Member: viviennespastimes

"UTOPIA

You think there is no Utopia?
My dear, you're suffering Myopia!
For in this Real World can live
The option to take or to give.
If you give all your money, your fortune might wane,
But in giving your love, you can only gain.
For the Source of Love remains so vast
You can give it all, yet the wealth will last.
When Love is returned, joy has no limit
Only your holding back can dim it.
Your may not hear me, but I must tell
Your create your own Heaven or Hell.
The distance is short, a mere foot apart
The greatest journey from the head to the heart."

- Gurunam Kaur Khalsa

posted by theoldman at 11:57 am (EST) on Feb 19, 2009

Oh I wish I lived next door to you and not on the other side of the world.
Many of my books are in storage, and I had forgotten Ransome, Sayers and numerous others. So many old friends are difficult to find nowadays, and you seem to have many of them on your shelves.

posted by Denise_Tzumli at 4:52 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Neither have I put my Heyer or Rumer Godden in yet. The overlap is going to be quite large, I think. And that's just from the random things that showed.

I've had about twice as long to collect as you have. A number books have wandered into the 'next flea market pile' because I have decided they aren't worth cataloging. On the other hand, even more are now in the 'must reread SOON' pile. If that gets to big I'll have to stop cataloging until I get it back under control.

What I envy you is the chance to get to the Stitching shows in the UK. For several years I was going in October so I could hit the one in Harrogate one week, and then Ally Pally in London the week after. Neither my health or wallet will allow that now. One year my son's school wanted me to head up a project to make a school quilt. I told the Head Mistress that if she was serious she had to order a bunch of cloth (today, as the shop had an order going out that we had to catch) and give me £50 to spend on other materials during my trip next week. Now that was fun! I brought back all sorts of odd beads and buttons and sequins for the kids to play with. I love shopping with someone else's money!

posted by MarthaJeanne at 3:13 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Elizabeth David and CCP - interesting overlap between our libraries. Actually, I found several more when glancing at what you have. I've really only just gotten started on my collection.

I see you knit. That's about the only kind of needlework I don't do. Never could get into it properly.

posted by MarthaJeanne at 1:50 pm (EST) on Mar 2, 2008

Hi! Yes, I thought it was you but just in case it was a random stranger who happened to have both the same name as you and similar book tastes. You know how it is.

posted by woodscolt at 6:04 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2007