tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post2302679143027127490..comments2024-03-05T20:07:08.232+00:00Comments on The Kitchen Bitch Ponders: JourneyErylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-13102704694750550472010-07-18T19:38:49.684+01:002010-07-18T19:38:49.684+01:00Leni ~ I am drinking a glass of Canadian Icewine (...Leni ~ I am drinking a glass of Canadian Icewine (a gift from a friend) in celebration!Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-6871842017527566212010-07-18T19:37:27.741+01:002010-07-18T19:37:27.741+01:00Steven ~ hello, are you back from your marathon (t...Steven ~ hello, are you back from your marathon (times a gazillion) bike ride? <br /><br />I love your attitude to life: you are absolutely right especially as another copy can usually be got for pennies from Amazon, and there's always the library.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-58203070208520554012010-07-18T15:42:24.697+01:002010-07-18T15:42:24.697+01:00Thanks for your comment in the Blogger thread Eryl...Thanks for your comment in the Blogger thread Eryl! I really appreciate your support and collaboration.<br /><br />Now ALL the comments in MJ's and my blog are back and we can comment with our Blogger username without being eaten by the Googlebot.<br /><br />Hooray! *blows kiss and rises cava flute to you*Leni Qinanhttp://www.dangerouswriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-46012546814462254752010-07-18T03:25:51.752+01:002010-07-18T03:25:51.752+01:00hey eryl - so organized! i have found my way from ...hey eryl - so organized! i have found my way from organization to some sort of almost makes sense but doesn't always work organization. it's hard to describe but it's more intuitive than systematic. books - well they leave here and often don't return and that's alright because i know they usually make more than one and so i order another if i'm desperate. i love when my students take books and don't return them - that's like a flag to say that book was damn fine and i really need to get another one for the class! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-36062571250011204272010-07-17T10:17:02.658+01:002010-07-17T10:17:02.658+01:00Mago ~ oh dear, it sounds like you have literate g...Mago ~ oh dear, it sounds like you have literate ghosts! <br /><br />Nick ~ thank goodness, I was trying to imagine a large book collection organised by date of publication and nearly had an embolism!<br /><br />You should patent that idea and get it into production.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-30490885286815395942010-07-17T08:31:49.984+01:002010-07-17T08:31:49.984+01:00Oh, author comes first, natch. Otherwise we'd ...Oh, author comes first, natch. Otherwise we'd have to know year of publication of every single book. The mind boggles.<br /><br />My fantasy is a microchip in every book, so you can locate it instantly with a remote, even if it's buried under the dirty washing.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-86832383053444335572010-07-16T23:45:09.934+01:002010-07-16T23:45:09.934+01:00Hello, just came by. I long ago abandoned the idea...Hello, just came by. I long ago abandoned the idea of an organized book case, does not work, the bastards move at night. The "<a href="http://www.library.ethz.ch/exhibit/wegezumwissen/vitrine1.html" rel="nofollow">Kettenbibliothek</a>" was a good invention ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-61206304996642010702010-07-16T22:33:17.967+01:002010-07-16T22:33:17.967+01:00Leni ~ hurrah for that, I just left a comment on E...Leni ~ hurrah for that, I just left a comment on Eroswing's thread: better late than never!<br /><br />I have <i>Silk</i>, it lives between Beryl Bainbridge and Sebastian Barry. I'd forgotten all about it (for some reason I thought of some exotic culinary ingredient when I read your comment), but now am very tempted to reread. No time, though, I have to research writing aid websites for a friend for tomorrow, and it's nearly bedtime!Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-36206625650673081532010-07-16T22:20:21.104+01:002010-07-16T22:20:21.104+01:00Eryl,
