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Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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PODCASTS – THE ART OF CURIOUS LISTENING

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
Posted in Book Reviews
One time, not that many years ago, my sister called me on a Friday night and asked me what I was doing. “Knitting and listening to the radio” I said.  […]
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Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That – Reading When There’s No Time to Read

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
Now that the days are shorter, and the nights seem endless, you would think there would be time to sit on the sofa with a big thick book – perhaps […]
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Cooking (and eating!) in November

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Long Live the Pond Scum

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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We can all agree, the world is a pretty fascinating place comprised of the tiniest microbes to the tallest mountains and deepest oceans. But beyond the grandeur sits a more […]
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Cowboy Fiction

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
The westward expansion of America was untamed, uncivilized, and lawless.  Yet there were unwritten rules in the “wild west” that were sometimes as strict as any actual law.  Zane Grey’s […]
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September is all about YOU

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
Posted in Book Reviews
September is both Self-Improvement Month and Self-Care Awareness Month, so make this month all about you. Self-care advocates often suggest visualizing a “happy place” to relieve stress and induce relaxation.  My imaginary […]
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All Kinds of Families

Posted about 7 years ago by Phil Shepard
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“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” –Tolstoy   I grew up in a neighborhood of not-big houses on small lots. Most of […]
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Richmond Public Library – Moments in Time

Posted about 7 years ago by Phil Shepard
Posted in Book Reviews
The history of Richmond Public Library began a century before the first library building opened.  The library timeline is a fascinating glimpse of readers (and movers and shakers) of a […]
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Read Around the World

Posted about 7 years ago by Phil Shepard
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