That’s where I’ll be at times this week…I hope it’s as fun as the first one…
Entries Tagged as 'books'
Lost in a Good Book
July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Lost in a Good Book
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Reading Seattle: what I read and remember
July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Reading Seattle: what I read and remember
In May I put Reading Seattle: The City in Prose on my reading list and my blog. Through the library, the book came to my home recently and I had some time to skim and enjoy it. I can’t say I read every piece in this anthology. The book is a smorgasboard, with thin slices […]
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Free Books!
July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Free Books!
Recently I’ve seen a couple other posts about free books…or rather books that aren’t allowed to be free. The free books that have excited me came from our local library. We picked up some free books at a sale earlier this month: I think they’ll make great road-trip amusement material. The library system in our […]
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Why Mr. Lincoln had Whiskers and Why Howard Dean is our Easter Bunny
July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Why Mr. Lincoln had Whiskers and Why Howard Dean is our Easter Bunny
Note: the content of this blog post is not intended as an endorsement of anything or anyone except silliness The other day the girls were cheering at the dinner table “Bush! Kerry!” and then they added “Dean!” Even Elisabeth got into the act. She can’t say many words but somehow she could try to say […]
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Sharing the wealth of the bookshelf
July 1st, 2004 · Comments Off on Sharing the wealth of the bookshelf
Enjoying what others read is one of the vicarious pleasures of blogging. Jay McCarthy is particularly good at and generous with sharing his bookshelf. He writes thorough reviews, hence the nickname from our family of a Jay special. The other day he posted a review of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. […]
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