My dad built this bookcase before I can remember. It’s in many of the photos where I’m less than a year old, making it more or less sixty. He fastened the pieces together with finish nails. The bookcase is now half as tall as it used to be. I inherited the bottom half and myContinue reading “Our Bookshelves, Ourselves”
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Book Help Desk
The Medieval Tech Support skit taken from the show “Øystein og jeg” on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)in 2001. It is in Norwegian with English subtitles. It remains my favorite YouTube video. According to the notes it features Øystein Backe (helper)and Rune Gokstad (desperate monk) and ws written by Knut Nærum. With Kindles, E-Readers and other DigitalContinue reading “Book Help Desk”
Two Second Drill
This last Sunday, one statement on a segment of CBS Sunday Morning titled, The Name Game caught me up short. Mostly Charles Osgood looked “at famous book titles, including the stories behind “Catch-22” with legendary editor Robert Gottlieb and “Winnie The Pooh” with British columnist Gary Dexter.” He talked about the naming of famous booksContinue reading “Two Second Drill”
Hungry?
It’s so exciting to know a published author, in my case it’s Alethea Eason. Mary and I read the manuscript of “Deborah’s Choice” and made suggestions. Alethea’s story was picked up by Harper Collins and renamed, “Hungry.” We’re now helping with the sequel. It’s going to be even better than the first. The Washington PostContinue reading “Hungry?”
Nullius in Verba 