Why? Why do I go through cycles of forgetting the library? I stopped by today to donate old magazines to the give-away basket and came out with amazing riches. The reading pile by my chair is teetering dangerously, but here’s what’s at the top of the stack:
Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession by Ann Rice
Flip! How to Turn Everything You Know on its Head –and Succeed Beyond Your Wildest Imaginings by Peter Sheahan
Discovering the Enneagram: An Ancient Tool for a New Spiritual Journey by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert
Talent is Never Enough by John Maxwell
What Not To Wear by Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine (I do enjoy these prescriptive tomes, if only for the delight of reading orders, then doing exactly as I please!)
And from the discard shelf, I bought:
Listen! The Wind by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (slipcased, like new, 50 cents)
Diary of a Left-Handed Bird Watcher by Leonard Nathan
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (nice trade paperback to replace ratty one I already own, 25 cents)
The Young Visitors by Daisy Ashford (Preface by JM Barrie, copyright 1919, Ashford was purportedly 9 years old when she wrote this, and it started out quite amusingly)
The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business–Letters to a Young Zentrepreneur by Mel Ziegler, Bill Rosenzwieg, Patricia Ziegler
There are more, but I haven’t time to list them. I need to get outside and read a bit in the waning rays of the sun.
Imagine that, though…nourishment for mind, spirit, soul, and body– all for less than a boutique cup of coffee. Not that I’d refuse the coffee. But the library has FREE BOOKS! Why do I keep forgetting that? Go to the library, people. It’s where the smart stuff is!
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Literary agent Rachelle Gardner writes one of my favorite blogs, and her post this week is spot on. In 
Here’s an interesting project that will generate ample material for the next 
Perhaps a copy of Strunk & White’s venerable guide, The Elements of Style, would be a good prize for this project. I was reminded of S&W’s pithy counsel as I read through some of the entries. Rules such as “the number of the subject determines the number of the verb” (Elementary Rule of Usage #9) have lost none of their validity with the passage of time or the change in media. This simple little manual would be a supremely fitting award (and I’d be happy to donate a copy to the cause).
Core Practices can help you become a Lucky Freelancer!
Khama has had guests such as Marci Shimoff and Marie Diamond of The Secret, Lynnette Lewis (Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos) and Joe Gigantino (Silicon valley start-up guru and owner of www.workout.com) on the show, and future scheduled guests include Loral Langemier (financial expert on the “Dr. Phil Show” and the author of many books on wealth and investment) and Ariane de Bonvoisin, bestselling author of The First 30 Days. I’m delighted to be in such interesting company!
The question reminded me of the story that Stephen Covey tells in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (a book I recommend for entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to lead a more effective life) of the man who scaled a difficult wall, only to discover at the top that he’d been climbing the wrong wall. My correspondent didn’t need to know how to find more hours in his day, he needed to learn how to more effectively use the hours he had.
Hark, hearer, hear what I do; lend a thought now, make believe