Comments on: Sixty Boxes http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Diane http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Diane Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:34:31 +0000 http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/#comment-188 Oh, Scarlet, I understand! I've got a running list and labels on the front and sides of each box. But I mourn for the missing books every day. Oh, Scarlet, I understand! I’ve got a running list and labels on the front and sides of each box. But I mourn for the missing books every day.

]]> By: Scarlet Wharton http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Scarlet Wharton Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:27:08 +0000 http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/#comment-187 My house is very small and I am forced to pack away books I have no wish to sell...At least until I get more shelving! I feel for you I love to reread books so I keep a running list of what is in each box, but it's not the same. My house is very small and I am forced to pack away books I have no wish to sell…At least until I get more shelving! I feel for you I love to reread books so I keep a running list of what is in each box, but it’s not the same.

]]> By: Diane http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Diane Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:58:32 +0000 http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/#comment-181 I remember family squabbles over my grandmothers' books when they were gone. Grandmother Julia had a complete set of Zane Gray, which caused a huge tug of war among the grandchildren. They were such good stories everyone wanted at least one. Grandmother Elizabeth left all sorts of classic children's literature - AA Milne, Peter Pan, all of The Wizard of Oz books, even Churchill's history of the world for children. She'd run a Montessori school for years, then become a counselor for abused children. She'd used those books to make reading and the world beyond one's own home into a friendly place. Nobody suspected she still had that stash. When we found it, we sat down and shared stories about our favorite moments with her and a book. In some ways, finding that stash was one of her best legacies to us. Diane I remember family squabbles over my grandmothers’ books when they were gone. Grandmother Julia had a complete set of Zane Gray, which caused a huge tug of war among the grandchildren. They were such good stories everyone wanted at least one.

Grandmother Elizabeth left all sorts of classic children’s literature – AA Milne, Peter Pan, all of The Wizard of Oz books, even Churchill’s history of the world for children. She’d run a Montessori school for years, then become a counselor for abused children. She’d used those books to make reading and the world beyond one’s own home into a friendly place.

Nobody suspected she still had that stash. When we found it, we sat down and shared stories about our favorite moments with her and a book. In some ways, finding that stash was one of her best legacies to us.

Diane

]]> By: Michelle Monkou http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Michelle Monkou Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:36:28 +0000 http://dianewhiteside.com/blog/2008/03/05/sixty-boxes/#comment-177 Good luck with selling your house. My husband seems to think that by dragging out the boxes of books from the various conferences that it will motivate me to do something with them. Actually it just serves as a reminder that my TBR pile is enormous. I wonder what our selections would say about us long after we're gone. Michelle Good luck with selling your house.

My husband seems to think that by dragging out the boxes of books from the various conferences that it will motivate me to do something with them. Actually it just serves as a reminder that my TBR pile is enormous.

I wonder what our selections would say about us long after we’re gone.

Michelle

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