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Last Thoughts at Night

Posted on 02/02/2019 by chick

Dear Kids, When you were babies I got into the habit of checking on you each night before I went to bed. I wanted to make sure you were still breathing. I know that probably sounds paranoid, but if you … Continue reading →

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How I Met My Book: Part II

Posted on 02/01/2019 by chick

The last time I wrote about “How I Met My Book,” I talked about some of my favorite inherited books. This time I want to talk about a special variety of book: the unexpected loaner. Sometimes other people get it … Continue reading →

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Reaction to Poetry

Posted on 01/31/2019 by chick

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith Grade: none I added Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith to my list of books read in 2019, but it felt almost dishonest to do so. Yes, I did read the entire … Continue reading →

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Obsessed With Reading

Posted on 01/31/2019 by chick

I go a little overboard on the books sometimes, and it must be an inheritable (or contagious) condition, because Livia has it, too. She picked out dozens of books at the library last night. There was a family leaving the … Continue reading →

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Unusual Words

Posted on 01/30/2019 by chick

Because one of my favorite books of all time, The Last Legends of Earth by A.A. Attanasio, has such weird words in it, here is an Unusual Words post for you today. tractate: treaty; essay; any book of the Talmud … Continue reading →

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Danger

Posted on 01/29/2019 by chick

Deja vu’s coming after you.

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Time and the Art of Not Procrastinating

Posted on 01/26/2019 by chick

I’ve been working on one of my 30 Must-Read Books, Time and the Art of Living by Robert Grudin. It’s a book on the subject of Time, and it’s a difficult read, as you might expect from a philosophy book … Continue reading →

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Thankful, Happy, Disappointed, Surprised, & Nostalgic

Posted on 01/23/2019 by chick

Today I am feeling . . . Thankful that my work computer is now up-to-date and virus-free. Yesterday the antivirus was malfunctioning so badly that I turned the computer off rather risk a virus running amok on it. Happy to … Continue reading →

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Snappy Saying

Posted on 01/22/2019 by chick

“No cuts, no buts, no coconuts.” Livia says that this is what you tell a kid who tries to cut into line. Good to know.

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Happy and Warm

Posted on 01/21/2019 by chick

The outdoor weather station says it’s 0.0 degrees outside. The driveway is a sheet of ice, and my car is frozen shut. Unless there’s an emergency, we’re not going anywhere today. But we’ve got books, Netflix, a jigsaw puzzle, and … Continue reading →

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