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 …
THANKSREADING 2019: So You’re a Little Sad, So Read
It’s the final day of Thanksreading 2019, and I’m focusing on an author whose new (and first prose) book I bought a little over a week ago: Alicia Tobin. Alicia Tobin Tobin’s new book, So You’re a Little Sad, So What? Nice Things to Say to Yourself on Bad Days and Other Essays, is a …
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Bonus Care Package for Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019
Poetry: Gratitude by Susan Ludvigson Art: Ryan Kirby’s Grandfather Gobbler Photo credit: ryankirbyart.com Quote: I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual.” – Henry David Thoreau Travel: Plymouth Rock, Ma. Photo credit: flickr.com Song: Roll Plymouth Rock by Brian Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPwFTEGIT0
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