Unexpected Gifts and Evidence of Life
Whatever we have been given is supposed to be given away again, not kept ... The only essential is this: the gift must always move.
~Lewis Hyde The GiftI have decided that, once I finish reading a book, I will wrap it up and send it to an unsuspecting friend whose name and address I house dearly in a book or on a list. Inside the book, I might make ( Read more... )
~Lewis Hyde The GiftI have decided that, once I finish reading a book, I will wrap it up and send it to an unsuspecting friend whose name and address I house dearly in a book or on a list. Inside the book, I might make ( Read more... )
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i'm a bookcrosser too.
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I must confess -- I am a book whore too and there will be the odd book that I simply will not be able to part with. But I will try because I really like the idea of sharing a little part of me that whispers of my existence and potentially brightens someone else's day.
If receiving a talisman from my corner of the world interests you, let me know. I would happily oblige. :)
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