Random Thoughts: April 2008 Archives

When I was young I used to go to my Uncle's house in Far Rockaway, Queens for weeks at a time.  He had an indirect positive influence on me - his books!  They were everywhere: on the floors, on shelves, book cases, in boxes, in closets.  My fondest memory is of these two towering book shelves on each side of the living room entrance he had filled with books.  I would stare at them sometimes in awe thinking that there were secrets in them.

In a time when the environment is a hot topic books these days may be getting a bad wrap.  We know they are the product of processed timber and thus must take some toll on our forests, but if you think about all sides of the environment you would line your walls with them!