Category Archives: books

  1. Zippy, Joyce, and Margaret

    Leave a comment

    February 21, 2019 by libroshombre

    LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344                                                              January 31, 2019 A recent Zippy the Pinhead comic strip reminded me of how …
    Continue reading

    Category: authors, books, libraries, literature, poetry, trees, Uncategorized, writing, writing badly | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Pops, Pies, and Humor

    Leave a comment

    October 19, 2018 by libroshombre

    Reading and ice cream are delightful summer pursuits, although only the former’s good for you. Summer reading’s typically light and …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, ice cream, reading, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  3. Book Buying, Book Reading, and Book Loving

    Leave a comment

    October 17, 2018 by libroshombre

    Upon my arrival in Fairbanks in 1990, former State Senator Charlie Parr recommended I read “Generations: The History of America’s …
    Continue reading

    Category: bibliophiles, book buying, books, bookstores, Uncategorized, writers | Tags: , , , ,

  4. Nero, Thi, and Horatio

    Leave a comment

    September 25, 2018 by libroshombre

      It’s true that lately I go to bed nightly with a corpulent, orchid-loving genius: Nero Wolfe, the best literary …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, fiction, genre literature, literature, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  5. Bibliothecarial Ignorance and School Boards

    Leave a comment

    January 29, 2018 by libroshombre

      Adolph Hitler’s better known than Dr. Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s one-man think tank, but both were involved in the …
    Continue reading

    Category: book burning, books, research, school libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: ,

  6. Books, Books, More Books!

    Leave a comment

    October 14, 2017 by libroshombre

      Long ago I took up the banner of bibliophile Winston Churchill: “If you cannot read all your books, at …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, brain, lirbaries, reading, reading brain, reading well, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  7. Explicating Cussing and Cussing Book Tieves

    Leave a comment

    August 1, 2017 by libroshombre

      “Cussin’” arose the other day while discussing the differences between the terms “expletive” and explicative,” and this triggered a …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, cursing, expletives, language, librarians, theft, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  8. Skunks, Pack Horse Librarians, and Emergency Rooms for the Mind

    Leave a comment

    July 4, 2017 by libroshombre

      There’s a set of values held in common by public librarians everywhere: a love of books and belief in …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, bookstores, librarians, libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  9. Odors, Cursive, and Reading

    Leave a comment

    June 8, 2017 by libroshombre

      Reading a new library book by Keith Houston titled “The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the most Powerful Object …
    Continue reading

    Category: books, cursive, handwriting, libraries, odors, old books, printing, typography, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  10. Flogging, Peacocks, and Thicknesse

    Leave a comment

    May 14, 2017 by libroshombre

      Teaching an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class on Patrick O’Brian was more involved than anticipated. Having read (and listened …
    Continue reading

    Category: biography, books, reading, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

Archives