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Never walk by a red dress

Posted on 04/18/2012 in misc • Tagged with Books, Baseball, Life

Sage advice from Buck O'Neill

The Secret to Marriage

Posted on 04/15/2012 in misc • Tagged with Books, Life, Marriage

The secret to a happy marriage

The Irish Americans: A history

Posted on 04/04/2012 in misc • Tagged with Books, History

The story of the Irish in America

The lost art of curating a collection

Posted on 11/16/2011 in misc • Tagged with Books, Music

Cheap storage has killed the art of curating a collection

Drinking with Strangers

Posted on 11/13/2011 in misc • Tagged with Books, Music

The print version of Butch Walker

The Film Club: A Memoir (about unschooling)

Posted on 03/01/2011 in misc • Tagged with Education, Books, Homeschooling

The word unschooling never appears in the book, but it most definitely is a book about unschooling.

College Without High School

Posted on 09/29/2009 in misc • Tagged with Books, Homeschooling, Education

The point is life is not school. It is adventure.

What we hold in our hands

Posted on 05/22/2009 in misc • Tagged with Books, Virginia

More stories from Virginia's naturalist blogger

Little Brother

Posted on 05/20/2008 in misc • Tagged with Books

The most important book your teen will read this year

Anvil of Stars

Posted on 02/23/2008 in misc • Tagged with Books

Like most sequels, it doesn't quite live up the standard.

The Earthsea Trilogy

Posted on 01/18/2008 in misc • Tagged with Books

How did I never read these books before now?

The Last Colony

Posted on 04/30/2007 in misc • Tagged with Books

A satisfying addition to the Old Man's War universe

The Android's Dream

Posted on 12/06/2006 in misc • Tagged with Books

Farts have consequences

Recent Books

Posted on 09/16/2006 in misc • Tagged with Books

Catching up on the reading pile

Slow Road Home

Posted on 05/09/2006 in misc • Tagged with Books, Virginia

The quest to be busy, but not hurried

Grant Comes East

Posted on 08/01/2004 in misc • Tagged with Books

What if Lee had won at Gettysburg?

Baseball and Reading

Posted on 07/13/2004 in misc • Tagged with Baseball, Books

Why does baseball generate so much written word?

No Joy in Mudville - A Little League Memoir

Posted on 07/12/2004 in misc • Tagged with Books, Baseball

I could have written this book

McCarthy's Bar

Posted on 07/10/2004 in misc • Tagged with Books

Never pass a bar with your name on it.

Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth

Posted on 05/06/2004 in misc • Tagged with Music, Books

David Lee Roth may be crazy

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