Category Archives: writing
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Alephs, Acrostics, and April
Leave a commentMarch 31, 2023 by libroshombre
My handwriting’s always been bad, but these days it’s bordering on awful. Perhaps I’m channeling my inner Phoenician for …
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Griffonage, Chins, and Satchmo
Leave a commentJuly 9, 2022 by libroshombre
There’s plenty that you and I don’t know. As expressed by Donald Rumsfeld in his typically tortured manner, “As …
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Peeves, Persiflage, and Portmanteaux
Leave a commentJune 18, 2022 by libroshombre
“Foist,” “to introduce surreptitiously,” is a word I like, perhaps because librarians enjoy foisting books and information, albeit overtly, …
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Proofing, Generosity, and Sic
Leave a commentJanuary 16, 2022 by libroshombre
A recent online article, “The Language of Climate is Evolving From ‘Change’ to ‘Catastrophe’,” reminded me of the enormous debt …
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Thumbs, Maxims, and Regret
Leave a commentNovember 6, 2021 by libroshombre
“Doctors say that our thumb is our master-finger and that our French word for it, ‘pouce,’ derives from the Latin …
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Mercenaries, Landmarks, and Marginalia
Leave a commentJanuary 2, 2021 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344 December 31, 2020 Xenophon, the Greek mercenary and historian, left a fascinating account …
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Zippy, Joyce, and Margaret
Leave a commentFebruary 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 …
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Blackwing 602, Bugs Bunny, and Privacy
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2018 by libroshombre
What do Leonard Bernstein, John Steinbeck, Quincy Jones, E.B. White, Eugene O’Neill, Archibald MacLeish, Loony Tunes animator Chuck Jones, and …
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