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z They’re wearing them for just about every occasion, whether they’re going to the movies, a restaurant, doing errands or dropping off the kids. To Stretch or Not to Stretch 2011-03-16T20:29:27Z “What . . . What are you doing here?” sputters Philip to Stan, as if they’d all conveniently bumped into one another running errands. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z He was placed in a children's home, from which he ran away when he was 11, and he started work as an errand boy at a grocer's when he was 13. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z With his own investments in western land, he was superseding the Ohio Company that he’d served as strapping errand boy. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Otherwise occupied, she passes the errand to her little brother. Shadow Dancer – review 2012-08-25T23:08:02Z We troop through the streets on our essential errands. What does a pandemic sound like? For many of us at home, it’s a heartbreaking silence. 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Once, when I was back for a visit, we walked his usual errand route from his apartment, and he stopped to put a letter in a mailbox. Remembering Saul Steinberg 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z We went down there to literally throw a party for the workers and the clinic defenders and to help them escort and run their errands, to help them do whatever they needed to get done. “It’s really terrifying”: Lizz Winstead on stealth antiabortion laws and fighting politicians in “their last grasp of hanging on to unearned power” 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z We don’t know what her mother said when she came back from her errands. Mary Grimm on the Rituals and Stories of Summer 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z For Bering, parsing the etiology of a person’s mental health leaves little room for the musty errand of ideological contemplation. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z I read them while I’m exercising, running errands and folding laundry. By the Book: Laurie Halse Anderson 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z My chauffeur pulled up on the street, making the errand effortless, Mulsanne-customer style. A Day in Life of a Bentley Mulsanne 2012-08-05T21:56:52Z Arguing in favor of these prices to the average shopper is a fool’s errand. Critical Shopper: Giving Eccentricities Free Rein 2011-06-22T21:19:45Z Pop music has always been a charade of one sort or another, and separating practiced performance from the spontaneous expression of feeling is a fool’s errand in this arena. Miley Cyrus’s Quest for Realness 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Well he’s been deflated lately, reduced to a minion, errand boy, lovelorn suitor and inept host to his captive houseguest. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Weapon of Moloch destruction 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z And the star pianist Emanuel Ax was running errands with his wife when he stumbled upon it last week and heard some Bach fugues. A Pop-Up Shop That Offers Bach Preludes, Fugues and Condoms 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Yet, even long before streaming complicated the mathematics, accurately determining a record’s sales was something of a fool’s errand. The Eagles’ Ascendance and the Problem of Ranking the Top-Selling Album of All Time 83 chars 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In Washington’s Dupont Circle, residents of an apartment building have posted notices volunteering to run errands for high-risk people, offering to fetch groceries and other supplies. Here’s the good some are doing to combat the fear and isolation of the coronavirus 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z In the story, a mother takes her son, Eric, along on an errand. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z I run errands, do laundry, lunch with my husband, grab coffee with friends and avoid the stress of a daytime commute. Motherlode: Mothers on the Night Shift 2011-04-18T21:28:21Z Picking a single film from the Tribeca lineup — 96 features alone, plus offerings in television, digital, virtual reality and other media — is a fool’s errand. The Film Festivals of New York: A Tasting Menu 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z But becoming religious in order to be happy is probably a fool’s errand. The myths of happiness 2013-03-31T21:00:00Z Sugar is addictive and alcoholism is a progressive disease, and so these shops represent an errand for some, a life-threatening lure for others. At an Updated Head Shop, High Meets Highbrow 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Intimidation errands or straight-up murder, Ray takes them on with the same unquestioning attitude regardless of how plaintive his targets may be. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Instead, he finds himself first assigned to “drive a bus”–flying a clunky Raptor on errand missions–in support of a war effort that is not going as well as advertised. One More Episode! BSG’s Blood and Chrome Sequel Debuts, But Where’s the Great New Sci-Fi? 2012-11-09T16:06:16Z Money is scarce, and Pearl escapes by sneaking off to the movies while she’s running errands in town. ‘Pearl’ Review: A Farmer’s Daughter Moves Up the Food Chain 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Williams, a 37-year-old black man and father of three, was running errands with his youngest daughter when a white woman approached him. A dad posted joyful photos of black fathers to shatter stereotypes. Then it became a movement. