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01/05/2024

Five years ago today, the Dougherty and McQuary families lost Nancy Elizabeth McQuary Dougherty (left in photo) to leukemia after a struggle of two-plus years. She fought it hard. We miss her every day. (Thanks to her good friend Jaquita for the picture from the late 1980s.)

06/05/2018

This says a lot ...

Buffett tells people to read 500 pages a day.

05/18/2018

'Tis true, when you really think about it.

11/27/2017

What a wonderful world ...

05/18/2017

An experience ...

01/15/2017

U.S. Rep. John Lewis' return to the news has brought this speech back to the surface. Considering Lewis' origins, it is likely to touch anyone who loves books.

16 November 2016, New York City, New York, USA Thank you, thank you. This is unreal. This is unbelievable … some of you know I grew up in rural Alabama, very poor, very few books in our home. I remember in 1956, when I was 16 years old, with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, going down to...

09/14/2016

Interesting slant on disappearing American slang: http://tinyurl.com/jte8mb4

Won’t you consider adopting a word or two?

08/12/2016

http://www.powells.com/post/original-essays/heres-where-were-heading-with-the-book-cover

09/09/2015

A great plan ... it may not have been intentional on the part of my mother (Shelby Moore Dougherty), but that's what she did for me. That sentiment was taught to her by my grandfather (Aaron Andrew Moore). — Mike Dougherty

Agreed!

09/16/2014

Interesting outlook ... If time is now more valuable, should we keep track of what we read?

I used to scoff at the idea of keeping a book journal. What was the point? I used to think. I’ll read the books I read, hell, when I was younger I would devour them, spine and all, pick my … Continued

02/13/2014

We support the printed word in all its forms: newspapers, magazines, and of course books. We think reading on computers or phones or whatever is fine, but it cannot replace the experience of reading words printed on paper. We pledge to continue reading the printed word in the digital era and beyond.