[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Twofer

  • From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:03:56 +0900

The second one is a keeper. Love that tortoise.

John

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On 2012/04/09, at 3:12, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Two different understandings of piled books:
> in one, innocents slide sideways on top of verticals, 
> with a kind of mosh pit vibe, 
> surfing their way to my attention.
> Too noisy.
> In the other tranquility abounds, 
> cairns and gardens come to mind,
> small stands dotting the floor, 
> waiting for time and sun to arrive.
> I am the gardener of my study; I am a listener in the glom.
> 
> 
> 
> One aid to teaching is having a fund of examples, a storehouse to raid when 
> say you're explaining how hard a problem motive is in history. This week I 
> added to that fund when a friend said he thought he might stop renting, buy a 
> house because his tor-
> toise needed a garden
> in which to run.
> 
> David Ritchie,
> Portland, 
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