tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post458427513776422411..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Bookish ThoughtsP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-74118595413910709292010-01-11T13:47:22.099-08:002010-01-11T13:47:22.099-08:00Karen, it is sad about Shaman Drum closing, but I ...Karen, it is sad about Shaman Drum closing, but I am so flattered by your putting me in company with that store and City Lights that I can't wipe the big smile off my face. <br /><br />Here in Joliet, Illinois, where we are visiting my mom for a couple of days, I found a new-and-used bookstore that has been around for over 30 years. Took some pictures, bought a couple books, and will post a story on my blog sometime in the days ahead.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-33115626965534847642010-01-11T06:53:06.778-08:002010-01-11T06:53:06.778-08:00VERY sad news re Shaman Drum, one of my all-time f...VERY sad news re Shaman Drum, one of my all-time favorite bookstores, along with City Lights and Dog Ears. <br /><br />Love the quote--a pentimento of language.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038437615680439554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-75601930137513745872010-01-08T16:41:06.044-08:002010-01-08T16:41:06.044-08:00Now there are services that will capture an entire...Now there are services that will capture an entire blog and create an editable file that the blogger can fuss with before the file is printed as a - ta-dah! - book. On the other hand, if even mummies can be burned for fuel, I expect that no matter what I do with my pixels they will one day vanish. And, um, when they do, I may well be past caring. But today, I am frisky and your post is absorbing and I hope you'll keep writing them for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-29181916876863840172010-01-08T16:07:23.425-08:002010-01-08T16:07:23.425-08:00First, thanks to both of you on the congratulation...First, thanks to both of you on the congratulations, though I now realize I slightly jumped the gun. I had written the post and scheduled it to upload automatically later in the day and didn't realize it was already counted, because scheduled, in the 599 number. So next one will be 600th for real.<br /><br />There were so many beautiful paragraphs I could have quoted from "Growth Rings." I urge everyone to get their hands on the Fall 2009 MQR and read that piece. <br /><br />Burning mummies???!!! dmarks, you are a wealth of astounding facts! We did have friends who did a Peace Corps stint in one of the -stans, a very rugged and rural place, and the wife told us about burning her last paperback book one page at a time while waiting for her husband to return, presumably with fuel for the fire.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-80170473113733870572010-01-08T15:53:09.087-08:002010-01-08T15:53:09.087-08:00Happy Milestone.
At this time, I have large numbe...Happy Milestone.<br /><br />At this time, I have large numbers of extexts AND paper books.<br /><br />The book-burning-for-warmth thing sounds surreal. It reminds me of something I read about the railways in Egypt in the 19th century. Apparently mummies were so ubiquitous that they were burned to power steam locomotives.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-84926395138079438112010-01-08T14:42:22.261-08:002010-01-08T14:42:22.261-08:00I read some time ago that Picasso burnt some of hi...I read some time ago that Picasso burnt some of his canvases in his early days, to keep warm!<br /><br />It is unusually cold for us here in the UK - we are not used to it!<br /><br />The Busch quote is beautiful - I would like to read his whole piece.<br /><br />Congratulations on your 600th post! I look forward to many more.Phoenix C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13852678924557075302noreply@blogger.com