Harumph.

Cute picture, I thought. Lovely weather we are having here in Memphis. Too hot for a sweater one day, not enough sweaters to stay warm the next. Harumph. Perfect time to read, I would say; although when isn't the perfect time to shut it all out, "escape from the world", as they say at the spas, and read, read, read!
I have been learning about:
* Modern French painters, because I always wondered about them.
*The Ancient Greeks and Greece - very interesting.
*Communism - ugh.
*Monty Python
I have learned a little about these and nine million other things, as I tend to plop down and read whenever I can, which, of course, explains the dust gathered in the store. I know a little about a lot, you could say. You know more, I am sure. Come in and we'll chat about it!
I think, if there are no copyright infringements, I would love for this little mouse guy to be the bookstore symbol. He has struck my fancy. His name is...

First Ever Poetry Night!! Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7 p.m.

A poem begins with a lump in the throat.
		Robert Frost

Yay! The first ever Poetry Night at The English Major Bookstore - I am really excited. This night will include poetry, poetry and more poetry. Is it Open Mike? Yes. Will there actually be a mike? No. I love poetry and I write a little, but I am thinking this Poetry Night might include whatever poetry you want to share, be it yours, others, your favorite poem, perhaps?
I would love it if you could RSVP if you plan on coming as this is the first happening of it's kind at the store and as you may or may not know, the store is not huge. I think I can swing quite a few seats, but not tons. I am a sober person, but figure alcohol would be okay - BYOB sound good?
Yay! I am excited. The store closes at 6, so if we want to start at about 7 or so and go till whenever. Well, maybe not whenever, but until we know longer feel the urge!

Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if copied out of some invisible tablet in the Eternal mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rainer Maria Rilke

If your daily life seems poor,
do not blame it; blame yourself
that you are not poet enough
to call forth its riches;
for the Creator, there is no poverty.
-Rainer Maria Rilke




Let life happen to you.
Believe me: life is in the right,
always.
-Rainer Maria Rilke