Today is Festival of Sleep Day. Hamlet quotes “to sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there’s the rub…” There is a rub, one for the fact that Hamlet is talking about death and suicide-not sleeping and dreaming, and two, I had a consultation this morning about a CPAP machine to help me sleep better “perchance to dream”, andContinue reading “January 3 zzzzzz”
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January 2 ‘we are not alone’
Today is National Science Fiction day so I thought a few “out of this world books” would be appropriate to display. The first is “The Day of the Triffids” by John Wyndham, 1951. It is a wonderful book about Triffids, venomous, moving plants that are killing humans (as well as being harvested by humans). Were they DNA-edContinue reading “January 2 ‘we are not alone’”
January 1 ‘happy birthday’
Today, we have three January 1 birthdays, and three volumes from Landmark Books. I remember Landmark Books series from the library at Westfield junior high school in Winthrop Harbor. I enjoy collecting these books, not only for the stories, but for the interesting book jackets. While one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, these book jacketsContinue reading “January 1 ‘happy birthday’”
Welcome to my library
This is a bookstand, standing entrance when you walk into my library. My brother-in-law Phil crafted it out of black walnut and ash. There are 5 adjustable shelves to hold books. It can swivel around on its rotating base. Currently, it is holding the book ” Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, a Photographic Portrait” by Robert C Lautman, 1997. I boughtContinue reading “Welcome to my library”
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