Friday, December 26, 2014

Thursday, December 25, 2014

More Gifts

Rosemary gave me a magnetic pad for the fridge and The Book of General Ignorance.


It has longish entries on misconceptions that include interesting tangential data.  For instance, the entry "What shouldn't you do twenty minutes after eating?" not only assures you that swimming is O.K.--"Even if you overeat before swimming, the most likely result is a stitch in the side or a touch of nausea."--but they also list several strange causes of accidents in the U.K.

It's a fun book.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Some Bonny Bookplates

Upstairs Chris (or, as he prefers, "Penthouse Chris") made me these wonderful bookplates.


He got the image from FromOldBooks.org.

Thank you Chris!

Monday, December 08, 2014

Early Christmas Gifts

My brother and my sister-in-law sent me a bag of Hawaiian goodies.