My brain is in a quandary. Frustration and confusion keep me befuddled. Why should books, book shelving, and displaying books be so difficult for me? I am a trained librarian, but nothing about being a librarian comes into play when trying to arrange books artfully.
Perhaps I am overwhelmed. My dining room table still has "Jefferson History Then and Now" scrapbooks open; seven freshly washed and hand dried glass trophy/vases that have been holding colorful Christmas balls for the last two months; and a corner of the living room piled with books that I planned to give away until I sorted them. It was the sorting out that stopped me.
I had anticipated giving away a dozen or more books on golf, thinking that they were old and carried over from my parents collection of forty years ago. In the sorting stage I realized that except for two older books, the collection all came down to my ownership. Now, what to do?
1. Stop writing and start shelving.
2. Have a glass of wine and worry about it tomorrow.
3. Quit thinking. Start acting.
4. Fix dinner and relax for the evening.
5. Sleep on it and awake refreshed tomorrow.
I am beginning to see a pattern to this dilemma. Hum de dum dum dum.
I chose #4 then sat down to watch PBS. Now I know what NOT to do tomorrow.
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| How not to display books. |
Stay tuned.
I am sure there is a successful ending to this story. I am not sure when that ending will be.
