Once Upon a Book

05/16/2024

*SPOILER ALERT*
For anyone who read The Hitchhikers Guide...

42 was a number used by early program writers, it would be put as a marker to let the writer know they needed to write or finish that part of the program, 42 literally means "anything you want it to be" hence the cool and answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything. that's something I heard a few years ago on a BBC radio talk about Douglas Adams
*This is not my post. I borrowed it from a forum

05/15/2024

Millions of Historical Records Held by the National Archives to be Digitized and Made Accessible
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/millions-historical-records-held-national-archives-be-digitized-and-made-accessible

05/15/2024

This is a poem by Donna Ashworth

Sadness came to tea last night
as she’s often done before
but I didn’t let her in this time
I stopped her at the door

“I’m off to meet with friends”, I said
“your timing isn’t right
I can’t allow your atmosphere
it’s not the place tonight”

but sadness wouldn’t take the hint
her manners lack finesse
her pace was slow and heavy
yet she kept up nonetheless

and even when I took my place
amongst my laughing friends
she squeezed herself right in-between
her boldness never ends

and I was sure my friends would see
this spectre at the feast
and somehow think me lesser
for inviting such a beast

but no, their warmth was undeterred
as if nothing was new
I think perhaps they know by now
I sometimes come as two

and even sadness seemed to glow
a lighter shade of grey
to know that she’s accepted
seemed to lighten up her day

so let your sad accompany you
don’t think her hard to bear
no need to face her all alone
just pull an extra chair.

Donna Ashworth
‘Sadness comes’

This poem is for , I hope it will help each of us understand one another’s emotions and complicated hearts better.

This will be in my new collection but if you like this you will enjoy my Sunday times bestseller Wild hope, which is currently available at half-price.
Link is in comments.

The art is by Galya Popova

Much love to all, let us strive to be kinder to ourselves and others.

08/12/2023

"No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic."
- Ann Landers

Artwork by James Gurney.

06/13/2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy died today of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was eighty-nine years old.

02/17/2023

https://www.facebook.com/100055278622878/posts/721389063047041/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ❤️❤️❤️

02/09/2023