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s those black people many hear about but never see socially, professionally, running errands, relaxing, leading. Everyday Excellence 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Everybody I run into around town when I'm doing errands and chores and stuff, they're like, "Yo, it's Patrick Murphy from high school." Why Reggie Watts learned to be funny 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The book was thick with everyday detail — the slog of phone calls, errands, and arrangements that attended the loss. Review | Joyce Carol Oates captures the wobbly reality of widowhood in ‘Breathe’ 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Jewel tames a beloved horse, Darl goes into town on a fool’s errand and Vardaman returns home with a fish about as big as he is. As I Lay Dying: James Franco Does William Faulkner 2013-05-22T08:40:13Z Maybe that doesn’t seem so extreme, but when was the last time you put away your phone, shut your eyes, stilled the mental whirl of worries, statistics and undone errands, and just listened? For These Shows, Take a Hike 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Speculation of how all this will end is a fool’s errand, but how about a few wishes in the well? Mad Men Watch: Don Draper’s Baby 2013-06-17T14:54:15Z Same goes with my wife, instead of making plans, if we're out doing errands or whatever, and my wife brings a restaurant up, I'll just say,"let's go" and we go right then and there. The art of making (and not making) plans 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z I remember once I was running errands with my dad and I dropped an envelope I was supposed to mail. Mother tired of daughter’s drama over trivial problems 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Its Walk Score indicates residents depend on the car and could manage few errands by foot. Are you living in a food desert? 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Over the decades, Ms. Vine, a retired teacher and native Londoner, who had stopped in for coffee on the way back from a nearby errand, has seen a lot of change here. Where Culture Flows Along London’s River Thames 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z At first, it hardly bothers her that Eva is even more demanding about food, shopping and last-minute errands than Tyler knew how to be. Review: In ‘Oh! You Pretty Things,’ Shanna Mahin Dishes on Hollywood Foibles 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z I didn’t tell her that having company with me on a medical errand always felt like a burden heaped upon another burden. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z She and her husband recently took their girls on an errand to the hardware store, she says, a small outing that felt like a big milestone. As the pandemic world reopens, worried parents are left navigating the maskless mayhem 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z It's a fool's errand to try to figure out what's going on with Mr. Robot. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z We had the whole day to look forward to, with plenty of excitingly quotidian errands — like going to the dentist. T Magazine: Room With a Purview 2011-11-25T17:30:45Z There is no alluring Grace Kelly socialite to distract him; instead, there’s a middle-aged, African-American “day houseman” named Sam, who runs errands for him. Review: ‘Rear Window,’ the Perils of Voyeurism, With Kevin Bacon 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The man was furious at his partner for leaving the house to run errands without his permission. 'My dog is family': domestic abuse victims and the pets they can't leave 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I think about him all the time and find reasons to be around him, such as running errands with him or going out to lunch together. Ask Amy: Who really needs to wear the ‘big girl pants’? 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Near the end of Marshall’s long and distinguished career, Senator William Jenner of Indiana saw fit to call him “a living lie … an errand boy, a front man, a stooge or a conspirator.” Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z As Oppenheim puts it: “The idea of trying to be definitive is a fool’s errand.” Natalie Portman: The key to Jackie Kennedy was that unforgettable voice 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z At the opposite end of the spectrum, in "Isn't It Romantic?" architect Natalie is treated like an errand girl in her real world, ignored and undermined despite her obvious professional competence. The cosmic joke's on her: The antiheroine's journey through a cursed universe 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Female office workers were generally asked for fetch coffee, run errands, and write letters for their male bosses — all responsibilities that would fall outside their job descriptions if they even had one. New doc "9to5" spotlights the women who rose up against sexism and harassment at work in the 1970s 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Add to that some bratty behavior when she tried to sneak away to run an errand, and I thought the kid was doomed. The Walking Dead Watch: The Writing on the Wall 2013-03-04T15:52:09Z The US academic and journalist Anne Helen Petersen recently diagnosed people like me with “errand paralysis”, a symptom of “millennial burnout”. 