Exploring DC’s independent bookshops: A Labor Day update
An update on my visits to all 30 independent bookshops in the Washington, DC region.
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Thoughts on my Gap Year, Encore Career, and Whatever Comes Next
Listen with more than your ears and see with more than your eyes
Touchstone phrases can be practical. Mystical. Poetic. Old-fashioned yet current and contemporary.
Twenty-four down, six to go!
Visiting the home of the Texas Rangers and moving closer to a bucket list goal!
Summer reading . . . check!
The good folks at Wonderland Books provided some structure for my summer reads.
One challenge down, two to go
I’ve now completed the 2026 Reading Challenge from Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, MT.
Reading challenges and independent bookshops: A mid-year update
Less news, more books: A mid-year report.
A celebration of independent bookstores
April 25th: A day to make a big dent in my quest to visit all 29 DC-area independent bookshops!
A fine way to celebrate a special day
Brief thoughts . . . and a poem . . . for a birthday.
Between the two of us we have one memory
There is beauty and joy in the everyday. Billy Collins helps us see and appreciate it.
Oh, the places we’ve seen!
In 2025 we were certainly “off to great places.” Here’s a recap, with a hat tip to a children’s classic.
MORE TO COME... 