Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
As summer winds down, we’re feeling the drag of “dog days.” Wikipedia says the Greeks and Romans coined that term after Sirius, the “Dog Star” and the brightest star in the …
More Than One to Play
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cloudy and low 50s
A basic fact about games has come clear–most all of them involve more than one person. Other than working puzzles, Solitaire, and certain types of word …
Who’s Playing What?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cloudy and cool
A recent radio snippet about a new book on the game of poker (I didn’t catch the author or title) pointed out the dichotomy in American culture …
Game Time
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cool and Cloudy
Maybe it’s the approach of Thanksgiving and family visits, maybe it’s the new list of Christmas hints for young grandsons, but the time for indoor games has …
Idioms from the Past
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Warm and cloudy
I’ve been waiting for some readers to mention idioms with religious content.
Hebrew poetry in the Bible is very idiomatic. Certainly those in the Jewish faith have …
Mama, Tell Me True
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Mid-60s and Rainy
I’ve been searching children’s books for idioms and trying to discover at what age kids begin to understand that symbolic phrases can add to or give the …
Idiom + Simile = Poetry
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville Office
Weather: Clearing and 60s
One culture I’ve overlooked in thinking about idiom and simile is the Native American. Sharon Creech’s 1995 Newbery Medal winner, Walk Two Moons, is built on the …
The Riches of Idiom and Simile
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville Office
Weather: Cool and leaves falling
Like so many others in this country (and soon to be in 29 more countries), I’m reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Since I lived in …
Comics to Graphics
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville office
Weather: More rain, low 80s
This exploration of the comic world has been an eye-opener for me. Like everything else in publishing these days, the world of comics is changing. Those …
The Real Comics
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville Office
Weather: Still wet and low 80s
Not only have I not been an ardent comic page reader, I’ve rarely read comic books, which were originally a spinoff or reprinting of the …