It's snowing. On 18 Apr.

I can’t believe it. We skated today: I blew my knee carrying rock up steps with no knee brace, and have been off the ice for a week. Today I wrapped up really well and went out, but I can’t wear the shoes I did the damage in, and now the ones I picked as a...

It’s snowing. On 18 Apr.

I can’t believe it. We skated today: I blew my knee carrying rock up steps with no knee brace, and have been off the ice for a week. Today I wrapped up really well and went out, but I can’t wear the shoes I did the damage in, and now the ones I picked as a...

We're making some price changes due to shipping…

We’ve been relying on people overseas doing contributions on the honor system to cover extra postage, but, whoa, all of a sudden we got hit by people doing purchases from overseas with no postage. Well, I don’t blame them, and we will honor the offering,...

We’re making some price changes due to shipping…

We’ve been relying on people overseas doing contributions on the honor system to cover extra postage, but, whoa, all of a sudden we got hit by people doing purchases from overseas with no postage. Well, I don’t blame them, and we will honor the offering,...

The bookplates button is now live.

By ‘personalizations, we mean tell us who to sign it to. You can order as many as you like. You can order them for your friends and relations. They are stiff (as peel-and-stick labels are) and might do well stuck to the inside cover so they don’t obscure...

Now offering signed bookplates

This was suggested by a conversation with an overseas reader: mailing whole books about to get signatures or trying to get signed books by one means or another can be a hassle and very, very expensive, besides risky to your books. If you’d like a nice little...

Renji nearly buys the farm….

To anyone silly enough to believe that critters below ‘mammal’ do not have individual traits and personality…I offer you…a fish. Renji. When they were only minnows, and all 12 fit under one rock in the pond, they were different. One...

about endangered languages

I rarely do this, but this is a cause dear to my heart. And Bren would approve. This is for real—an attempt to save languages around this planet from extinction. In historical memory, for various cultures, the sun has gone down on various languages forever,...

Nice visit with Jane's cousins…

We went out to Anthony’s, which has a panoramic view of Spokane Falls, right in the heart of town: a white water river with a short but turbulent falls, and a walkway across the water—we didn’t take it this evening, but the water hitting the rock to...