tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post512847085876411474..comments2023-09-28T01:34:07.160-07:00Comments on ZEN MY ASS: Bookshops are closing - (A short story)Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-48804228141750159932017-03-21T12:03:46.669-07:002017-03-21T12:03:46.669-07:00Having just read the handmaidens tale who knows wh...Having just read the handmaidens tale who knows what the future holds.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-55821238508509188892017-02-26T01:09:49.169-08:002017-02-26T01:09:49.169-08:00Education is on the agenda here. Another brick in ...Education is on the agenda here. Another brick in the wall. Should children have to speak the 'official' language (German) in the playground. Political moves are afoot. The return of the Welsh (k)not (the official language English had to be spoken in schools on pain corporal punishment) but not as we know it ? We don't need no edukashun . . . Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-15376976927360241352017-02-25T14:22:03.736-08:002017-02-25T14:22:03.736-08:00... and Rachel, no one needs to re-charge a printe...... and Rachel, no one needs to re-charge a printed, paper-page book, smiles_! Bookmarks vs plug-ins., we hope the bookmarks will win. _mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-91584057313973146582017-02-25T14:11:46.149-08:002017-02-25T14:11:46.149-08:00Ah, the daughter of Ferdinand; the Spider, and the...Ah, the daughter of Ferdinand; the Spider, and the 911. __That little book I spoke about earlier, cost me $2.00 US_! Too, recently, The Lady of The Lake from 1925... but I'll not admit that cost. Smiles!Magyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-31329232525932492772017-02-25T07:31:09.533-08:002017-02-25T07:31:09.533-08:00I see more people reading paperbacks on the train ...I see more people reading paperbacks on the train again. It is almost as if the Kindle has gone full circle and people are returning to books. <br /><br />I think education will eventually change completely and become obsolete as we know it.<br /><br />I love books and maps. <br />Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-66138852783426402212017-02-24T23:54:33.458-08:002017-02-24T23:54:33.458-08:00Magyar, I also love these old books. I just bought...Magyar, I also love these old books. I just bought the 700 page volume of "literature, art and humour" titled Berliner Cocktail (1957) "written for men, read by women" which has a bookmark in it. It's a news clipping dated 10.2.99 about the death of Louise Piech-Porche(94) who founded the Porsche company in Austria in 1947 with her brother. Also there's a pencilled dedictaion to 'Papsi' from an Erich Krüger (1965). The problem I find with old books _ they cause me to sneeze.. . ahh–tshoo! Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-84159775638156696942017-02-24T23:42:34.549-08:002017-02-24T23:42:34.549-08:00Thank you Magyar and Gwil, yes the bookmark is pre...Thank you Magyar and Gwil, yes the bookmark is precious to me. XMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-79458551810560393602017-02-24T14:33:15.306-08:002017-02-24T14:33:15.306-08:00__ I too, Maria, have recently re-read both Animal...__ I too, Maria, have recently re-read both Animal Farm and 1984. What ever happened to Snowball_? Your bookmark, a 'two life' gift!<br />_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-84388316050431168232017-02-24T14:16:30.024-08:002017-02-24T14:16:30.024-08:00__ I like this: >Control will be complete.<
...<br />__ I like this: >Control will be complete.<<br /><br />__ I love old books... a short time ago at an antique shop I bought "The Century Handbook of Writing," its print date, 1932, A gramatic handbook, great.Magyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-58151374570776613712017-02-24T13:14:17.211-08:002017-02-24T13:14:17.211-08:00I think that's a great thing your mother did f...I think that's a great thing your mother did for you. Last I heard the juvenile illiteracy rate here was about 25%. The computer will change the way the human brain works. Sometimes if I pick up a pen or a book I feel like a time traveler from the past. Ciao, Gwilym :) Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-1981936232386524462017-02-24T12:06:51.634-08:002017-02-24T12:06:51.634-08:00I have recently re-read Animal Farm, this time in ...I have recently re-read Animal Farm, this time in English, and I am now re-reading 1984 in Italian. I love and respect books; I don't like earmarking the pages. I have a favourite bookmark that my mum embroidered for me when I was a child to encourage me to read.<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.com