Category Archives: insects
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Scherpstekendevliegs, Anticipation, and Unreadable Books
Leave a commentJuly 9, 2022 by libroshombre
Anticipation can be excruciating, but also sweet, as A.A. Milne illustrated in writing “‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘what I like …
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Mini-circuses, Mini-tomes, and Mini-libraries
Leave a commentApril 2, 2020 by libroshombre
Playwright Chu-Win observed that “Life is perhaps most wisely regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings, and every day …
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Flowers, Fireflies, and Frequentatives
Leave a commentJune 3, 2016 by libroshombre
A recent visit to central Texas revealed that sensible rains have returned there after a half-decade of severe drought. The …
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Vampires, Toilet Etiquette, and the Queen of Sheba
Leave a commentJune 23, 2015 by libroshombre
We’re forest dwellers, and our annual war with the carpenter ants has begun. This year’s invasion put me in mind …
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Shakespeare’s Tongue, Dog Listeners, and Gregarious Cockroaches
Leave a commentFebruary 17, 2015 by libroshombre
David Crystal’s book, “Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare’s Language,” has been on my reading table lately. The section on …
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Tree Asps, Knock-knock Jokes, and Surprising Books
Leave a commentJanuary 5, 2015 by libroshombre
The powerful 17th century French nobleman Francois de La Rochefoucauld made a sad commentary on his life when he wrote, …
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