tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post2138256072880340393..comments2024-03-28T23:56:24.570+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: Sabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-8589441727954367292017-09-13T22:11:22.324+02:002017-09-13T22:11:22.324+02:00Of course the earth is a female planet!Of course the earth is a female planet!Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-28100702462852688192017-09-11T12:51:16.928+02:002017-09-11T12:51:16.928+02:00I don't know Lichtenberg. I'm not even sur...I don't know Lichtenberg. I'm not even sure I understand that first one! I have a bunch of unread books lying around too, but every few years I wage a concerted effort to read them all, and usually do pretty well at clearing my stack.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-45466023965932110772017-09-10T16:49:36.714+02:002017-09-10T16:49:36.714+02:00Oh you remind me that I really should start readin...Oh you remind me that I really should start reading books again. I gave it up years ago after a year of a masters program in literature. The only thing I learned was how to dislike reading with intention. Our beautiful earth has always seemed female to me, as Colette says, so fertile and always giving birth. Take care there, Sabine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-23852884645893645912017-09-10T15:26:52.154+02:002017-09-10T15:26:52.154+02:00I have a pile of half-read books I'm hoping to...I have a pile of half-read books I'm hoping to finish over the next couple days - as we will likely lose power here in Orlando. Earth has always seemed female to me simply because she endlessly gives birth. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-87037052203774467012017-09-10T11:13:18.300+02:002017-09-10T11:13:18.300+02:00Lichtenberg ... hmmm. A Hessian for sure. I like t...Lichtenberg ... hmmm. A Hessian for sure. I like the three you've presented here, Sabine. Now I have to ponder a bit on unread books, curvature, and words.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-21021907654671524632017-09-10T08:57:07.331+02:002017-09-10T08:57:07.331+02:00Let me offer my expansion: tsundoku plus an option...Let me offer my expansion: <i>tsundoku</i> plus an optional prefix or suffix, meaning taking comfort in leaving the book unread but nevertheless communicating with it on a sort of personal wi-fi hook-up. Drawing strength from its physical nearness, speculating on its contents, estimating its eventual value. Plus, if it's thought to be "difficult", feeding the literary snobbishness that sustains us all from time to time.<br /><br />Three short aphorisms, forsooth. And "forsooth" may perform a similar function. Scattered about in discussions about modern phenomena, hinting - nay, proclaiming! - that the begetter may have seen a very rare production of Timon of Athens.<br /><br />For we are but the sum of our dictions and contradictions, some we may be proud of, others rather shaming. I have no cat to talk to, instead I gaze at my new computer monitor which has a curved screen. Space-time at either end. The salesman said curved screens weren't worth the money because one quickly becomes unaware of the curvature. But that's surely the point. A curve that may or may not be there.<br /><br />Earth is certainly not a female planet. But I'm forming a group to bring this about. I have faith in women and all my novels' central characters are women: tested then emergent. I mean, consider Marge Simpson.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-4065583291989244782017-09-09T22:38:48.805+02:002017-09-09T22:38:48.805+02:00I am caretaking a sick man, both of us in a sturdy...I am caretaking a sick man, both of us in a sturdy ship, sailing forth, faith held tight in our fists. I am not unhappy with my lot, my love survived, and yet that third aphorism resonates like a gong. Life is complicated, good and bad together, and we pick our way through, carefully placing our feet. Thank you for this piece of a map, Sabine. I send love. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-61694226162799459892017-09-09T22:23:11.184+02:002017-09-09T22:23:11.184+02:00I love that the Japanese have a word for piling up...I love that the Japanese have a word for piling up unread books.<br /><br />And I like the earth is female and she's pissed.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.com