tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post2009361249747407816..comments2023-05-16T04:18:29.455-06:00Comments on ♪♫•*¨*Letter Out*¨*•♫♪: Feels Like Sunday, but Isn'tBlondi Blathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-70107508356725029342015-12-22T10:11:55.362-06:002015-12-22T10:11:55.362-06:00Same to you, Teresa!Same to you, Teresa!Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-31884521539134585802015-12-22T09:59:28.553-06:002015-12-22T09:59:28.553-06:00I hope you are feeling better. You reminded me tha...I hope you are feeling better. You reminded me that I need to purge some of my books. Best wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913730942861873965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-59506335587094020922015-12-22T00:55:18.024-06:002015-12-22T00:55:18.024-06:00Books are like pets. We're supposed to provide...Books are like pets. We're supposed to provide "forever" homes! Eh?Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-33598967248258056902015-12-22T00:37:43.114-06:002015-12-22T00:37:43.114-06:00"and at other times joy that they'd been ..."and at other times joy that they'd been in my life."<br /><br />I'll remind myself of this; maybe it will help.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-61634926038048578912015-12-22T00:16:40.135-06:002015-12-22T00:16:40.135-06:00Every time I've moved, which has been numerous...Every time I've moved, which has been numerous times, I haul a box or two of books off to a 2nd hand store but it's like twisting my arm off and it takes me forever to decide what will go and what will move with me.Lou to Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418036379869710256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-42985373989460019772015-12-21T19:30:11.250-06:002015-12-21T19:30:11.250-06:00Books don't need to be read to be worth keepin...Books don't need to be read to be worth keeping, do they? I'm just in a paring-down phase, and trying to let go of the past. Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-54420415820995102072015-12-21T19:14:56.203-06:002015-12-21T19:14:56.203-06:00Got boxes and cabinets of old books here that I ha...Got boxes and cabinets of old books here that I have never read and likely never will. But I'm keeping them, just in case. I've got space and the next generation might have less trouble disposing of them than I will. Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-84961740334998173942015-12-21T18:59:30.580-06:002015-12-21T18:59:30.580-06:00I know, I often wake up thinking of my mum and gra...I know, I often wake up thinking of my mum and granny and I find the grief overwhelming and at other times joy that they'd been in my life. We don't "do" Christmas and haven't for years but we exchange some small gifts on Solstice. Christmas can be such a racket. Simple is best. <br /><br />You sound better. <br /><br />And books, so very glad we now have our local library and another one 50k away and Books By Mail, how I love that!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-24008149143073384862015-12-21T14:45:45.014-06:002015-12-21T14:45:45.014-06:00Everett is 23 and occasionally I still say, "...Everett is 23 and occasionally I still say, "Because I"m your mother, that's why!" <br /><br />I have managed to set aside some 50 books while only keeping two to look through again, and one or two my nieces might find of interest. Everything's so easily available online now, or from the library, that if ever I want them again I know I can get them without much delay. Still, it's hard to part with them. Old friends, indeed.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383683834534759163.post-3261636260811141802015-12-21T12:09:58.875-06:002015-12-21T12:09:58.875-06:00Every year one of our kids will "cancel Chris...Every year one of our kids will "cancel Christmas". Every year I ignore them and do whatever I want, which is to give them gifts. All that work bringing them up, I have earned the right to un-cancel Christmas!<br /><br />I admire your determination! We have four seven foot high bookcases full of books, two rows deep on each shelf. I can't part with any of them! Old friends. I have read some of them again, and amazingly, having waited more than 30 years to do so, they seem fresh to me. I loved them the first time, and I love them the second time (or third , or fourth...)<br /><br />I have some text books that I am willing to part with though, actually hundreds of them. That is on my list, out with the text books which I will never read again... and three filing cabinets full of my academic research and publications that no one on earth cares about anymore.Maggie Turnerhttp://www.maggieturner.netnoreply@blogger.com