Bookish

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Abe Idling

“The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.”

—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th U.S. president and voracious reader

 




• Editorial Comment: Yup, that’s a good friend.

• Related: Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
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War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/ernie_pyle.html#Esc6vQCFKMUK3V3K.

PeezPix by Ted Pease 

Pastels on the Plaza











Original PeezPix for sale. ted.pease@gmail.com 

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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, and Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. ted.pease@gmail.com. (Be)Friend Dr. Ted, Professor of Interesting Stuff

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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