'I feel bombarded with to-dos': the hell of life admin – and how to get on top 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z She has proven, time and again, that to follow all of her advice would be an exhausting, expensive fool's errand. There will never be another Oprah 2011-05-24T15:06:00Z I just dropped my son off at school, and I’m doing errands before I get down to work in Brooklyn. Will winning the MacArthur fellowship allow Lauren Redniss to give up her Murphy bed studio? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The erotic errand becomes another item on her busy mom’s to-do list. A Warning to Women of a Certain Age: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightdress 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Trying to discuss an even remotely contentious topic with someone on social media is a fool’s errand. Social Media Arguments: Can’t-Win Propositions 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Coco Peru, who is known from the film “Trick” and a YouTube series in which she runs errands and rants, plans to retire in six years. Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z But before long, my mind wanders away from my tangle of deadlines and errands to some other zone. 'You’ve had what we call a cosmic orgasm': the rise of conscious breathing 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z “But in the attempt, in trying to drag something across the river from the murk of history into our time, into our language: that was the best kind of fool’s errand.” Review | Anthony Doerr’s ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ is a convoluted love letter to books 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z However, running errands is exceedingly difficult on a bike in the dark. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z She would practice the speech walking down the street, running errands, on a flight from Amsterdam to Oslo. Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It’s on Her Terms 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z She’d page Bernie at work, sometimes three or four times in an hour, to demand he run some sort of errand for her. How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . . 2012-04-14T20:06:48Z It’s hard to tell if that’s just the anguish speaking or if it’s true and it’s generally a fool’s errand to try and second guess the family courts. Mark Sanford's Oversharing Doesn't Make Him a Bad Dad 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z O.K., so we don’t necessarily think of the programs that distract from our tedious commutes, that accompany us as we run errands and prepare meals, as a staple of American life. 11 Perfect Podcasts for the Fourth of July 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z I remember once I was running errands with my dad, and I dropped an envelope I was supposed to mail. Carolyn Hax: How to listen when your kids tell you about their troubles One day, that February, when my mother went to run an errand, she worked herself into a panic. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Roman units were excellent builders of forts, bridges and roads, but also found themselves tasked with a range of imperial errands, from policing duties to collecting taxes and exploring frontier areas. The Life of a Soldier 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z “I was walking around my neighborhood — I live in Brooklyn, New York — I was just running errands, and I saw kitchens setting up for the night,” Rubinos said. WATCH: Brooklyn-based musician gives voice to invisible immigrant workforce 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Others on Team Buechele are assisting with advice, errands, household chores and delivering meals. Community rallies to help couple with quads 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z His first real attraction to show business came with a summer job parking cars and doing errands at a summer theater. Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ Films, Dies at 91 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Daylight makes him nervous, he says, "useless" even, and he fills time by eating, running errands and visiting family. From Elephant 6 to Deerhunter: The US's new psychedelia 2011-03-10T23:00:01Z In the moment, he was just a husband and a father running an errand. ‘Corona-Shamed’: George Stephanopoulos, J. Lo — Maybe You? 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Strauss’s son is due up from his nap, and the author and his wife have errands to run. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Instead, it testifies to the vitality of an archetype embodied in different ways by Toby, Gilliam and the Man of La Mancha himself: the fool who mistakes his blundering errand for a sacred quest. Review: ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Brings Him Back to Life 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But she said that she was sent from the room to run an errand before any review of the materials occurred. Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ May Have Been Found Earlier Than Thought 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z I would have to run modern errands — dealing with health care, paying my phone bill — but the ritual would make a welcome break. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z "I said, 'OK, is this a fool's errand or what?'" Lonnie Bunch reflects on journey to national African American museum 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The director wants her to seem full of life, whether dancing at a party at the Playboy Mansion or generously picking up a hitchhiker on her way to run an errand. Sharon Tate Is a Woman in a Tarantino Movie. It’s Complicated. