Bits and Bobs
I took the day off yesterday in order to celebrate my Bookman’s birthday. We had a great day, went out …
Monthly Archives: July 2008
A Little More on Herodotus
So did you think that just because I was done reading Herodotus I was done writing about him? I did …
Herodotus Completus
I am both sad and happy because I finished Herodotus over the weekend. The final land battle at Plataia had …
The Joys of Gardens and Wood-lots
Not many men see beauty in the fogs Of close, low pine-woods in a river town; Yet unto me not …
Library School Update
Ever have one of those weeks where it seems you are so busy you can’t even think and then you …
Mental Sharpening Stones
When the LibraryThing Early Reviewer Program started I didn’t go for it. I had enough books, I didn’t need more. …
Just a Few Things
Tomorrow the world’s oldest New Testament Bible will be viewable online. The Codex Sinaiticus was handwritten over 1600 years ago. …
Herodotus and the Sea Battles
I am at the beginning of the final book of Herodotus. I’m not going to give a blow-by-blow of the …
The Librarian We All Love to Hate
Saturday morning it was my turn to volunteer at the welcome desk again. Guess who was the morning’s roving librarian? …
Can You Bottle the Efflux of a June Moon?
Emerson’s essay, “Country Life” was originally the opening lecture of a course given in the Freeman Place Chapel in Boston, …
