by Margaret Philbrick | Jun 19, 2025 | Books, Community, Growing Life, Margaret's Musings
It’s impossible how fast babies grow in their first year! We hardly recognize them from the “old” newborn photos. Those scrawny little, needy babes get chunky, become aware and begin to vie for themselves. It’s the same in the life of a book....
by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 23, 2025 | Books, Community, Growing Life, Margaret's Musings
Back in my early Chicago days, I spent hours browsing the shelves of Aspidistra Bookshop on Clark Street. Within those creaky, wooden floors and miles of shelves I found my first collection of Ezra Pound and a gorgeous collection by the Russian poet, Yevtushenko. It...
