tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5971440668683579046..comments2024-03-29T10:10:40.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Old Books from My Library #1: "Amusements for Invalids"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20554795777668588892019-07-22T13:24:11.985-05:002019-07-22T13:24:11.985-05:00Magic has not eluded you, Mr. S. It happens very t...Magic has not eluded you, Mr. S. It happens very time you begin stringing words and sentences together.<br /><br />Forget about the decks of cards, or the stringing of beads. Maybe you can string enough words and sentences together to complete the first chapters of another book. I, for one, would welcome it.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61821883857681373192019-07-22T10:55:01.910-05:002019-07-22T10:55:01.910-05:00It put me in mind of a little poem by that well-kn...It put me in mind of a little poem by that well-known author 'Anonymous.'<br /><br /> "When your light is on all night<br /> You're either reading<br /> Or your dead<br /> Or you're having fun in bed."<br /><br />One alternative is not to be wished for. The suggested 'naughtiness' is unlikely given the physical disability implied by the invalid status. But there's always reading.<br /><br />From the picture of your bookshelf I expected a treatise on your fellow Ohioan.<br /><br />I myself go back to Thurber from time to time to see if he holds up. Mostly he does.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85645140214804759792019-07-22T07:59:08.866-05:002019-07-22T07:59:08.866-05:00Glad that your recovery seems like it's going ...Glad that your recovery seems like it's going well. This post was a pleasant read, as always, although it looks like there was more to the Ebert paragraph.<br /><br />Should you desire other Woodmanesque endeavors after you move beyond invalidity, a <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWoodman%2C+Mary.&qt=hot_author" rel="nofollow">search of WorldCat.org for author Mary Woodman</a> turns up promising titles beyond the British Library holdings, such as "Salads for all year round" and "Practical Hints in War-Time on Saving, Rations, Coupons, Points, Money".<br />kganderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005895232135682751noreply@blogger.com