My vocabulary is good but not what it once was when I was reading strictly classics. I may not remember the meaning of some words, but almost all I come across are familiar. This was not the case when I read an op-ed piece by Amir Taheri in today’s NY Post. In an article on the Syria controversy, What Obama’s Lost, he used two words with which I was completely unfamiliar: Anfractuous, used to describe Russian diplomacy, defined as sinuous, circuitous; and Tergiversations, used to describe the President’s behavior regarding the matter, defined as equivocation, falsification by vague or ambiguous language. The tone of the piece was a departure from Taheri’s usual hopeful one in his coverage of the Muslim world.
Sign of the times: San Antonio has opened the nation’s first all-digital library, dubbed BiblioTech. It has 10,000 ebooks on file, 600 e-readers, and numerous tablets, desktops and laptops. When one of my customers recently lamented that the library no longer accepted book donations, I said that the system was probably preparing to go all digital down the road. That may be sooner than later.
My thanks to Oana, who conducted an online interview with me. It can be read here:
http://authorsinfo.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=433&Itemid=236
One of the requisites of running the floating book shop is patience. It required even more than usual today. It was drizzling when I left the apartment a few minutes before eleven. Having anticipated playing golf, I hadn't parked in a favorable spot. I drove around the corner, double-parked, and waited for someone to vacate - and waited and waited. Since it sprinkled on and off, I wasn't losing any book-selling time. The moisture was so sparse the ground didn't even get wet. I stood leaning against my car. Fortunately, two of my regulars stopped by to chat to help pass the time. In the distance, north, I saw blue sky. It took its sweet time getting to us. It was two-and-a-half hours before a space opened up. Since it was still drizzling, I decided to take the empties, which had amassed into a considerable pile, to be recycled. The room was closed for repairs. The sun was now shining. I fought the feeling of luck not being on my side, and set up shop. I thank the three buyers who rewarded my patience, especially Herbie, who purchased Nelson DeMille's The Gold Coast despite the fact that half a page is missing.
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