Author Archives: chick

Talking to Myself

Posted on 01/08/2019 by chick

We have to talk about our book problem. OK. I’m listening. We have too many books. Define too many. More books than fit on the shelves. By that definition, I concede we may have one or two more than is … Continue reading →

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Grateful for Pencils With Erasers

Posted on 01/05/2019 by chick

For the last few months, I’ve been clipping crosswords out of The New York Times but not solving them. I now have a large folder full of unsolved puzzles. So, because this has been bugging me, I decided to solve … Continue reading →

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Otherwise Occupied

Posted on 01/04/2019 by chick

Sorry, but I can’t blog right now. I’m too busy studying poetry. Be back soon, after I’ve learned the rules of pantoums and villanelles.

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Time Off

Posted on 01/03/2019 by chick

Me, before time off: “I am going to make great use of my time off and do creative and adventurous things!” Me, during time off: “I don’t know what to do with myself.” Me, after time off: “I wish I … Continue reading →

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Resolutions

Posted on 01/02/2019 by chick

Marshall’s New Year’s resolutions: “I promise to watch more TV and play more video games.”

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Short and Sweet (But Too Short!)

Posted on 01/02/2019 by chick

Notes from a Public Typewriter edited by Michael Gustafson and Oliver Uberti Grade: A- The owners of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan left out a typewriter as an experiment, to see if people would use it. And people did. … Continue reading →

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Reading in 2018

Posted on 12/31/2018 by chick

Back in September, I decided on some reading goals for the rest of the year. I was supposed to finish the Harry Potter series, finish reading all of Barbara Michaels’s books, read some Kindle books, and read the bookshop-themed books … Continue reading →

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An Inescapable Truth

Posted on 12/30/2018 by chick

We have two breadboxes, but we rarely use them. The problem is that what goes into the breadboxes tends to stay in the breadboxes until, with a shiver of horror, we recall that it is there and realize that it’s … Continue reading →

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Dark Magic

Posted on 12/29/2018 by chick

The Magicians by Lev Grossman Grade: A At the beginning of The Magicians, teenager Quentin Coldwater, a brilliant high-achiever, was en route to an alumni interview for Princeton. But, even as he approached this milestone of accomplishment, he felt dissatisfied. … Continue reading →

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Christmas Progress

Posted on 12/22/2018 by chick

The Christmas cards have all been sent, which is impressive given that we had lost our contact list. It was difficult to reconstruct the list, because so many of the people on it had moved in the last few years. … Continue reading →

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