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

I Need a Grant Writer!!

If you or someone you know qualifies as a grant writer, please get in touch with me. I need someone to write up some proposals for me as I would like to think I qualify for something. Do I have any qualms about publicly announcing this need? None, whatsoever!

There is no happiness in having and getting,
but only in giving.
Half the world is on the wrong scent
in the pursuit of happiness.
F.W. Gunsaulus


There is a time to be born,
and a time to die, says Solomon,
and it is the memento of a truly wise man;
but there is an interval between
these two times of infinite importance.
-Richmond
Leaves of Gold

The New Urban Cowboy

http://newurbancowboy.com/goldenapples/for-languages/nuc-english-video.htm
The New Urban Cowboy: Towards a New Pedestrianism
This post has nothing to do with books or horses or the bookstore. It has to do with a documentary I saw last October at The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. It has stuck with me for so long and I swear, I probably think about it once a day. Very worth watching if you get the chance. The basic idea is so great, but the documentary is even more great. Truly Amazing, actually.
Michael E. Arth's idea is that eventually, in this country, we are going to have to figure out how to be a less car-centered society, as a whole, not just a few pockets of folks. An example of one of his main ideas is to turn neighborhoods around, literally. Instead of front yards facing roads and parked cars, the would face into the alleys and towards other people. Kids could walk up and down the alleys safely and grocery stores would be within walking distance. In fact, everything is within walking distance. The alleys basically become the roads, but for people. It may sound simplistic, but it is an amazing documentary.
Have had three customers in three days.Getting a lot of reading done! Winter is so cool.
Stay Warm!

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? - Henry Ward Beecher

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful,
ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
-Gaston Bachelard



Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested:
that is, some books are to be read only in parts,
others to be read, but not curiously, and some few
to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
~ Francis Bacon



You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them.
~ Ray Bradbury ~

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