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian author and...Eryl,<br /><br />Alessandro Baricco is an Italian author and he wrote 'Silk', a book that I'm sure you'd like. The small oven tray in the bedroom explains the chaos in my flat... ;)<br /><br />((It seeems that MJ and me are slowly resurrecting in Blogger!!! Hooray!!! Old ocmments are coming back!!!))Leni Qinanhttp://www.dangerouswriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-47896690741458211912010-07-16T21:39:41.784+01:002010-07-16T21:39:41.784+01:00Eroswings ~ I'd love to have enough clothes to...Eroswings ~ I'd love to have enough clothes to organise. And I'd love to have seasons: here it's either winter or almost winter, both feel much the same and require waterproofs. <br /><br />Leni ~ what is Baricco's Silk, and what do you do with it and a small oven tray in the bedroom?!<br /><br />Worldy ~ it's imperative, I think, that lending be treated like gambling: don't do it unless you are prepared to lose. <br /><br />Nick ~ I need a diagram here, I can't quite imagine having two such filing constraints. Which comes first, author or year?<br /><br />20 odd years ago I gave a pair of shoes to a charity shop and still miss them, never again. Oxfam supplies me with great quantities of books (for which I am very grateful and usually pay a bit more than they ask) but I will never reciprocate.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-84429427836104554162010-07-16T16:00:57.075+01:002010-07-16T16:00:57.075+01:00Our bookshelves (the spouse and me)are not only al...Our bookshelves (the spouse and me)are not only alphabetical by author but also chronological by year of publication. How pernickety is that? If I put a book back in the wrong publication order, Jenny is NOT HAPPY.<br /><br />Our books go missing mainly because we decide we're never going to read X again, give it to the charity shop, and then six months later we desperately want to reread it because it was praised to the skies by author Y.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-14859561079774586732010-07-15T12:06:50.057+01:002010-07-15T12:06:50.057+01:00I'm weird about lending people books, because ...I'm weird about lending people books, because I hate it when people don't return them! I too display them in an organised manner on my book shelves, and (like with most things) I become a little stressed if they are not in the correct place! <br />I'm glad you remembered you lent your friend the book and she returned it swiftly. <br />Love your diary pic.The World According To Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877147634501360129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-74819569281198808752010-07-14T21:45:42.447+01:002010-07-14T21:45:42.447+01:00Reading back your post, not only you have your boo...Reading back your post, not only you have your bookshelves perfectly organised, but the kitchen also! I envy you!<br /><br />I can spend a week looking for 'that small oven tray' or Baricco's 'Silk' and maybe end up finding them together in the sleeping room, LOL.Leni Qinanhttp://www.dangerouswriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-31112090510803973092010-07-14T12:31:48.462+01:002010-07-14T12:31:48.462+01:00First of, Congratulations on graduating!
And chee...First of, Congratulations on graduating!<br /><br />And cheers for finding your book.<br /><br />I don't organize books by authors first; I break 'em down by genre then authors. But I confess I'm much more organized with my clothes than my books or CDs. I've got clothes sorted by season, occasion, cut, color, and pattern.eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-27031608082148258022010-07-14T10:23:01.968+01:002010-07-14T10:23:01.968+01:00Alesa ~ Oh, noodles!
Terresa ~ now you have an ex...Alesa ~ Oh, noodles!<br /><br />Terresa ~ now you have an excuse to bake gingerbread before your ginger goes stale!<br /><br />My lecture was on symbolism and ambiguity in <i>The Ballad of Peckham Rye</i> and we got a really good dialogue going (I hate to just stand there and bang on!) so I hope the students got something out of it. They were a nice lively bunch so I enjoyed it.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-65669206274790482902010-07-14T01:32:55.489+01:002010-07-14T01:32:55.489+01:00Love the inspirational drawing. I would also love...Love the inspirational drawing. I would also love to meander your spice rack. Mine is much too small and overflowing at the moment. I bought a new container of ginger last week, only to bring it home and find my old one (sigh).<br /><br />Hope your lecture went well, too. What did you lecture on?*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-84966756391498224562010-07-13T16:45:03.726+01:002010-07-13T16:45:03.726+01:00Oracle, yep that's me. Breathing cookie vapors...Oracle, yep that's me. Breathing cookie vapors on the side of mount Parnassus. Baking peoples' noodles. : jAvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-16127334573448900012010-07-13T16:38:33.378+01:002010-07-13T16:38:33.378+01:00Parsnip ~ I bet those notebooks of yours, with the...Parsnip ~ I bet those notebooks of yours, with their scratchings and curses, will make a great read one day. <br /><br />So glad you like the drawing, I managed to silence my inner self-censor whilst doing it: an achievement in itself!