Comments on GUYANA: A little update: the book cupboard event.

Caro, please don't mind while I laugh....sorry...b...

2008-07-09T16:29:00.000-04:00

Caro, please don't mind while I laugh....sorry...but you're as bad as I am...you like to organise, don't you?

I tried that - labelling the shelves... but it did...

2008-07-09T09:59:00.000-04:00

I tried that - labelling the shelves... but it didn't help me!

And this last time I cleaned it out I took photos but then discovered I'd set my camera all wrong so they weren't readable...

Jdid, you come back. You okay? Ow, me proper hope ...

2008-07-09T06:32:00.000-04:00

Jdid, you come back. You okay? Ow, me proper hope you okay. Yes, that was one day's work, cleaning and packing that book cupboard.

Caro, I'm embarrassed to tell you. I labeled the shelves. [sheepish grin].

cuhdear, that sound like a full days work packing ...

2008-07-07T15:34:00.000-04:00

cuhdear, that sound like a full days work packing back them books

I like the look of things all clean and organised....

2008-07-07T08:50:00.000-04:00

I like the look of things all clean and organised... its the doing that doesn't always happen with me...

Your book cupboard sounds like a book tomb - how on earth do you know where to look for all the books behind the front ones?

I do this too, though only 2 deep - no middle - and often can't find the books I've so cleverly put behind... so do tell.. what's your secret for finding them again?

Exotic Gyal, as long as the fbi guys are cute :-D ...

2008-07-07T06:50:00.000-04:00

Exotic Gyal, as long as the fbi guys are cute :-D My mother went through a phase where she thought she had to give us senna. And Scot's Emulsion. And Marmite with hot water. She stopped after we kept throwing it down the sink.

I'm still thinking of how to write the thing about the letter!

Today is a holiday. I might watch Om Shanti Om the movie.

GGMaybe the fbi is after me Ha,Ha,Ha.No, my grandm...

2008-07-06T20:16:00.000-04:00

GG
Maybe the fbi is after me Ha,Ha,Ha.
No, my grandmother did not drink that stuff but she gave it to us when we were kids, along with castor oil, sienna tea and epsom salts to clean out the body. Do you remember school holidays having to go thru that torture??

BTW: WHAT IS IN THE LETTER?
Exotic Gyal

Louis, bless you, that cracked me up, my book tran...

2008-07-06T19:54:00.000-04:00

Louis, bless you, that cracked me up, my book translated into Chinese, ohhh, I only wish. Wow, you must've read my mind today, I had a nap and I feel 100% better! You must've read my mind again, today I was wondering how you're doing, and here you are.

A good remedy for tiredness is sleep.Thou shalt th...

2008-07-06T18:19:00.000-04:00

A good remedy for tiredness is sleep.
Thou shalt throw away old stuff to make room for new stuff.
Let me guess the content of the letter: it says your novel is going to be translated into Chinese.

Hayden, the wood here is tough, nail can't go thro...

2008-07-06T05:43:00.000-04:00

Hayden, the wood here is tough, nail can't go through some of them, like omara wood [or bullet wood], and purple heart. I wish we would stop cutting down those trees though! [I'm thinking about what I want to say about the letter].

Olivia, I'm waiting to see how long your resolution to not buy books will last hehehe. There are some books I can't give away! Like Anais Nin's journals, Volume Six. And Drumblair by Rachel Manley. And a few others. Books I dip into now and then. I keep books that were given as gifts too.

Stephen, book binge. That's exactly what we suffer from here too. But now, when I read a book that I've bought, if it's not one that I will dip into again, I give it away.

GG! Stop teasing and tell us about the letter!You...

2008-07-05T21:27:00.000-04:00

GG! Stop teasing and tell us about the letter!

You have STRONG shelves. I tried doing multiple rows on mine while I was moving and painting things, and the whole durned thing collapsed!

Three levels of books on 12 shelves, that's as lar...

2008-07-05T15:59:00.000-04:00

Three levels of books on 12 shelves, that's as large as my old library which I had to give away.

