Member: vivienne_colquhoun

"There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a rainstorm, and before a rainstorm, and these are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. It is a soundless echo."
-- Beryl Markham

posted by theoldman at 8:35 am (EST) on Oct 14, 2009

Hi, I just joined this site. I noticed that you're interested in parenting books. Have you read The Ultimate Guide for Stay at Home Parents? Here's a link: http://www.ulitmateparents.blogspot.com

posted by RobertKoger123 at 10:13 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2009

Hi Viv,
I am crazy about it too. I wish there was the same thing for cd's annd dvd's. I love looking at other people's libraries and seeing what they have.
Connie

posted by looks4hawks at 7:20 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2008