I am familiar with that story
How many times have you stopped someone who was talking and said, “I’m familiar with that story,” or something similar? Or maybe not said anything but internally tuned out? I Continue Reading →
Category Archives: reading
Blackwood Book Box
Yesterday’s wanders found us at Home Depot buying $30 in wood which, along with stuff we had around the house and a few hours hard work became the Blackwood Book Box: Like Continue Reading →
Mostly Free Comics
Today was Freecomicbookday — the first Saturday in May when comic book retailers give away stacks of comics to anyone who drops into their stores. Most will limit the number Continue Reading →
April is Poetry Month
Poetry, like art, tends to be extremely personal. Either you like it or you don’t — and sometimes there’s no way to explain what it is that you like or Continue Reading →
Choosing What I Read
While I have forgotten the book that triggered it, I will never forget the feeling of immense freedom when I first realized after graduating university I would no longer be Continue Reading →
Damn you, John Green
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green My rating: 5 of 5 stars My eyes are still puffy and scratchy from the tears — I don’t think it’s too Continue Reading →
December 24th Night Before Christmas
One of my all-time favourite things about Christmas is reading Clement Clark Moore’s verse. I could probably recite most of it by heart and I have often written my own Continue Reading →
December 13th Christmas for Misfits
Any fan of Rankin-Bass knows the story of the Island of Misfit Toys — many, many stories around Christmas seem to focus on the unwanted toys (like the Tangerine Bear) Continue Reading →
December 10th Santa Claus Funnies
Santa Claus had his own comics in the Golden Age as part of Dell’s Four Color series! Here’s an issue of Santa Claus Funnies from 1944. Of course, comics have Continue Reading →
Unintended Extended Absence
Shortly before I posted my last post (lump), my laptop just basically stopped working one night. I took it in for repairs and it was gone almost two full weeks. Continue Reading →