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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Les horloges marines de M. Berthoud. Book 34 of 2022 (Clocks for sea navigation)

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  I picked this book up in the gift shop in the Museum of Arts and Technology in Paris.  It is a biography of Ferdinand Berthoud, the leadin...
Monday, October 24, 2022

The Red Wheelbarrow and Other Poems by William Carlos Williams, Book 33 of 2022

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I read this little book on the train traveling back and forth to Philadelphia.  A poem or two or three at time. My favorite poetic forms are...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Lunch with Bill Nye the Science Guy: We Talked About Bicycles

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In 2004 Bill Nye, the Science Guy, spent an entire day at the museum and library where I worked until I retired: The Science History Institu...
Monday, October 10, 2022

50th High School Reunion--The Kinder, Gentler Reunion

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SHS Class of 71 This past weekend on Saturday night I drove to my 50th High School Reunion. The Stoneham (Massachusetts) High School Class o...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, Book 32 of 2022

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This very popular book was published in the late 1970s.  It became a national bestseller in 1984 after the author went on TV and radio talki...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Battery Life--Battery Death

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The Red Triangle of Death When I returned from a recent trip, my 2001 Toyota Prius let me know a big expense loomed in my near future.  On b...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Can We See the World Through Someone Else's Eyes?

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  "I want to see the world through your eyes!" says a friend, a lover, a caregiver, a well-meaning person who truly wants the expe...