reading
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A chance encounter with a lovely book { The Lost Words }
I ran into this book at my local library. At first it was the size and illustrations that caught my eye. But then I flipped it around and found an even more endearing reason to read it. Heartbreaking – yes? Each of the 10 words listed in the book is accompanied by a very lovely…
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Saving civilization
A gentleman on the train stopped me in the moment of mass exodus onto the platform of Metro Center to tell me that “it’s great to see someone reading Henry James in this day and age, let alone on the DC Metro.” Then we got flung in separate directions as the crowd from behind pushed…
The Antibland Chronicles 