I am determined not to buy a single book here in NY...*ahem*...

I have to give in and join a library... :(

I try to keep them (books) to a minumum, but it's ...

2008-07-05T10:44:00.000-04:00

I try to keep them (books) to a minumum, but it's difficult. I've been good lately, but I'm prone to book binges. :)

Cadiz, I gave away some too. And there's more to g...

2008-07-05T05:49:00.000-04:00

Cadiz, I gave away some too. And there's more to go. Did you read A Suitable Boy? Can you believe this, I was not happy when it ended. [I wasn't happy with the ending either.]

Anonymous, it is not your room, you left and got married. It is MINE. All MINE hahAhahHAHAhaha. I have the keys :-D

man, that's a lot of books (and i KNOW that A Suit...

2008-07-04T23:48:00.000-04:00

man, that's a lot of books (and i KNOW that A Suitable Boy is a monster!)

a few months back I grabbed three bags full of books and handed them out at a reunion brunch. Such a weight (literally) i felt rid of!

hehe...it taller dan u mooma...hahaha..me no dat b...

2008-07-04T20:27:00.000-04:00

hehe...it taller dan u mooma...hahaha..me no dat bookcase...is me room get paint...heheheheee....

Ha. I think I prefer being tired, john. g. How did...

2008-07-04T12:51:00.000-04:00

Ha. I think I prefer being tired, john. g. How did Sunday go?

That sauce of your Mums is a cure for tiredness!!

2008-07-04T10:53:00.000-04:00

That sauce of your Mums is a cure for tiredness!!

Zoe, you need a book shed.Sorry. I couldn't resist...

2008-07-04T07:31:00.000-04:00

Zoe, you need a book shed.

Sorry.

I couldn't resist that one.

tee hee.

As for the letter...it made me discover *stuff*...

Pat, it was raspberries but still weird. I will so...

2008-07-04T07:29:00.000-04:00

Pat, it was raspberries but still weird. I will soon write about it. As for cleaning, I'm one of those odd folks who RELISH the results of cleaning. I've gazed at the newly cleaned cupboard several times a day so far. You're right to divide up where the books go!

Shrimpy, it is, I was thinking the same. It's a sign. Though I can't read it :-D

Hello Stolid Charisma, welcome. It sure is a lot of books, and that's not counting those in my bedroom.

Charmaine, aiyee, imagine keeping old car manuals. Only my parents would. Now you're making me want to go and look in the bags just in case there are good books there!

Exotic Gyal, how you doing? Yesterday we were saying that it look like you gone to work for the fbi or something. Did your grandma actually drink that stuff? Yes, I HAD to throw out them things, was pure brown dust...this is not from the bookshelf in my room y' know...this is from the last bedroom.

Ah books. They litter my bedroom floor, tables an...

2008-07-04T07:14:00.000-04:00

Ah books. They litter my bedroom floor, tables and fill book cases. We need a ceiling to floor, wall-to-wall book case.

I bet you're glad that you did the job though? And this letter ...

' a strange letter' - I'm intrigued. Hope its fru...

2008-07-04T04:15:00.000-04:00

' a strange letter' - I'm intrigued. Hope its fruitful (not raspberries)
What a wonderful feeling to have accomplished such a wonderful spring cleaning task. I was only thinking the other day that we ought to get a giant book-case to house the piles of books in every room. And yet this way they are regularly handled and dusted and even read.

Book cases and literary agents. Strange coincidenc...

2008-07-04T03:13:00.000-04:00

Book cases and literary agents. Strange coincidence indeed :)

.........thats alot of books.

2008-07-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

.........thats alot of books.

What I want to know is whether or not you had some...

2008-07-03T23:48:00.000-04:00

What I want to know is whether or not you had some a dat rum in yuh mek yuh throw out dem novels. Is what novels yuh throw out gyal!!!!???? (Ah giving you plenty time to answer. Meanwhile, enjoy yuh rest. lol)