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z All of which brings me to the fool’s errand of forecasting employment growth for tomorrow’s jobs report. On the Economy 2012-07-05T21:48:00Z You’ve logged more hours in your car since the beginning of the year than you’d like to acknowledge — shuttling kids around, going to and from work, and running errands. Perspective | 6 household tasks you should do before summer begins 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Corden’s deliriously funny “One Man, Two Guvnors” airs Friday, a slapstick farce about a simpleminded guy who juggles errands for two underworld bosses in an English seaside town in the 1960s. James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z To say, “I will help you sometimes with an errand or always with a cup of coffee, but I can’t be your everything person.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A friend is leaning hard, and it’s weighing heavily on this reader 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z She looks a bit frazzled and harassed, perhaps by the very nature of her errand. Napoleon on the Backstairs 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z This position leaves parents overextended and may even make kids unhappy — though as Senior explains, explicitly trying to raise a “happy” child may be a fool’s errand. Author Jennifer Senior: “Kids have almost no responsibility, and I find that unnatural” 2014-02-03T23:59:00Z It’s a canny way to portray the alienation of this modern married couple who hardly look at each other as they circle the stage, running errands, missing signals. | 'Wolves': Drama by Delaney Britt Brewer at 59E59 Theaters 2010-08-09T02:00:00Z The opening courtesies over, Joyce asks you to run a little errand for him. Imagined Meetings With Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, and Lawrence 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z As a final straw, the little girl is all too comfortable with A. She bickers with A.’s children, and begs for candy and treats on errands. Motherlode Blog: Parental Quandary: The Mooching Working Mother 2012-02-04T01:25:29Z “One hopes that these things are useful,” he said, “but it can be a fool’s errand to try to detect any immediate use for them.” Group of American Cultural Figures to Visit China 2011-10-27T00:20:49Z After the Marylanders brought what they knew to Attorney General Elliot Richardson — their errand, and admiring affection for Richardson, are engagingly described — there was no shutting it down. Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz Tell the Full Sordid Story of Spiro Agnew 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s just a fool’s errand to try to produce that stuff unless you’re some huge distribution company.” 7 surprising ways porn is changing 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The balance of the elemental and ethereal is present in the vocal lines, too, especially for Miles, the son chosen for the fatal errand. Review: An Opera Reaches the American Dream’s Brooding Heart 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The victim was allowed to leave the residence to run an errand when she flagged down a woman, police said. Man due in court in kidnapping case 2011-09-25T08:09:00Z Despite the posturing, Ice-T was not exactly engaged in a criminal errand: he was on his way to the vet, where his bulldog was to undergo knee surgery. Ice-T arrested for driving without a seat belt 2010-07-21T09:53:00Z Donnelly wouldn’t reveal how he knew her destination, but within hours the photo was on the Daily Mail’s website and circulating on the Internet, with a headline about her running “errands.” In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z They drove an hour and 20 minutes to watch “In The Heights,” because their home theater had only one showtime and they could coordinate an errand with their journey. Movie fans return to theaters, savoring the escapism and the buttery taste of popcorn 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z When Augusto didn’t answer his phone, I imagined he must be running errands and headed over. “Don’t go in the bedroom!”: Working in Spanish soaps turned my love life upside down– it took years for me to learn love without drama 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Following Tolkien on what seems a fool’s errand is a boyish, worried, unfailingly loyal adjutant named, you guessed it, Sam. ‘Tolkien’ Review: A Fellowship That Rings Obvious 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z With all its other challenges, you might think that the Dutch National Opera has embarked upon a fool’s errand, but the result is revelatory. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z What about all those Sundays spent running errands and cooking, then hitting the couch and watching documentaries about obscure cults? A Letter From the Contents of My Bra Drawer 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Even if it’s just the cotton shirt you throw on to run errands in. The New Minimalism: How to Marie Kondo Your Wardrobe 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z There was a parking ticket on the window, then an errand to retrieve a favorite sweatshirt, left behind two nights before at a decent after-party. Davy Rothbart on Tour for Book; Peter Rothbart, for Album 2012-09-19T22:57:14Z Concerts and dinner parties in the vineyard, festivals and other attractions only tangentially related to grapes made a visit to wine country more an event than an errand to buy wine. Fifty years ago, Robert Mondavi transformed Napa Valley — and American wine 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Its vintage feel brings customers back to a simpler time when shoppers stopped to catch up with their neighbors and indulge in treats while doing their weekly errands. Sweet discoveries on the stroopwafel circuit in Amsterdam 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z And even that visit was a short one: a giddy errand with my fiancé to get our marriage license a month before we wed in Chapel Hill. In North Carolina, a Town to Lift a Fork or Turn a Page 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Our kid who lives locally asked me to help with his care, mostly driving to appointments and visiting him and running errands. