2024
– Deming’s cento, REVISED Nov 16
– End of the world, REVISED Nov 7
– Numbers & odd numbers, REVISED Oct 29
2023
– Terri Guillemets archive Dec 28
– Althea Warren: Librarians must read... REVISED Oct 6
– I love you, REVISED Feb 23
– Commonplace books Feb 10
– Dry eyes Feb 7
– Artificial intelligence Feb 6
– Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story ideas Jan 19
– Superstition, REVISED Jan 13
– Friday the 13th Jan 13
2022
– Saying yes & saying no Dec 25
– Who is Cave Outlaw? Oct 12
– Winking Sep 18
– Soul mates & twin flames, REVISED Jul 2
– New normal Jun 11
2021
– Moons of the year Sep 22
– Who is W. Dayton Wegefarth? Jul 17
– Electric vehicles Jun 24
– No such thing as... Apr 7
– Bless you... Mar 19
– Christopher Morley’s letter to 2021 Mar 8
– Quotestudy: Sure as death and taxes Mar 3
– Cursing & swearing Feb 23
– Political correctness & cancel culture Feb 20
– Bats Feb 6
– Radio Feb 1
2020
– Vaccination Oct 7
– Quotestudy: Conservative does nothing for first time Oct 5
– Pandemics, quarantines, COVID-19 Mar 16
– Burping & belching Feb 21
2019
– Quotestudy: Words that freeze & thaw Nov 6
– Who is Gerald Raftery? Jul 28
– Acupuncture Jun 15
– William James: Is life worth living? Apr 25
– Library cards Apr 12
– Quotestudy: When wine sinks words swim Apr 3
– Book dedications & front matter Mar 29
2018
– Fibromyalgia Oct 30
– First responders appreciation Oct 28
– George Elliston’s How Beautiful Oct 5
– Geology Aug 11
– Hummingbirds May 26
– Color of voices Apr 7
– Peacocks Apr 4
2017
– Don’t cry over spilt... Dec 30
– Eating before bed & after-supper ghosts Dec 22
– Dotards Sep 22
– Kleptocracy Aug 1
– Kakistocracy Jun 30
– Light pollution & dark skies Apr 22
– Who is Muriel Strode? REVISED Jan 6
2016
– Interesting pseudonyms Oct 21
– Quotestudy: Peace is not... Oct 13
– Menopause & perimenopause Aug 24
– Premature gray hair Jul 29
– Sudden white hair Jul 29
– Who is James Lendall Basford? Jul 27
– Quotestudy: The pen is mightier... Jul 18
– Casual Friday Jul 15
– Loss of child Jun 30
– Predictions Jun 21
– Grand Canyon Apr 25
– Althea Warren: Librarians must read... Mar 3
– Monk’s cento Feb 27
– Deming’s cento Feb 27
– Geography of self Feb 4
– Thirty days hath September Feb 1
– February 29th Bachelors Day Feb 1
– February 29th leap birthdays Feb 1
– Leap years & leap day Feb 1
– Wanderlust Jan 2
2015
– Gout Nov 7
– Typography & fonts Oct 29
– Handwriting Oct 29
– Monoculous miscellany Oct 6
– Quotestudy: One-eyed man & kingdom of the blind Oct 6
– Afternoon Sep 23
– Quotestudy: Flower of the poets Sep 21
– Smell of books Sep 21
– Louisa May Alcott: She is too fond of books... Sep 1
– Woodworking Aug 25
– Reading in bed Jul 9
– Bookworms, insects Jun 30
– Bookworms, readers Jun 30
– Words rule Feb 22
2014
– Who is Gertrude Tooley Buckingham? Dec 8
– Emily Dickinson, about Oct 27
– Sitting & standing Oct 16
– Zombies, vampires, & monsters Oct 12
– Create your own quote contests archive Oct 11
– Old souls Jul 29
– Redwood trees Jul 17
– Lighthouses Jul 15
– Tangles & knots May 3
– Open windows Mar 27
2013
– Sarcasm Dec 11
– Poetry of cheese Nov 27
– Shaving Oct 2
– Goatees Oct 2
– Beards Oct 2
– Mustaches Oct 2
– Fasting Aug 13
2012
– Heart Jul 17
– Arizona monsoon storms Jul 8
– Typewriters Jun 25
– Quotations about quotations, REVISED Jun 24
– Childlessness Apr 29
– Thunderstorms Mar 18
– Who is Muriel Strode? Jan 12
2011
– Erotic & sexy Sep 9
– Sandwiches Aug 21
– Nuts & seeds Jul 4
– Salads Jun 1
2010
– Quotation marks Sep 24
– Hot cocoa Jan 3
2009
– Pumpkins Nov 8
– Doing hard things Jul 5
– Breakfast Jun 1
– Let Every Day Be Christmas by Norman Brooks May 25
– Poetic license May 14
– Colors Apr 29
– Crayons & coloring Apr 29
– Soul mates Apr 5
– Most superlative words in the English language Mar 22
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