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Reading and social networking — the LibraryThing

Another addition to social networking involves books and reading and “cataloging”. The LibraryThing “connects you to people who read what you do”, the site advertises. The site has an attractive interface, just as goodreads does. The LibraryThing has an easier-to-find tour and instructions. “LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for book lovers.” “LibraryThing [...]

Emotion’s role in photography – early draft sent by author/photographer Tom Ang

Curious to learn how a well-known photographer and author felt, I pestered Tom Ang about emotion in photography. He kindly responded by email that his next book will cover that “interesting lacuna”, as he terms the subject. He asks that the following be printed in its entirety and credited to him as a draft. (For [...]

Getting inspired

When The New York Times carried a review about David Denby and his book, Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World, I felt inspired to buy his book almost immediately. In the middle of his career as media critic for The New York Times, Denby felt [...]

The essentials: inside and outdoors

“I cannot live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson Perhaps Jefferson would have loved the sight of moose pruning our trees. I’m sure Thoreau would.