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: An abusive ex is terminally ill. Should you help with his care? 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z They picked me up, bought Band-Aids for my bleeding abrasions and drove me to the post office to tend to my errands, then drove me to my home at the other end of town. Rant & Rave: A real Grinch at Candy Cane Lane 2011-12-14T22:07:04Z I had a small desk in a room in the back, and when I wasn’t running errands I could write arts pieces. “Crazy Rich Asians” and the End Point of Representation 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Speaking of a new land, we flash back to Robin's errand for Rumpel in the past in Oz. 'Once Upon a Time': A villain returns, a hero is born in 'Heart of Gold' 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z We would use it maybe once a week to grocery shop or do errands, or occasionally to get out of town. Rats in our house, rats in our streets: For New York rodents, so much depends on real estate 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z I’d hear talk about the parties the morning after, when I was in town running errands. My dad: 35 and dead 2013-02-23T23:00:00Z Could she come over to Mary’s apartment early in the morning, get the turkey started, and take off to run errands while Mary basted the turkey? The Thanksgiving this vegetarian finally gave in and cooked a turkey 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Her daily routine is an endless cycle of chores, errands and demands. ‘Fire in the Mountains’ Review: The Mother of All Struggles 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z If we put off errands because we are trying to cure cancer, are we really procrastinating? Procrastination rules 2012-07-02T01:00:00Z I dreaded when my dad would have me go do an errand — because each time I got into the PT Cruiser, I’d drive to my dealer’s block. My year of heroin and acne 2013-01-05T00:30:00Z Several days later, I watched two moving trucks cart away her belongings and observed her assistants darting in and out of her townhouse on last-ditch errands. Ill Doctrine 2012-06-11T15:44:00Z Sitting on the bike, with the classic wicker errand basket attached to the handlebars, Opal announces she has “just finished third grade” in Greenwood in 1921. Behind the Jim Crow Curtain 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z He started running errands for the Apollo back in 1965, when he was 15 years old. Harlem's Apollo Theater turns 80 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z “We kick around all day and run errands,” he says. Charleston's Best Cheap Eats 2012-04-24T15:20:01.067Z Before she could take me to see some sights, she had an errand to run: she had to return a tape to the video store. The Fate of Cinephilia in the Age of Streaming 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Trying to predict what will eventually embarrass someone else is a fool’s errand, of course, but there are obvious guardrails. Why I can’t stop posting my kid’s photos and sharing him with the world 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Allegra kicked stray rocks at the pigeons and stared inside the pharmacias, packed with colored jars and jugs and women out for morning errands. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Whatever strange errand he ran, his warm humanity was always apparent. David Letterman's Top 10 Sidekicks and Guest Stars 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z You end up zigzagging through strange parts of town on obscure errands that may just be excuses to do more hanging out. Movie Review: In ‘Viola,’ Shakespeare Is Lens to Look at Young Argentines 2013-07-11T21:39:22Z I was sweeping floors, getting coffee and running errands, but I loved it. T Magazine: Asked & Answered: Danny Clinch, Rock Photographer 2010-10-13T21:15:00Z I probably would — someone to run errands when I’m on set. Gemma Chan Explains the Art of Being a Robot on ‘Humans’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z So much of the original “Italian Job” is so delightfully but specifically of its late-60s Swinging London moment that it would seem a fool’s errand not only to remake it but also to update it. