tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post5711614677199243991..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: very good conditionTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-13618152513084324202009-10-23T09:14:57.647-04:002009-10-23T09:14:57.647-04:00Good morning, Willow!
I hope everything is alright...Good morning, Willow!<br />I hope everything is alright on your side of the pond.<br />Sunny greetings,<br />M.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-87770202581294758092009-10-23T07:31:17.864-04:002009-10-23T07:31:17.864-04:00I absolutely adore it!I absolutely adore it!Candiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820349874923006162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-37880461177839613432009-10-23T00:54:47.703-04:002009-10-23T00:54:47.703-04:00My Mother NEVER allowed me to write in nor dogear ...My Mother NEVER allowed me to write in nor dogear a book. <br /><br />I did my college bookds and my Bible but no other books. I have two new books ordered from Amazon right now.NitWit1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035004840443397537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-18105290834509471162009-10-22T23:16:39.797-04:002009-10-22T23:16:39.797-04:00Oh, Boomer, me, too. In fact, I like to research f...Oh, Boomer, me, too. In fact, I like to research former owners of the very old books. It's fascinating to find out who there were and where they lived.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-19647624698270864332009-10-22T23:13:48.850-04:002009-10-22T23:13:48.850-04:00This is great, Willow! But you know, I love findin...This is great, Willow! But you know, I love finding writing in VERY OLD books. That old, squiggly, beautiful writing. I want to know the story of the person who wrote it.♥ Boomer ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/11304000268484230167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-23557618632184982762009-10-22T22:34:29.516-04:002009-10-22T22:34:29.516-04:00This is creativity at its finest. Is it any wonde...This is creativity at its finest. Is it any wonder why I find you inspirational? Your poem and post are fantastic. I am sorry I missed your ball. I hope a splendid time was had by all.Lisa Ursuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906234995763166824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-68544216831886060092009-10-22T21:23:21.631-04:002009-10-22T21:23:21.631-04:00Gypsy, I LOVE it!! You never know where some unapp...Gypsy, I LOVE it!! You never know where some unappreciated treasures, like your first editions, may be lurking. What a fun find!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-31346364373948962372009-10-22T19:59:37.911-04:002009-10-22T19:59:37.911-04:00too funny your poem!!! loved it! i've always ...too funny your poem!!! loved it! i've always had really good luck with amazon and used/almost new or in good condition ones - but it does depend upon the book itself or i will buy it new - but on used books overall, let me tell you a story about buying them - when i first came to delaware, there was a moose lodge across the street from an antique store i frequented - one day i noticed they were having a yard sale so i walked over just out of curiosity - there were several tables of used books piled high with dusty boxes of books obviously pulled from attics of long ago - the boxes were marked as $1.00 ea for the books - i started rummaging through and picked up several turn of the century - 20th - books on this and that - and then found one that appeared to be much older than that even - i had 7 or 8 chosen - and started flipping them open before a final decision - i mean, for $1.00 what was to lose - anyway, opened up the first which was early century and saw the words "first edition" - opened up several others and "first edition" - i looked up and around at the crowd and no one seemed to notice that i was about to faint - then i opened the oldest of the group - it was the book of prosper merimee's love letters to an incognita - A FIRST EDITION!!! by then, my knees were wobbling - i turned to the vendor and as casually as i could, said, "excuse me, but do you know what these books ARE?" [i'm giving her a chance] - and she replied that yeah, they had some really old used books and she just wanted to get rid of them - and so as casually again as i could muster, i said, "i want to be sure that i understand your sign that says these books are $1.00 each - is that the correct price for THESE books?" - to which she responded, "well, they are SO OLD that if you want them all, i'll let you have 4 for $1.00 just to get rid of them if you want them!" - well, boys and girls, i bought every single one that was a first edition - gave them as christmas gifts to family and friends - so i never turn away from a used book sale in delaware now!GYPSYWOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-30426656576066520182009-10-22T17:07:41.184-04:002009-10-22T17:07:41.184-04:00I've never understood using circles to dot you...I've never understood using circles to dot your I's. And in purple ink?...sounds like a 6th grade girl. ha!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20431953315612728552009-10-22T16:29:50.588-04:002009-10-22T16:29:50.588-04:00Okay, Abe, I'd choose the purple pen over the ...Okay, Abe, I'd choose the purple pen over the booger and hair any day.