Posted in decluttering, the beige concept, simple living, books on Jun 6th, 2010 4 Comments »
The local secondhand bookstore doesn’t buy books. “Sorry, I have too many books.” I’m tempted to try and sell them myself, but I won’t. That’s not the point of the June Challenge. I’m happy to donate the books evenly between the local library and Lifeline. On another note, I think it’s insane for a brick […]
Posted in the beige concept, books on Jan 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
Read this book last year while preparing for the final uni assignment. (A book with a title like that must be an example of irony.) The Book is Dead Long Live the Book is an excellent read. So good, in fact, that I will probably get my own copy. In summary, the author, Sherman Young, […]
Posted in the beige concept, god, faith & spirit on Jun 14th, 2008 No Comments »
“Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get round to being the particular poet or the particular monk that they are intended to be by God.” - Thomas Merton.
This is from the chapter on ‘Obedience’ in Finding Sanctuary […]
Posted in the beige concept on May 18th, 2008 5 Comments »
What makes a bookstore a good bookstore? Visiting some over the past few days, it was interesting to note their different approaches. One caters for a niche market, selling only fiction in a couple of genres to what would be a very specific audience. Every book was covered in Contact (!) and the selling […]
Posted in the beige concept on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
“One of the key tests in determining whether you are entitled to an ABN is whether the activity you are conducting is an enterprise. An enterprise is an activity, or a series of activities, done:
In the form of a business; or
In the form of an adventure or concern in the nature of trade.”
Huh? In the […]
Posted in the beige concept on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
A colleague sent this from the website Keep Calm. [Artist] Jillian Ditner has produced a series of three stunning screen prints titled “Out of Circulation“. This collection of prints capture the contemplative experience of the library. Jillian has created an edition of quiet moments from an area known for its wealth of knowledge. The […]
Posted in the beige concept, books on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
At the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune, India, the library’s 150,000 volumes “are sorted according to size and color”, say the collection’s curators, “and placed on the shelves in an arrangement that suggests ocean waves. The effect is organic and natural, with no solid blocks of color or size to grab the eye and weigh […]