Librarians and Power
Librarians understand about power--they know how to find anything. p. 140 BEST FOOT FORWARD, Joan BauerWhen the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. p. 141 BEST FOOT FORWARD, Joan Bauer
View ArticleReading is like candy
When I start on a printed page, I tend to eat it down like a peppermint stick. From PREACHER'S BOY by Katherine Paterson, p. 84I was rereading Tom Sawyer. I couldn't read it the day before because Mark...
View ArticleThe World is a Library
Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. It's still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows the same rules, you know....It's just that there are more of them. Everyone has...
View ArticleMagic Hour
Oh, magic hour when a child first knows it can read printed words!For quite a while, Francie had been spelling out letters, sounding them and then putting the sounds together to mean a word. But one...
View ArticleMeasure of Time
A small child has little idea of the future. Next week is as far ahead as his future stretches and the year between Christmas and Christmas again is an eternity. So time was with Francie up until her...
View ArticleAll the Books A to Z
The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church. She pushed open the door and went in. She...
View ArticleThe Secret of the World
“What must I do, Mother, what must I do to make a different world for her [Francie]? How do I start?”“The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one...
View ArticleBeauty and Forgiveness
“Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It’s growing out of sour earth. And it’s strong because its hard...
View ArticleForeword to NIGHT
It is not always the events we have been directly involved in that affect us the most. ~ Francois Mauriac, p. viiWe do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. ~...
View ArticleCountry "Mexico" Songs Now and Then #1
I will choose one song from "now" and one song from "then." YOU will then have an opportunity to give both songs a listen all the way through. Then you can let me know which you prefer...the THEN or...
View Article(Country) "Drinking" Songs #1
I will choose one song from "now" and one song from "then." YOU will then have an opportunity to give both songs a listen all the way through. Then you can let me know which you prefer...the THEN or...
View ArticleBattle of the Georges #1
Occasionally, I'm going to share two videos with you. One by George Jones, the other by George Strait. Your job is to tell me which song you prefer! (I'd also love to know why!)George Jones' Why Me...
View ArticleEvgeni Plushenko, Now and Then #1
I don't get the opportunity to talk about how much I LOVE AND ADORE figure skating. I've been watching skating passionately since 1988.Today I am sharing two videos of Evgeni Plushenko. The "then" is...
View ArticleRussian Pairs Skating, Now and Then #1
I don't get the opportunity to talk about how much I LOVE AND ADORE figure skating. I've been watching skating passionately since 1988.The first video that I'm sharing today is from the 1988 Olympics....
View ArticleBattle of the Georges #2
Occasionally, I'm going to share two videos with you. One by George Jones, the other by George Strait. Your job is to tell me which song you prefer! (I'd also love to know why!) George Jones' entry for...
View ArticleCountry "Pride" Songs, Now and Then #1
I will choose one song from "now" and one song from "then." YOU will then have an opportunity to give both songs a listen all the way through. Then you can let me know which you prefer...the THEN or...
View ArticleWho sings it best? (Song of the South)
Alabama was not the first to sing the song "Song of the South," though they were the first to have it be a #1 hit. Do you know who else sang the song? I thought today, I'd share others who sang the...
View ArticleU.S. Gymnastics, Now and Then #1
I have been watching gymnastics for several decades now. I thought that today I'd share two videos of gymnasts on the uneven bars. The first from 1984, and the second from 2016.1984 2016
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"Teen" Fashion, Then and Then
Today I'll be sharing two images with you. Both from the Sears Wishbook. The first is from 1959 Sears Wishbook Catalog. The second is from the 1988 Sears Wishbook Catalog. (I browsed this site.) Do you...
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Western Barbie's Playlist
For the record, I did not own Western Barbie or Western Ken. But I did buy Western Barbie's *lovely* "western" suit at a garage sale in a bag of assorted doll clothes.The photo is from Amazon, and keep...
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