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-58041016098046255342009-10-22T15:55:45.890-04:002009-10-22T15:55:45.890-04:00I have mixed feelings about marginalia. On the on...I have mixed feelings about marginalia. On the one hand, I know what you mean--it gives me a screechy feeling to see it, unexpected, in a book--it's a distraction, almost a defacement. On the other hand, some marginalia (like that of my dad, who compulsively took notes in books) is lovely and comforting to me, a little voice from the past.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-53589543300743310352009-10-22T15:24:06.368-04:002009-10-22T15:24:06.368-04:00I order his book from Amazon.com and it came used ...I order his book from Amazon.com and it came used but in perfect condition. Only one distraction was what looked like a booger with a hair on one of the pages. I guess that ended that. I lost my stomach for reading no telling where the fingers on those pages were before and after that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86718907524716002942009-10-22T15:04:46.790-04:002009-10-22T15:04:46.790-04:00Very sad ...Very sad ...Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-55690459872853843382009-10-22T14:56:40.559-04:002009-10-22T14:56:40.559-04:00I'm with Brian, I do write all over my books b...I'm with Brian, I do write all over my books but wouldn't want someone else's scribbles (unless they were say, Jean Paul Sartre's). Great poem though!Kate Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089480767005955018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-88350419029671280442009-10-22T14:15:17.679-04:002009-10-22T14:15:17.679-04:00Yes, and I'm having so much fun! I look forwar...Yes, and I'm having so much fun! I look forward to each bus ride. Thanks, Eej!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20503066761664011022009-10-22T13:46:08.755-04:002009-10-22T13:46:08.755-04:00You is a natural!You is a natural!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-61626858271385726122009-10-22T13:44:19.896-04:002009-10-22T13:44:19.896-04:00Are you sure you've only just started writing ...Are you sure you've only just started writing poetry? I have to say I like it -yet again!It's very accomplished and you seem to have a style already.Nice/ amusing punchline too.Isn't it great that you have found this voice? Keep going and stay on Da Bus!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-83174105926885730672009-10-22T13:30:28.346-04:002009-10-22T13:30:28.346-04:00you do ROCK!!
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love ya'you do ROCK!!<br />xx<br />love ya'Renée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47224043347479698212009-10-22T13:20:55.988-04:002009-10-22T13:20:55.988-04:00Been lucky so far with Amazon...I have a hard time...Been lucky so far with Amazon...I have a hard time just putting a price tag in my old books at the shop...how rude...<br /><br />You should see my brothers copy of The Course in Miracles, it swells with underlines and circles...a well used study guide...wish he would've studied it when we were kids...ha!<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words...s&sA Wild Thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083369862963892366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-58088340500956726552009-10-22T13:06:44.760-04:002009-10-22T13:06:44.760-04:00I'd have to agree--never trust anyone who uses...I'd have to agree--never trust anyone who uses purple ink! And if they're circling the dots over "i's" that just can't be good! Wonderful poem, Willow. I like Simic.suehttp://www.abrushwithcolor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54025183986310546952009-10-22T12:28:56.291-04:002009-10-22T12:28:56.291-04:00I have a 'thing' when it comes to books! D...I have a 'thing' when it comes to books! Do not write in them unless there is a specific space headed 'notes', do not highlight, do not turn down the top of the page to let you know when you come back, where you are: do not bend the spine, do not bend it, turn it inside out, upside down - in fact the only thing you can do, is write your name, date and place of purchase (as in country, not shop) and read it! And if it's lent out, please return.<br /><br />Excellent, excellent poem. You are so clever.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80425451091134064892009-10-22T12:18:02.637-04:002009-10-22T12:18:02.637-04:00Your poem is so rich..aha..you couldn't have w...Your poem is so rich..aha..you couldn't have written it unless you'd bought this book..everything has a purpose!Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-36188224207763524192009-10-22T12:08:19.344-04:002009-10-22T12:08:19.344-04:00I love hanging out at The Manor....
Great poem......I love hanging out at The Manor....<br /><br />Great poem.....<br /><br />♥<br />SAn Open Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581361716412644419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-85930225393000729072009-10-22T12:02:25.850-04:002009-10-22T12:02:25.850-04:00I don't mind finding some notes in the margins...I don't mind finding some notes in the margins, especially if they are intelligent quips and observations. But to have an entire volume butchered (with purple ink!!) would make me very, very sad indeed!<br /><br />Loved the poem! Excellent way to rant :)<br /><br />JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683486631901017529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-91889941108393416352009-10-22T11:59:24.042-04:002009-10-22T11:59:24.042-04:00CHK/CHW, writing poetry is fairly new to me, but I...CHK/CHW, writing poetry is fairly new to me, but I would love to publish. I'm thinking about putting together a chap book.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com