Monthly Archives: February 2020

Summarizing Literature

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Ex-libris

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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At home the bookshelves connected heaven and earth

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Curriculum Vitae Lisel Mueller 1924-2020 1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea. 2) In the year of my birth, money was shredded into confetti. A loaf of bread cost a million marks. Of course I … Continue reading →

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The East Village is not dead (just different)

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Book Club  is a new bookstore and wine bar in the infamous Alphabet City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan’s East Village. While I will grant that the East Village is not the bizzaro-crazy place of my feckless youth, its demise is … Continue reading →

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Strap-on your skates

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Winter Landscape with Skaters  or Winterlandschap met Ijsvermaak is a c.1608 oil on oak painting by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.The painting shows ice skaters of all sorts enjoying a day on a frozen river. People dressed … Continue reading →

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Find Refuge In Coffee

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to TBTP are likely aware of my slight obsession with coffee. When I travel, the first thing that I look for anywhere are good coffee spots. My preference is always in-house roasters, but I will settle for someplace … Continue reading →

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Sip and Savor

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Happy Birthday George

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Happy birthday, George Washington! To celebrate  the actual anniversary, check out this Atlas created in 1932 by the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. It is a collection of 85 maps that are associated with Washington including many maps he … Continue reading →

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Mail Them Packages of Rats

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE Thomas Lux hate the people of this village and would nail our hats to our heads for refusing in their presence to remove them or staple our hands to our foreheads for refusing to … Continue reading →

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Ode to Oodi

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Helsinki’s Oodi Central Library has reinvented the idea of the traditional municipal library to create a new kind of community space. With the range of resources and specialist equipment available at Oodi Central Library, Helsinki residents and visitors can learn … Continue reading →

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