Showing posts with label library books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label library books. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

16 September 25

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Happy Birthday, Mom Wilma Wollenweber! To help her celebrate this 96th milestone, she asked me to wear my "library books" tie, whi...
Monday, September 16, 2024

16 September 24

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This is Wilma Wollenweber's official birthday #95! She has always loved this tie covered with books! Happy birthday, Mom!
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

24 August 22

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Around this time in August, 1456, Johannes Gutenberg completed building his "printing press," the first mechanical way to produce ...
Sunday, August 8, 2021

8 August 21

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Jimmy Wales , the founder of Wikipedia , was born in 1966. Due to a quirk in documentation, his birth certificate says 8 August although the...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

8-9 August 19

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Susan Ayer Burberry's birthday is 9 August! She loves books and so she asked me to wear my "library books" tie. We first met S...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

11 July 18

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Today is a special day to think about books and censorship. Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) was born on this date, and some calendars list today ...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

16-17 September 17

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Happy Birthday #88, Wilma Wollenweber! For my tie today, Mom chose my "library books" option, because she loves reading all kinds ...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

5 July 17

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Happy Birthday, Jean Marlow! Her EKU title is Deputy Chief Technology Officer, which means that she tries to keep me and several dozen other...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

23 April 17

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This is "Talk Like Shakespeare Day," honoring 23 April in both 1564 (his birth) and 1616 (his death). There's a Web site at ht...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

24 May 16

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This is Robert Wollenweber's 91st birthday! He has been my wonderful father-in-law for almost 41 years. He chose this tie for today beca...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

8 September 15

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Today is International Literacy Day , sponsored by UNESCO . Find a book (made of paper or megabytes) and celebrate your own literacy! Find a...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

24 August 14

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Around August 24, 1456, Johann Gutenberg completed his original printing press. His invention brought about the modern world of publishing, ...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

4 June 13

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June is " Audio Book Appreciation Month ." I am currently listening to " The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

16 September 12

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For her own 83rd birthday today, Wilma Wollenweber (my mother-in-law) chose my "library shelves" tie. She said I should wear it ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

7 February 12

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My tie-ful of books honors the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. Today also marks the birthday of Dom Helder Camara (1909-1999), a bishop o...
Monday, July 11, 2011

11 July 11

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My "bookshelf" tie honors the birthday of E. B. White (11 July 1899-1 October 1985), writer of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Lit...
Monday, February 7, 2011

07 February 11

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Today marks the birthday of Charles Dickens, Sinclair Lewis, Laura Ingalls Wilder and probably several other famous writers!
Monday, November 1, 2010

01 November 10

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November 1 is celebrated annually as National Authors' Day! I have one book to my credit, a minor classic in Internet citation standards...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

24 August 10

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Johannes Gutenberg completed building his "printing press" around August 24, 1456.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

21 October 09

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October is: National Book Month National Reading Group Month