2023

– Commonplace books
– Dry eyes
– Artificial intelligence
– Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story ideas
– Friday the 13th


2022

– Saying yes & saying no
– Winking


2021

– Moons of the year
– Who is W. Dayton Wegefarth?
– No such thing as...
– Bless you...
– Christopher Morley’s letter to 2021
– Cursing & swearing
– Bats
– Radio


2020

– Vaccination
– A conservative does nothing for the first time
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
– Year 2020
– COVID-19
– Burping & belching


2019

– Words that freeze & thaw
– Jane Austen-inspired books
– Pillow fights
– Slumber parties
– Who is Gerald Raftery?
– Acupuncture
– William James:  Is life worth living?
– Bookcases, bookshelves, & book furniture
– Library cards
– When wine sinks words swim
– Book dedications & front matter


2018

– Criminal Minds quotes, season 13
– Fibromyalgia
– First responders appreciation
– George Elliston’s How Beautiful
– Hummingbirds
– Color of voices
– Peacocks
– Definition of insanity
– Haitian proverbs


2017

– Don’t cry over spilt...
– Eating before bed & after-supper ghosts
– Dotards
– Kleptocracy
– Snorting chocolate
– Kakistocracy
– Light pollution & dark skies
– Audio books


2016

– Mexican food
– Interesting pseudonyms
– Peace is not...
– Menopause & perimenopause
– Premature gray hair
– Sudden white hair
– Who is James Lendall Basford?
– The pen is mightier...
– Loss of child
– Predictions
– Nose in books
– Nose in books & head in clouds
– Grand Canyon
– Althea Warren:  Librarians must read...
– Monk’s cento
– Deming’s cento
– Geography of self
– Thirty days hath September
– February 29th leap birthdays
– Leap years & leap day
– Soda pop
– Cake & cupcakes
– Wanderlust


2015

– E-books
– Gout
– Typography & fonts
– Handwriting
– Monoculous miscellany
– One-eyed man & kingdom of the blind
– Flower of the poets
– Smell of books
– L. M. Alcott:  She is too fond of books...
– Jack-o’-lanterns
– Woodworking
– Reading in bed
– Bookworms, insects
– Bookworms, readers
– Words rule


2014

– Who is Gertrude Tooley Buckingham?
– Emily Dickinson, about
– Sitting & standing
– Zombies, vampires, & monsters
– Net neutrality
– Redwood trees
– Lighthouses
– Phone phobia
– Tangles
– Open windows
– Telecommuting


2013

– Sarcasm
– Poetry of cheese
– Shaving
– Goatees
– Beards
– Mustaches
– Fasting
– Database administration


2012

– Percentages of success
– Arizona monsoon storms
– Typewriters
– Meditation
– Childlessness
– Serial comma
– Glitter
– Who is Muriel Strode?


2011

– Erotic & sexy
– Sandwiches
– Salads
– Green smoothies
– Qigong & tai chi


2010

– Quotation marks
– Hot cocoa