One If By Land

Chamblin Bookmine

Never mind Disney, this is the happiest place on earth.

I indulged myself with a trip out to Chamblin today and picked up a few books. Mostly I wandered around the stacks, picking things up and just enjoying being around books. I found a few things I wanted but struck out on others. It's good to remember there are people who read. I know y'all reading this do, but sometimes it feels like ignorance is a virtue anymore.

If you were curious, I bought Return to the Whorl by Gene Wolfe, and When I Am Playing With My Cat How Do I Know She is Not Playing With Me by Saul Frampton. It's about Michel de Montaigne, whose work I'm getting more and more interested in. Most of my reading in philosophy has been around and about my Medieval studies degree, so I'm trying to branch out into more modern stuff. One can't simply be a Medievalist forever. Well, you can, technically.

My in-laws are coming! Tomorrow morning! Early! This is fine! Everything is fine! Actually I'm just going to vacuum and make sure the kitchen table is cleared off. I'm at the age where I don't care what anyone thinks of my house. It's not gross or dirty, just a bit cluttered. Life is too short to keep things looking like magazine photos. My mom did that the whole time I was growing up, for some damn reason.