What’s On Your Bookshelf? – Part II
Okay, so you splurged on a library wall of gorgeous antique bookcases that transformed your den, giving it a touch of old world charm. Perhaps an Italian Renaissance-inspired design, made of solid wood in a dark chestnut finish, enriched with antiquing wax and gold painted border highlights. Some are open shelves and some covered by [...]
Coffee Table Books: Feasts for the Eyes
They’re big. They’re heavy. And, for the most part, they’re gorgeous. They touch on a broad gamut of subjects, making any subject grand. Ralph Waldo Emerson (in his poem, The Rhodora) wrote, “Beauty is its own excuse for being.” That pretty much sums up my feeling about coffee table books. These books are their own [...]
Short and Sweet
I recently listened to an abridged version of Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything. It came on five CDs with a run time of just under six hours. The full version is three times that size, which makes sense since the printed book is 560 pages long. I try to read or listen [...]
Map Quest
When there is enough of anything, a cluster pattern will appear. This is the case even if the anything is randomly distributed. Cows, clouds and coffee drinkers cluster or clump, depending on how many there are and how wet it is. So do books. Dewey knew this and figured there was a future for his [...]
