Collecting My Thoughts

This morning I was looking on-line for a title about the hymn writer Frederick W. Faber and came across a reprint series. "Forgotten Bo...

Words have always been political. No language has more words than English/American. But with today's deconstruction and destabilization ...

I don’t have a scan of the photo, but I would be able to see it if I went to Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) in North Ma...

I'm not an FDR fan, but I'm surprised I didn't see/hear more on the 70th anniversary of his death/funeral this past week. Was I ...

When I returned to work in the late 1970s at Ohio State University Libraries, one niggling problem was "closet libraries," which h...

Recently I purchased three paperback books. "A Patriot's History of the United States" by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen ...

From my archives Today I'm waiting to see what happens with the weather. The rain has turned to sleet, has turned to ice, and now a lay...

3752 David Sarnoff Library damaged When I read a lengthy description of the damage to the valuable archives caused by the storm in the nor...

Poetry Thursday "Think of places that most need to see a poem. Think of people who most need to read a poem. Go to those places, to tho...

2722 Lakeside Week 6, 2006 Not much to say about the programming--it has been so hot I've been staying inside the house, or slipping ...