Book talk, life talk, ramblings
10/28/06 08:27 pm
Firstly, I need to get this out of my system.
I've holed myself up in our bedroom tonight as my brother in law is over and it's no secret that I can't stand him.
He came over Thursday night because he said he couldn't come down this weekend, so I was looking forward to having a quiet weekend in. This afternoon around half 3, we get a call from him asking if he can come down cause his wife is out and the kids are with the grandparents. Steve and I scuffled a bit over it 'cause I didn't want him down, but Kev is the worst reason in the world to start fighting, so I gave in. Steve gets upset when I get pissed about his brother, because well, Kev is his brother...but...I can't help if I don't like the guy and I don't see why I should pretend to. So I just take myself out of the equation and hide out. At least my laptop is on wireless and we have tv with a dvd player in the bedroom.
/rant
Ok, now that that's out...
Last weekend when Steve and I were driving home from Stranraer, we stopped in a lovely village called Gatehouse of Fleet. Lovely place, and it was nice and warm out that day. We took a wander through the town, and ended up at the Mill on the Fleet, which has a huge second hand bookstore on the top floor. I came away with some real treasures. At least treasures for me, and I intend on reading through them tonight. The first one is a first edition, published in 1859, Scottish Poetical Works The thing I love about old books is the notes you see scribbled in them. In this book for instance, it's inscribed "To Joseph Both, on his 21st birthday, with best wishes of his friend, W Locke. 26 April 1861". If books could talk eh??
The second book I picked up was The Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry, published in 1941, selected and edited by a well known scottish author, Hugh McDiarmid. It's inscribed in the front "To Jim, wishing you many happy returns. 4th July 1943."
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