Of all the abilities and mechanisms possessed by the supercomputer we call the brain, one of my favorites is sense memory. The ability to recall physical feelings that relate to emotionally charged events we’ve experienced, sense memory can trigger recollections long buried in the layered sediment of our minds. Sense memory is powerful and often …
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With Apologies to Hornby: February 2019
Books readOperation Trojan Horse – John A. KeelThe Riverside Reader – Joseph F. Trimmer, Maxine HairstonWild Delicate Sounds: 29 Wildlife Encounters – Charles Finn Books bought/found/givenAn American Harvest: How One Family Moved from Dirt-Poor Farming to a Better Life in the Early 1900s – Cardy RaperAvengers: Ultron Unbound – Roy Thomas, Dave Ross, and othersBatman/Judge …
With Apologies to Hornby: January 2019
Books readA Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice BurroughsMarch: Book 1 – John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate PowellThe Canada Geese Quilt – Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, Leslie W. BowmanScary Stories to Tell In the Dark – Alvin Schwartz, Stephen GammellMore Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark – Alvin Schwartz, Stephen GammellThe Academy of Hay – Julia …
Survivor: Winter Edition
The forecast calls for temperatures as low as -30° F tonight with the windchill. Sunday we’re supposed to get belted with a snowstorm that could bring up to a foot or so, all falling while the mercury hangs in the single digits. And the extended prediction suggests a month that doesn’t get above freezing. It’s …