Monthly Archives: August 2019

Feed Your Head

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Brian D. Butler
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Peepshow

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Icelanders have learned to cope with the scourge of overtourism with humor and aplomb. In the far northwestern town of Ísafjörður resident and museum curator Björg Elínar Sveinbjörnsdóttir recently capitalized on the nosiness of tourists who constantly peeked into the … Continue reading →

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RIP Toni Morrison

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

You think dark is just one color, but it ain’t. There’re five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don’t stay still, it moves and changes from one kind of … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Routine

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Bookstore Tourism: The Wandering Bookshop

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Jean-Jacques Megel-Nuber wanted to open a bookshop, but he also wanted to be free to travel around France. Fortunately he discovered a way to accomplish both goals. Now he visits rural towns and villages in his itinerant bookshop that also … Continue reading →

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Book It

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Read and Return

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

When I travel, I usually pack way too much reading material. However, that never stops me from buying a book (or two) from an airport bookshop or newstand. Now there’s a program for compulsive book buyers like me that allows … Continue reading →

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The summer night is like a perfection of thought

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm BY WALLACE STEVENS The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Was like the conscious being of the book. The house was quiet … Continue reading →

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August is the month…

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

“August is the month of last chances.”  F. Nietzsche  

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Visit New Byblos in the Springtime

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

I am an enormous fan of Israeli sci-fi writer Lavie Tidhar, if you haven’t read his work, it’s worth checking-out. So, I was intrigued to discover that he has teamed-up with puzzle writer Jake Olefsky to create an interactive sci-fi … Continue reading →

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