The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an "Antilibrary"
When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you'll get around to reading it. But perhaps there are other, even more important considerations, such as the intellectual value of the book in its still-unread state.
“Our task must be to free ourselves … by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Remembering Einstein, who died on this day in 1955 https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/28/einstein-circles-of-compassion/
Just finished reading The Starless Sea, the sophomore offering from writer extraordinaire Erin Morgenstern. It is an amazing tale woven out of wonder and dreams, what ifs and maybe we coulds. I remember feeling this same sense of wanting to remain in the story after reading The Night Circus too. What an incredibly talented storyteller she is!
Quote of the day from Suleika Jaouad’s Isolation Journals email of this date: “The goal is not just to survive but to live.”
May we all find ways to live and even, to thrive this week.
Help Find This Missing Girl in Saddle Lake, Alberta - Chantelle Harmony Quinney, 12 - #SaddleLake #Alberta #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada
The St. Paul RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in helping locate missing 12 year old, Chantelle Harmony Quinney.
Chantelle was last seen on February 8, 2023 in Saddle Lake, AB....
More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/58844-2/
I started reading Stephen King's Fairy Tale this week and now am spending my workday counting down the hours 'til I can pick it up and continue the adventure. I'm a late arrival to King's writing but am beginning to understand his longstanding popularity. I am utterly entranced at just barely 100 pages in!
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