I am currently reading The Severed Streets, sequel to Paul Cornell’s exemplary supernatural crime novel, …
Gimbling in the Wabe
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me. Back when I …
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The other day I was watching the latest episode of a dramatic television series that …
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I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel. ~ Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett …
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My daughter, who is a cinema studies major in college, is currently taking a class …
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I have a secret I’m going to share with you. It’s not that searing of …
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I did the unthinkable this week. I culled my books. Some of you may remember …
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This is a reworking of a Gimbling in the Wabe I wrote in back in …
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Writer and editor J. Peter Zane has done a most wonderful thing: he’s come up …
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So now we have the brouhaha over how much punishment – if any – should …
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The Mighty Belle and I got busted the other day. My fault. I know that …
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“…I’d rather die standing up than live on my knees.” Those words, spoken in 2012 …
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If tasked with assembling a single shelf of books from 2014 that I most wanted …
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This is a Gimbling in the Wabe that first appeared in December of 2012 (“Have …
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Recently, the New York Times came out with their list of 100 Most Notable Books …
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We’ve all seen the adage, “So many books, so little time!” I myself find this …
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Gimbling in the Wabe
Gimbling in the Wabe – Wherein I Confess to Yelling at a Delivery Truck Driver and Feeling Really Bad About It
I yelled at a truck driver the other day. Not just a “hey, buddy” sort …
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You want scary for Halloween? I’ll give you scary. Not blood and guts scary, not …
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“The past is a pebble in my shoe.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Ah, life. It …
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Sometimes, the hardest thing about writing a weekly column is coming up with a good …
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So I was tooling around on Facebook last night – something I do far too …
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This week, I was planning to write on the unhappy phenomenon of banned books. However, …
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Hi, my name is Sharon. I’m a library request addict. It used to be that …
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Forgive me a moment of reflection, if you will. This will not be a literary …
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Last weekend I made my yearly trip to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival – one of …
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DISCLAIMER: This column is full of my opinions and musings; it is in no way …
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This week, I’m copping out. It was a difficult week for many reasons, and as …
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I think it’s fairly obvious that I love reading. More often than not, I read …
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Book titles tend to be one of two things: a verbatim description of the tale …
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I believe we all have touchstones in our lives; ordinary, simple objects and occurrences that …
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I went to the Mall of America today, to take my daughter to return a …
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On June 6, 2014, freelance journalist Ruth Graham wrote an article for the online magazine …
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I’ve come to know of an organization called Revolver. On its Facebook “About” page, it …
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I consider myself to be fairly well read. At the very least, I read a …
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So, I’m reading Jodi Picoult’s excellent novel The Storyteller (which I was finally able to …
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Those of us who live in the northern climates glorify in the passing of winter …
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Recently I’ve been reading What Makes This Book So Great, a gathering of essays by …
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A friend of mine related a story of how he was talking to his young …
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So for a few moments, the corner of cyberspace that I tend to hang out …
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I have a confession to make. I’m a wimp. Not in everything. I’m a competent …
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In this week’s Gimbling in the Wabe, I’m unapologetically revisiting a piece I have posted …
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I took last week off Gimbling in the Wabe; after writing three fairly epic works …
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Of Dogs and Books that Bind It was pretty darned chilly at the off-leash dog …
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This is the third in a series of my reminisces of traveling to Soviet Russia …
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This, it turns out, is the second of three Gimblings that recount a trip I …
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If I take one thing from the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Sochi, Russia, …
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I pretty much live in awe of folks who can, without aid, quote a great …
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. …
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A few days ago, I took the Mighty Belle to a “new” off leash dog …
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They’ve promised that dreams can come true – but forgot to mention that nightmares are …