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Saturday, November 5, 2022

Visiting the Castles of Saint Louis (a tarnished saint) East and West of Paris

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  The tower of Chateau de Vincennes Today I was in small cities with large castles east and west of Paris.  Ten kilometers to the east is Ch...
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Essential Elements: Atoms, Quarks and the Periodic Table by Matt Tweed, Book 35 of 2022

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  This little book of chemical facts covers all of the elements and major concepts of chemistry with one page of text and one page of drawin...
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...