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Browsing with Mimi, Trina, and Beverly
Leave a commentApril 8, 2021 by libroshombre
My daughter Mimi was eight the winter of 1997 when she received a letter from Trina Schart Hyman, the …
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Judy’s Bookshelf and the OED
Leave a commentApril 3, 2021 by libroshombre
Where the heck is Judy Woodruff’s copy of “Grant,” Ron Chernow’s excellent biography of the 18th President? I remain …
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(Description, Prescription, and WTF Awards)
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2021 by libroshombre
The differences between the Biden administration and Trump’s are manifold, but among the more glaring is their approach to …
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Curious Cabinets, Pig Pianos, and Lonesome-Fret
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2021 by libroshombre
“Lonesome-Fret” is a condition described as “the feeling of restlessness or unease that comes from being on your own …
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Tsundoku, Eco, and Antilibraries
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2021 by libroshombre
“He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable dishes, all of admirable flavor,” according to the Victorian writer …
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Stupid Thorns and Sassy Emoticons
Leave a commentFebruary 18, 2021 by libroshombre
Old BBC Britcoms provides excellent escape from the pandemic to carefree, less restrictive times for my cellmate and me. …
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Misconceptions, Carrots, and Snowflakes
Leave a commentFebruary 11, 2021 by libroshombre
“The trouble with the world,” Mark Twain wrote, “is not that people know too little; it’s that they know …
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Superman, Coups, and the Meaning of Democracy
Leave a commentFebruary 4, 2021 by libroshombre
It might be the wacky, frightening times we’re living in, but sometimes a confluence of different idea seems to …
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Reading: A Pandemic Silver Lining
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2021 by libroshombre
The last time the US Capitol was ransacked, it was by the British who also destroyed the nascent national …
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States of Nature, Dark Triads, and Masking
Leave a commentJanuary 21, 2021 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg hill, 479-4344 January 21m 2021 Confucius taught that “Without knowing the force of words, it …
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