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Sunday Quote, Cicero (2012, Week 50)
If you have a library and a garden, you have everything you need. ~ Cicero
Posted in Books, Photo, Sunday Quote
Tagged Cicero, Gardening, Hawthorne, Photography, PostADay, reading
A Treasure
Perhaps I was thinking of Thoreau, in keeping with the A – Z Challenge, and today being the letter “T”, though I don’t think that Transcendentalism was in the trajectory of my thoughts this morning. Although I can’t explain the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Reading
Tagged Blogging A to Z Challenge, Emerson, On Friendship, PostADay, reading
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J is for Tutoring….???
A few eons ago, I studied education, specifically English Language Education, with a specialization in Reading. My student teaching experience was teaching mainstream (what a stupid, stupid, stereotypical, biased term!) high school sophomores and juniors for 3/4 of the day, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Miscellany
Tagged Blogging A to Z Challenge, PostADay, reading, tutoring, Volunteer
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Current Reading
In a sense, poems are not even fair. For instance, they do not always assert what they mean. And the same for pictures. A reader must get meaning through an action, through an act of response. And there are endless … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged art, Criticism, Currently Reading, NaBloPoMO, poetry, PostADay2012, reading, Stafford
What to read: Road Trip Edition
I have several hours in the car ahead of me on Monday. The best way that I know of to make a long trip when you are driving by yourself go quickly is to listen to an audio book. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading
Tagged Audio Books, books, NaBloPoMO, PostADay2011, reading, Road Trip
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Booking Through Thursday: E-volution
Booking Through Thursday: E-readers vs. Physical books. I bought an iPad in June, 2010. It is my constant companion; email, search, facebook, photos, reading The New Yorker, the New York Times and other news media, watching movies, listening to music, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading
Tagged Booking Through Thursday, books, bookstores, e-readers, iPad, Kindle, NaBloPoMO, PostADay2011, reading
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Book Dilemma
For more than a few years, I have had a running feud with my local library. Really, it was a one-sided feud, but it did keep me from checking out any books for a long, long time. I bought a … Continue reading
Suggestions needed
I have started tutoring a 4th grade student in reading. I’ve only met with the student once, and I haven’t received any information yet from his teacher. All of the students in this tutoring program are suppose to be at … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged 4th grade readers, PostADay2011, reading, reading suggestions, tutoring
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Book group reading
Book groups are an odd thing. It takes a long time to get a group together that has the right synergy, where all members of the group can use the same language to discuss, yet also bring their own perspectives. … Continue reading
>Current reading….
>Although I haven’t been doing much blogging for the last week or so, I have been reading. I’m making steady progress through Willa Cather’s My Antonia. It was my reading group’s pick this month. Although we already met to discuss … Continue reading