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Tagging along with his mother on errands, he would draw all day, using whatever was at hand — a pencil, sticky pad notes. He Likes ‘Staying Under the Radar,’ but His Art Is Getting Noticed 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The car, viewers of the three previous movies may recall, belongs to Frank Martin, an ex-military operative who rakes in euros helping criminals with getaways and other high-stakes errands. Review: ‘The Transporter Refueled’ Has a New Guy Behind the Wheel 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Hill said Donald Trump’s top European envoy was sent on a “domestic political errand” seeking investigations of Democrats. The Associated Press picks the top moments on TV from 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z But for me the definitive Curtis role is as this slavish press lackey, scurrying around Manhattan on dark errands for Burt Lancaster's bespectacled arch-villain. Tony Curtis and the part with no heart 2010-10-01T11:59:00Z He ran errands for the old-timers in the Democratic clubs and bookie joints. For the Love of Beer and His Buddies 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The late afternoons in Washington, she writes, became “the emptiest”: the hours in Austin where she would have been grocery shopping or doing errands, became quiet time, where she “turned to books for comfort.” Books of The Times: Lonely Texas Girl: Laura Bush?s ?Spoken From the Heart? 2010-04-28T21:57:00Z Mr. Thomas described exhorting a staff writer to follow Mr. Candy with a yellow notepad and listen closely as he ran errands; the staffer would return with fully written sketches. For the Comedy Iconoclasts of ‘SCTV,’ a Joyful Reunion Tinged With Loss 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Her life as a housewife shifts between gradients of exhaustion and ennui until Tomiko, her mother-in-law, asks her to run an errand. She Tumbled Into a Hole, and Her World Broke Open 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z With all of the crucial pieces in place, I reserved a spot for my plus-one during my layover in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In Cartagena, I had to run one errand related to the transport. That rescue dog doesn’t need a home. He needs a flight companion to get there. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z If your husband doesn’t like your choices regarding your right to run errands without revealing your every move, then too bad. Ask Amy: Couple should be smarter than their smartphone 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Years later, Temple recalled how her mother had been furious when a director sent her on an errand and then made Temple cry by frightening her. Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T12:58:42Z I do almost all the groceries and errands. War destroyed my husband 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z For a few years now, whenever I get in my truck, either to run errands, hit the gym or commute to my campus 50 miles away, I listen to history on audiobooks. Andre Dubus III: By the Book 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Eventually Toma grows docile and is given tasks to perform: working in the fields; walking into town with someone who speaks Russian to perform errands. Emmanuel Carrère’s Disconcertingly Personal and Utterly Gripping Prose 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In July of 1969, my grandfather was returning to Belfast from California, where he had moved, on a sober errand. Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z There’s Edgar, the waiter’s best friend, who leaves his young daughter in the waiter’s care at the restaurant all afternoon while he goes off on some unspecified errand. In This Norwegian Novel, an Old-School Waiter Tries to Keep Up the Old Ways 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Bicycles are ubiquitous in Japanese cities, but used mostly for local errands or to pedal to commuter train stations. To truly see Kyoto, walk, bike or take a train through the historic Japanese city 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z They were soaking up the sunshine at outdoor cafes, or taking a break from work at one of the downtown office buildings to stretch their legs or run errands. A Shocking Sight In Downtown Detroit 2012-07-10T21:38:56Z As gorgeous and useful as much of his work remains, the project as Curtis conceived it was a fool’s errand. Books of The Times: ‘Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher,’ by Timothy Egan 2012-11-11T23:33:07Z Wright agrees, but says if you can’t get your hands on a lamp, plan your day around maximizing sunlight: running errands during daylight hours or spending 10 minutes drinking coffee by the window. Pandemic depression is about to collide with seasonal depression. Make a plan, experts say. 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z It was just a quick errand: Reba Senior would be gone 15 minutes, 20 max. Parents again: the growing number of Americans raising their grandkids 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Since I have a genetic immune deficiency and multiple sclerosis, I'm fairly young but still considered a "vulnerable population," so Glenn has taken over all errands that involve other people. Marriage in the time of coronavirus: Sheltering in place, together, in the U.S. outbreak epicenter 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z And since her father’s death in August, she’s been thinking especially about her family’s deeper needs, the support that goes beyond simple chores or errands. The ‘sandwich generation’ quandary was hard on baby boomers. It’s going to be harder on their kids. 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z As much as Lucy's all-male coworkers tell her she has the potential to be a marketing superstar, they nevertheless task her with all food pickups and other feminized errands. In Hulu's "False Positive," the real monster isn't just a shady fertility doctor 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z |
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