<br /><br />UB ~ you should join the 'book crossing' movement which is dedicated to passing books on, apparently you can track your books and see how far they travel. I would join it myself but the likelihood of anyone else being a member in this part of the world is beyond slim.<br /><br />Alesa ~ that's very oracle like!<br /><br />Charlie ~ I'll call you wise. <br /><br />I'm very pleased with my trees!<br /><br />Cuban ~ what a great game that would make, you could invite people to speculate about why you have put, say, Elizabeth Barret Browning next to Antonio Gramsci.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-22292214830720574762010-07-13T10:16:54.585+01:002010-07-13T10:16:54.585+01:00Nice to know that there's a fellow OCD suffere...Nice to know that there's a fellow OCD sufferer out there. When I lived in Cuba I used to organise my few books on my so-called shelf according to how I thought the authors would have related to one another had they ever met. That's why I had my Patricia Highsmiths next to my Raymond Chandlers. :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-70551023614751116772010-07-12T19:10:57.971+01:002010-07-12T19:10:57.971+01:00Call me selfish, but I have a no lend policy regar...Call me selfish, but I have a no lend policy regarding favorite or irreplaceable books. Want to read it? Try the public library.<br /><br />I like your drawing because you do good trees.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-50667390548285547212010-07-12T13:12:19.634+01:002010-07-12T13:12:19.634+01:00Images drawn in lines or drawn in words draw your ...Images drawn in lines or drawn in words draw your readers towards the meaning of tale you weave. <br />A trace left on paper is safer as it faces the passing of time: engraved in ink, a link to the past, a memory made to last.Avohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-78064687306158343772010-07-12T12:42:20.231+01:002010-07-12T12:42:20.231+01:00I have NO MORE ROOM for books. I have several case...I have NO MORE ROOM for books. I have several cases filled floor to ceiling with collectible signed first editions, so when I finish a mere reading copy, I leave it on the subway or a bus. It's recycling!The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-52467694340571613632010-07-12T00:47:30.066+01:002010-07-12T00:47:30.066+01:00Love love love the drawing when I look at the draw...Love love love the drawing when I look at the drawing I see a fun and exciting day.<br />I have order to an extent but not anywhere near yours.<br />I do draw in the books I keep on my desks. I write stuff down like a phone number, address, book/movie I want, cut out from the paper or magazines and many lists. I write in a notebook or journal because I lose all those post it notes...but unfortunately there is also much scratching off with liberal amount of cursing... especially if it has to do with the x or my internet cable so I need to keep a nicer journal or learn better language.<br /><br />Cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-53776113566444771222010-07-11T23:24:02.915+01:002010-07-11T23:24:02.915+01:00Crafty ~ can you believe I now have two copies, I ...Crafty ~ can you believe I now have two copies, I think I might do a prize draw or something! Glad you like the drawing, I think I might try doing one every day – just for practise. <br /><br />Kass ~ I really like that idea too, I might try it if I can find a roll around these parts. <br /><br />So, are you a Muriel Spark fan, what's your favourite?<br /><br />Elisabeth ~ welcome back, I hope you don't feel too out of sorts after your long trip. <br /><br />I'm only organised about certain things: paper work, and financial stuff are a whole different matter, but I do hope to bring those into order some day. I tend to think that the more I can keep in check the more time I have to be creative, but it is a fine balance: I could spend all my time keeping order!<br /><br />Polli ~ having a two year old doesn't make keeping order easy, or even possible. It's only in the last two or three years I've managed this level (and my son is now 24), and as you see it does slip, often.<br /><br />Thank you for your well wishes, they are much appreciated. I do hope all is well with you, still.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-35928246553271245142010-07-11T22:40:53.367+01:002010-07-11T22:40:53.367+01:00I'm not quite as organized as you, but I do fi...I'm not quite as organized as you, but I do find that I can't function past a certain level of disorder. I just go mad.<br /><br />As I read this I thought about how my two-year-old took every single book of her shelves yesterday and dumped them in a heap on the floor. Yeah, alphabetizing is simply not gonna happen.<br /><br />Since this is the first time I've been here to comment in a while, I wanted to tell you - Congratulations on your graduation!Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.com