Books I Bought at Bojo's

What? I was going to sketch at Bojo's Antique Mall with Memphis Urban Sketchers without buying anything?

1. Check out this little gem:


















































2. This could be educational!

























Also, it has pictures.



















3. I might not have bought this if I hadn't just finished reading At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. This book was probably quoted in it. Also, I love looking at other people's houses, and as I've said, I like books with pictures.

Reading Begets Reading

Books that reading At Mrs. Lippincote's made me want to read:

1. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
2. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (again)
4. books by Elizabeth Taylor that I haven't read yet
   

My Favorite Quotes from the Book I Just Read

At Mrs. Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor (the writer not the actress)

• "She realized that now, having no life of her own, all she could hope for would be a bit of Roddy's, what he might have left over and could spare."
• "If an artist painted a sky like that people would say he exaggerated." (I have said that before.)
• "It makes very little difference to me. I am a parasite. I follow my man round like a piece of luggage or part of a traveling harem. He is under contract to provide for me, but where he does so is for him to decide." (She supposedly "kidding" but we all know she's not. Including her husband.)

A Few Things Discussed at Last Night's Bookclub

1. an absence of gallbladders
2. acceptable crying at work
3. green tea
4. how clean we are
5. cat poses
6. gravy boats
7. good hair
8. being board
9. the book, At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Top Four Songs Called "Closing Time"

1. Tom Waits, "Closing Time"
2. Lyle Lovett, "Closing Time"
3. Leonard Cohen, "Closing Time"
4. Semisonic, "Closing Time" (aaahh, the 90's)
   

A Few Things I Need to Add to My Life

1. More pattern in my wardrobe, as today I can't help but notice I'm wearing The World's Most Boring Outfit.


2. More music, because I've gotten into a bad habit of listening to nothing or to the same things over and over.


3. Less clutter. Adding less of something makes total sense to me.


4. More fruits and vegetables.
   
5. Daily art-making.

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