WHAT TO DO?

    The art and joy of expressing Christmas through the shelving instead of the traditional tree is a joyful diversion from rows of books and Christmas trees. As of today, the book case sits empty and my creativity feels frozen.  I want something simple, something useful, something eye-catching, something different.  

     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. 

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.