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Lessons from Steve

Lessons from Steve

23rd Oct 2019

The hardest thing about getting lost in a book is having to find your way back out of it when you finish the last page and close the cover. One of my hardest reentry periods was the time I finished Ed … read more
How I Fell Back in Love with Reading

How I Fell Back in Love with Reading

16th Oct 2019

My twins, Eliza and Hazel, are in the golden age of reading right now. They haul books home from the library by the dozen and devour titles quickly and swap back and forth and eagerly tell me about t … read more
Backing It Up

Backing It Up

9th Oct 2019

The day I discovered that fabric could be backed with Japanese paper and used as bookcloth was a banner day in my life. Manufactured bookcloth is wonderful — don't get me wrong. It comes in a va … read more
The Great Postage Puzzle

The Great Postage Puzzle

2nd Oct 2019

Growing up, my brother and sister and I would play a game that only rural, bored-out-of-their-brains kids could dream up. It was called Puzzle Factory, and the basic premise was that we completed pu … read more
Raising Readers

Raising Readers

25th Sep 2019

I try not to preach. I mean, who among us is really all that qualified to do so? And also, no one wants to listen to someone else claim passionately that they have discovered the key that unlocks the … read more