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Reading Your Way to Success
Instill in children a joy of reading.
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When Did I Stop Looking Around?
Our world has shrunk.
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Book Withdrawal
I long to be the book-nosed girl I used to be.
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Time Travel Exists
We go places.
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The Curse of Summer Vacations
The reality of summer never fit with my fantasies.
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Are You Reading This Aloud?
Recently I stumbled upon a scholarly controversy that I didn’t even know was a thing up to that point. Apparently some researchers doubt that people used to read silently before the middle ages. Several books and articles have been written on the subject. There seem to be two arguments for this theory. The first is…
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My Voice
I had a fascinating conversation with some old friends recently. I’ve known them for 10 years in the virtual world of Second Life. We hang out a couple times a week, but in all that time I’ve never heard their actual voices. All our communication is via text. Am I alone in this? When I…
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The Best Book You’ve Never Read
No, this is NOT a cheap attempt to get you to buy my book, although I’d love it if you would. Actually, I do manage to raise my gaze from my navel every now and again to read the writing of others. That’s how I came across this rare treat. The Scottish Buddhist Cookbook is…
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Support Libraries. Support Reading. And Do Me a Solid.
At a time in our history when ignorance seems to be winning, when public education is under threat, and when people are increasingly afraid of fake news but seemingly unwilling to take steps to find reliable sources of information, it is extremely important that we support our public libraries. Libraries are under constant threat of…