For this year’s Thanksreading series, I’m exploring my development as a reader and giving thanks for the books and people who made me the lover of books that I am today. Out on Route 15 in Johnson, VT, near the intersection with Hog Back Road, there’s a tiny, unassuming shop called Buggyman Antiques. That’s where …
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Thanksreading 2020: A Whale of a Collection
For this year’s Thanksreading series, I’m exploring my development as a reader and giving thanks for the books and people who made me the lover of books that I am today. Photo credit: lostinthecloud.files.wordpress.com It’s Christmas morning. Maybe 1981? Or 1982? One or the other. I’m pretty sure it’s 1981. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends …
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Thanksreading 2020: The Roots of Reading
Another year has passed, and it’s time for the third annual round of Thanksreading, my yearly round-up of literary gratitude. It’s been a strange year for reading. I’ve found it hard to focus and feel settled comfortably between the covers of many books. Given the global circumstances, it’s not surprising, and I’ve talked to other …
Sally’s Gone …
It’s taken me a few weeks to get my head together enough to write this, and part of me wants to put it off a while longer. It needs to be done, though, if for no other reason than to stop some of these thoughts from rattling around in my noggin. Two years ago today, …
Care Package for Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020
Meet Ziti. My family adopted her this week, and today’s Care Package is a celebration of our amazing new good girl. Poetry: Waiting for Happiness by Nomi StoneDog knows when friend will come homebecause each hour friend’s smell pales,air paring down the good smellRead more Song In My Head: Atomic Dog by George Clinton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyAEUWJlk1Q …