December 29, 2005
Only a die-hard bibliophile would own a book with a title like
A Brief Illustrated History of the Bookshelf
What fun to see the many ways that bibliophiles through the ages have stored their treasures!
Here are a couple of my favorite quotes:
I have heard people complain innumerable times that they have no [...]
December 28, 2005
A couple of years ago one of my Mastermind teammates challenged me to answer these three questions:
* What would I be doing if nothing stood in my way?
* What stands in my way?
* What do I need to do to achieve my goals?
I resisted it, put it off, said I didn’t [...]
December 21, 2005
Which comes first—the wardrobe or the magician?
C. S. Lewis published one Narnia book a year from 1950-1956, in this order:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician’s Nephew
The Last Battle
At some point, Lewis allegedly told someone that the books should [...]
December 8, 2005
What bliss to relax in front of a roaring fire with Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader!
I recently met a major deadline for a book of my own, so I celebrated by lounging in the recliner for an hour or so with this delightful book.
Recipes are evenly interspersed with related passages [...]
