Katherine's Book Backyard

Live Science I was reading an article from the Live Science blog about how global warming is threatening the Emperor Penguin. The stor...

Every so often I think about how lucky we are that we have the wisdom of the ages at our fingertips. when I was a kid, my parents bought u...

I like words, the more obscure the better. In fact, I have been accused of being a "word snoot." Lately I've been running ac...

Courtesy of Graphican.com You may remember that during the run-up to election 2012, Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of using "sill...

I used to call my local reference librarian so often, she knew me by name. I sent her candy at Christmas as a token of my appreciation. She...