Category Archives: Books

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Books, really long telescopes, and the amazing world of the microbe

Categories: Books, Education, Happy Things, Health, News, Random, Science & Tech

Giant “telescope” links London, New York: How cool is this idea? I’ve always wanted to go to London. Could I at least get to New York in the next month and look at it? Also reported by the BBC in … Keep reading

Mother Goose

Categories: Books

Today is Mother Goose day. Did you know you can read The Real Mother Goose book online? I think that is real neat. So I’ve been trying to think of my favorite Mother Goose rhyme to put here. I encourage … Keep reading

Great Poetry Reading Day

Categories: Books, Education, Family, Happy Things, Musings, Relationships

I hope you read some great poetry today. It is Great Poetry Reading Day after all. I love poetry. I know some people who don’t. But I believe that is because they do not understand it. Poetry was my favorite … Keep reading

Folklore and Phone Books

Categories: Books, Folks, Musings, Questions, Science & Tech

I read this story earlier, and the folklorist in me just had to comment on it. The Book of the Undead: Why Won’t Phone Books Die? The article talks about how phone books have outlived their usefulness. Any more people … Keep reading

Caught in the middle

Categories: Books, Education, Exercise, Family, Life, Meme, Relationships, Work

I’ve seen this on a few other blogs and thought I’d give it a go. But I added the stuff at the end because I thought it should extend equally in both directions. I have this thing with balance and … Keep reading

Story People

Categories: Books, Happy Things, Musings

My friend Josh gave me the book Story People by Brian Andreas last year. I love it. It’s a book you can sit down and read for just a minute, or get lost in for a long time. I’ve decided … Keep reading

Tell a Fairy Tale

Categories: Books

Today is “Tell a Fairy Tale Day.” Tell a fairy tale to someone around you. Post a short one here. Post what your favorite fairy tale is. Celebrate fairies! I wonder if I’d have time to read Beauty by Robin … Keep reading