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psalva
Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White
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There‘s been a few #weirdwords sprinkled throughout White‘s essays, but a recent one that I never heard before was the phrase “shoe hockeys.” I tried searching the term but it was unproductive. I‘m thinking he‘s either describing skates that you attach to the bottoms of shoes or, as he mentions later in the paragraph, a pair of skates. Anyone else heard this phrase before? Is it a retronym? @dabbe
#weirdwordWednesdays @CBee

dabbe Good question! I tried to research too, and the best I can see are in the “olden“ days, kids could put blades under their shoes. This has to be before official hockey skates. And I'd say yes to the retronym because hockey skates differ from skates, which differ from shoes on skates. Am I making any sense? I've only had 1 cup of coffee, so maybe not. 😂 2mo
psalva @dabbe That makes perfect sense. It‘s interesting because the essay this is from was written in 1958- admittedly I didn‘t check when modern hockey skates were invented but it seems late to me somehow. That‘s what made me think of the retronym :) words are twisty sometimes! 2mo
CBee @dabbe that makes sense to me 😁 @psalva 2mo
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psalva
Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White
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“Events carry us rapidly in directions tangential to our true desires…Perhaps success in the future will depend partly on our ability to generate cheap power, but I think it will depend to a greater extent on our ability to resist a technological formula that is sterile…There is more to these rocks than uranium; their is the lichen on the rock, the smell of the fern whose feet are upon the rock, the view from the rock.”
-1956

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Rachel.Rencher
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Pickpick

This way way too cute. I pick up anything that has Steve Martin's name on it and I've never regretted it.

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IReadThereforeIBlog
Reporter | Seymour M. Hersh
Mehso-so

Seymour Hersh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for his work uncovering the My Lai massacre, the Watergate scandal and the Abu Ghraib war crimes. This memoir focuses on his career and how he broke his biggest stories but offers nothing personal, no analysis of changes in the profession or the ways anonymous sources can be used and misused. I think the book suffers for that, leaving it an okay factual read rather than an insightful one.

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psalva
Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White
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“I have no sharp taste for acquiring things, but it is not necessary to desire things in order to acquire them. Goods and chattels seek a man out; they find him even though his guard is up. Books and oddities arrive in the mail. Gifts arrive on anniversaries and fête days…Under ordinary circumstances, the only stuff that leaves a home is paper trash and garbage; everything else stays on and digs in.”
#booksandoddities

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Leftcoastzen
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Suddenly, it was the 1950s at Goodwill!😳

Ruthiella Nice haul! Maybe you inadvertently stepped in to a time warp. 😂 4mo
Leftcoastzen @Ruthiella 😂definitely , a bit trippy! 4mo
LeahBergen Wow! Who dropped those off? 4mo
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batsy Whoa 😍 4mo
Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen If I knew , I would have followed them home!😁 4mo
jlhammar Wow, lucky you! 4mo
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TrishB
Reporting | David Remnick
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#weeklyreporting
I didn‘t just want to do book report and know Cindy wasn‘t reading 💔 when she comes back. Much missed already.
Loved Hello Beautiful, wonderful read.
Stop Them Dead- too much sad dog stuff
29 Seconds- brain candy thriller, but entertaining
Currently reading The Ghost Ship.

julesG Missing Cindy, too. 5mo
Centique Missing her too 💕 5mo
CarolynM Yes, much missed💔 She is irreplaceable. 5mo
squirrelbrain Missing Cindy on here too 💔 5mo
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KCofKaysville
Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White
Pickpick

Most of the essays are great. The one about the Summer vacation lake is wonderful. Just a couple seem out of date and not so relevant. Still worthwhile and show how essays should be done.

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KCofKaysville
Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White
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Starting this one which has been in my TBR pile for a couple of years or more. I've heard he is a great writer of essays, besides his great children's books.

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MallenNC
Avid Reader: A Life | Robert Gottlieb
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My Kindle went with me on my vacation to France and Switzerland. My friend teased me for reading while on the ferry with all this beautiful scenery. I can multitask! I did look around between pages. She said if anyone questions my dedication to books, I can show this picture.

Tamra That would be me too. 😆 10mo
MallenNC @Tamra we could read together. In my defense, the ferry ride was almost two hours! 10mo
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