Thursday, April 3, 2008

quote

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."

...Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

posted by phil at 8:20 PM

4 Comments:

Blogger G said...

If I may ask, what books did you love as a boy Phil?

4/04/2008 9:18 PM  
Blogger phil said...

Sports biographies mostly, but I also remember a book about Homer(not Simpson) and his donut making machine.

Got any of your own from childhood?

4/05/2008 12:19 AM  
Blogger G said...

Yes... The Narnia Chronicles and also a lovely fairytale book that I should dig out... it had the most charming paintings, and I call them to mind still on occasion.

I think this calls for a new post on my blog. :)

What's this about another Homer with a love of donuts? Can you tell us more?

4/05/2008 7:32 AM  
Blogger phil said...

I've searched and searched. Of course if I google 'Homer' and 'donuts' at the same time, you know who pops up. :)

Anyway, it was kind of like a boy-who-saves-the-world story.

I also now recall some 'Big Little Books,' that were about 1 inch thick, small and well-illustrated stories involving those famous Looney Tune characters.

4/05/2008 10:45 AM  

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