Quoting Good Words

Drop a word in the ocean of meaning and concentric ripples form. To define a single word means to try to catch those ripples. No one's hands are fast enough. Robert Bringhurst The Solid Form of Language

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Category Archives: Reading Around

Madison Reads Leopold, 2010

"Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life....Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more."
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

or, The First Meme

Acrostics -- lists and songs arranged alphabetically -- are of course a venerable tradition, uniting the ancient author of Psalm 119 with the youngest child learning to sing the ABC Song. One could say that the alphabet is the first & primary meme, the source behind every other, a natural fit for the blogosphere.
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Reading Aloud: the Words Endure

or, The Cosmic Bedtime Story

Our family's evening reading together was no more -- and no less -- difficult than all the other things we do together as a family. Day in & day out, this practice of reading builds up a foundation and a bulwark that will strengthen and protect us throughout our lives. Day in & day out, we parents are building up our children, our schools, and our communities, guarding them from a multitude of evils, just by reading aloud.
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Remebering Labor, Entering Rest

To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.
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Better Widgets with Science!

WordPress version 2.8 was released earlier this month, and whether the developers actually read them or not, I’m glad that they seem to have implemented my suggestions for a cognitive science-based redesign for WordPress Widgets. In WordPress 2.5 Widgets: Taking the Load Off Your Mind, I argued that what a user sees on the back [...]
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Feedburning Learning

Feeds & email updates are all about drawing readers into a community from the margins--which is to say, they are all about learning.
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Can’t Take My Joy From Me (Michelle Shocked)

On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share
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RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009

Links on culture, reading, and the web.
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A Heritage and Future of Reading

When the books we have are no longer the books we knew, who will teach us to read?
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On Making the Future

To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.
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