I see that today is Merriam-Webster’s birthday. I have vivid memories of the second edition of that dictionary. Throughout my childhood my family was on the move, my father either slipping out of town ahead of trouble, or toward some imagined better place, we never lived anywhere for two years running, I never attended a school two years in a row. But among the very few constants was that in every town there was a library. I lived in libraries.... Read more