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why we read to children

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 wally metts1 Comment

Reading to children is a relational thing. It is what laps were made for.

Posted in books, culture, familyTagged books, children, l'engle, Meghan Gurdon, virtue

santa claus is coming to town

August 17, 2012 wally metts1 Comment

The Santa Papers is my effort to tell his story. In this “unauthorized autobiography” Nicholas tell how he became Santa. And how he feels about that.

Posted in books, celebrationTagged books, discount, fiction, santa, st nicholas day, St. Nicholas, writing

read more, write more

September 23, 2011October 9, 2011 wally metts12 Comments

Facebook updates are not the key to your future or your success. What you need is more long form reading in an age of Twitter.

Posted in books, communication, culture, educationTagged aristotle, books, classics, facebook, genderlect, reading, Tannen, tozer, writing

clean, well-lighted prose

July 9, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

You can see what Hemingway wanted but never had: a clean, well-lighted place where the shadows are held at bay. Add an unhurried and sympathetic waiter and perhaps your nothingness will disappear.

Posted in books, commentaryTagged books, depression, for whom the bell tolls, Hemingway, old man and the sea, son also rises, style, suicide, writing

of plastic and pixels

August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 wally metts3 Comments

I can download a new book in 60 seconds, without driving to the bookstore. I’ve seen the handwriting on the wall, or at least the typeface on the screen. And it looks and feels better than ever.

Posted in books, commentary, cultureTagged books, ebook, ipad, kindle, technology

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