Avocado Heights June 16th. On the plane. As we reached cruising speed, the flight attendants walked through the cabin spraying pesticides, to fumigate the cabin. My phone is off, and I neglected to purchase a watch, as I thought I might do before departure, so I have little idea of the time, but we are more than […]
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Almost There.
21-Jun-15The End of Books.
29-Nov-08“How much, thought I, has each of these volumes, now thrust aside with such indifference, cost some aching head – how many weary days! how many sleepless nights! How have their authors buried themselves in the solitude of cells and cloisters; shut themselves up from the face of man, and the still more blessed […]
The End of Books II: The Greenwich Expedition.
04-Dec-08Kūdligi After my previous book expedition, I still had seven boxes of books which had been purged from the Richmond Hill collection. These were the dregs of the dregs – the kind of books that are required in college courses, cost a great deal of money, are turned into new editions in a few years, […]