Month: December 2017
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A lump of coal
In the Harry Potter books, a hat sorts persons based on their personality into one of four houses. But at Christmas time, one is sorted (presumably by Santa Claus or some other authority) into one of two categories: Naughty or Nice. The Nice are promised that they will receive lots of lovely presents as a […]
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Art Day
I always enjoyed going to the art museum when I was a child: it was mysterious, beautiful and scary, always an adventure and free. The local museum is tiny and expensive, except on free days, so you can guess when I am likely to visit (I have forked over money on occasion). So I was […]
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Dinosaurs
I think that my love of dinosaurs must have started before I could even read. My big brother discovered the topic first, and I always tried to do everything that he did. He made little books about his favorites (or perhaps it was just the ones that he read about. I’m sure he liked them […]
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New
You know that I have tried to limit the number of books that come into my house, and if you know this, then you also know how very bad I am at this. So here are a few of my newest books. These lovely books were a gift from my friend GA (not George Ashley), […]
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Shop Windows
I love walking along the street and looking at the goods on display in shop windows. What are they using to make one say “I must stop in and buy something”. Hardware stores are the best places to browse. Full of enigmatic and useful things, a shop like this that is crammed to the gills […]