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“Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot.”*

I was just given an interesting book: “Profile By Gaslight” edited by Edgar W. Smith, published in 1944. The sub-title is “An Irregular Reader about the Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. It was a gift from a dear friend of mine. She was looking through her books, and since she had a copy of theContinue reading ““Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot.”*”

Mow-tivational Books

Today I cut the grass on my lawn. It is one of the duties of home ownership. One might think that mowing one’s yard has nothing to the library. Ahhh, but it may. Let me continue. A few weeks past, my mower was causing some problems-stopping right after I had started it. I pulled outContinue reading “Mow-tivational Books”

This artist is a real tweet to see

I just received a book, a gift from a very close friend. It is a beautiful edition of “The Birds of America” by John James Audubon. This copy was printed in 2022 by Prestel Publishers. I am very thankful for this gift. In grade school, a schoolmate’s mother had a copy of this book, andContinue reading “This artist is a real tweet to see”

Literally a Literary Calendar

In 2024, I entered a post every day. This exercise was to make a yearlong calendar-to have a story about books from my library, for each and every day of the full year. Some days were holidays, special historical events, or perhaps celebrations; other days might be for the birth or death of someone.Continue reading “Literally a Literary Calendar”

“A Noiseless Flash”*

“At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning herContinue reading ““A Noiseless Flash”*”

“After vacation…recent buys”

I just wrote an article about my recent vacation in Florida. After sightseeing and reading, I did some research, and found a few more books. I thought the process of what I looked for and found might be interesting. At the very least, one sees my book collecting interests and addictions a little clearer. IContinue reading ““After vacation…recent buys””

What to pack for vacation?

I just came back from a wonderful vacation. The wife and I, along with several dear friends, jumped into RVs and drove caravan style for several weeks in Florida. It was a wonderful time. The question begs, what do I (did I) pack? I am not thinking of the socks, shorts, and swim suits, butContinue reading “What to pack for vacation?”

“A little bad luck, a lot of reminiscing”

I took a shower this morning (shower every two days whether need it or not-gotta watch for that old person smell). The hot water stopped midway through my shower. I also sensed a little rotten egg smell, and maybe a little color to the water. I have had my current water heater for about 20Continue reading ““A little bad luck, a lot of reminiscing””

“It was quite a Mow-ment”

Today, March 29th, I mowed my yard for the first time this year. It needed it. There was a slight mist of rain in the air, but I thought “I’m doing this!” What Mow-tavated me was that for the last 34 years that I have lived here, my next door neighbor would always mow hisContinue reading ““It was quite a Mow-ment””

“They say it’s your birthday”

Happy Birthday to me. I recently had my birthday, and gifts of books made their way to the library. I have been reading, and thought that folks might like to see what was given. The first book is “The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24’s Over Germany” by Steven E. Ambrose,Continue reading ““They say it’s your birthday””