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Skimming, Scanning, and Illiteracy
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August 22, 2016 by libroshombre

The French started using the term “desperer: to be dismayed, lose hope, despair” in the 1300s, an especially horrible …
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Category: deep reading, grammar, literacy, Uncategorized | Tags: paragraph, pilcrow, reading well, scanning, skimming, Will Rogers, William Tyndale
Old Water, Tear Topography, and Why Geezers Grin
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December 25, 2014 by libroshombre

“Water is the driving force of all nature,” observed Leonardo da Vinci, and earth’s water predates the sun, according to …
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Category: aging, libraries, reading, reading brain | Tags: david brooks, elders, gaiman, libraries, neil gaiman, reading, reading brain, reading well, rose-lynn fisher, smiles, tears, water
Raymond Chandler and the Mystery of Libraries
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October 23, 2014 by libroshombre

One thing that really sets hard-boiled detective writer Raymond Chandler apart is his attention to details and quick, precise descriptions of …
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Category: libraries, parts of speech, public libraries, reading well | Tags: Dallas Public Library, Describer's Dictionary, libraries public libraries, North Pole Branch Library, Raymond Chandler, reading well, Third Place
Gallivanting with Montaigne and Reading Deeply
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October 9, 2014 by libroshombre

“Gallivant” is my word for the week. It means “roaming about in search of pleasure, and that describes my general …
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Category: biography, reading well, writing well | Tags: bakewell, biography, deep reading, essay, gallivant, Lapham's, reading well
Demonyms, Pendants, and Reading for Fun
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October 2, 2014 by libroshombre

“Generous” and “thoughtful” were labels that came to mind when I received a book in the mail titled “Labels for …
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Category: Guys Read, reading well | Tags: Abilene, Alaska, demonym, Dictionarya of Alaskan English, fun, fun reading, Guys Read, reading well, Tabbert
Therapeutic Reading, Raymond Chandler, and the Library of America
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August 28, 2014 by libroshombre

Some anonymous ancient wise guy once called his library “a hospital of the mind.” That applies to my personal library, …
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Category: books, health, reading well | Tags: books, chandler, Lapham's, Library of America, noir, reading well
Musical Compulsions, Analog Reading, and Smelly Books
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August 7, 2014 by libroshombre

“Preference” is defined in Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” as “a sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous …
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Category: books, health, music, reading, reading well | Tags: Beatles, books, compulsion, deep brain stimulation, johnny cash, Lennon, McCartney, music, reading well, smells, volatile organic compounds, yale-brown
New Books To Foist Off Alzheimer’s
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July 3, 2014 by libroshombre

“The Wells Fargo wagon is a-coming” theme from “The Music Man” always resounds in the background as I drive home …
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Category: comics, health, memory, reading, reading well | Tags: alzheimer's, carl barks, comics, donald duck, health, memory, reading, reading well
Awareness, Curios Children, and Margaret Wise Brown
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May 22, 2014 by libroshombre

Brazilian author Paul Coelho wrote that “You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day …
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Category: children, children's books, reading | Tags: awareness, children's books, Dr. Seuss, libraries, margaret wise brown, reading, reading well, tao te ching
Loving Countries and Re-wiring the Brain with Books
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February 20, 2014 by libroshombre

If the Gallup pollsters survey of the world’s “most loved countries” is to be believed, it’s time to move to …
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Category: reading, reading brain | Tags: brain research, love, neurobiology, reading, reading brain, reading well