WEST LIBRARY FINDS

oohh, I got some good stuff...

1. Natural Cures(Updated edition) hardback..by Kevin Trudeau(brand new copy...

2.Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin..quality paper and has inscription to a lady Jane from Jeff and Michael..I'm assuming its the same Jeff and Michael from the story.(.25cents)

3.Candy Barr by Ted Schwarz and Mardi Rustam brand new..I mean this one has never had a page turned..

4. DV. by Diana Vreeland and inside of it...is the owners name..Lady Jane..how cool is that?

5.Best Boats To Build or Buy by Ferenc Mate. big ass book. Will give it to Shady Lane's hubby Brewster the boat builder.

6. The Principles of Changes:Understanding the I Ching by

professor Jung Young Lee..

7. Crock-pot Cooking( accidentaly typed cock-pot and thought ..hmmm that doesn't look right.)

8. a small pamphlet type illustrated book..ALBI Cordes, la France Illustree . Which is just photos of statues, churches, etc. in France...25 cents..

9.The Drama of the European Jews by Professor Paul Rassinier translated from the original French. large quality paper size...25cents.

10. a Life Time Book :the Complete Kodak Book of Photography(was in a stack of books on how to take photos of women.)

11.Whirligigs by O. Henry..old and yellow but spine in great shape.

12.The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber.will go in my section of books on humor along with H. Allan Smith, Johnny Carson, Mel Brooks, Jack Parr, etc.

13.The old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark..one of my favorite authors..When I was a kid I read alll his books..I used to pretend I was Zulu or Masai warrior hunting lions..I did the stooped over hunt with a stick jabbing it and making lion noises and click click sounds...Daddy would stand on the back porch and watch me, with a silly grin on his face, shaking his head...I'd get hot and tired and come in insisting my mother give me "Pombe"(Swahili for beer.) For some reason I couldn't get anyone else to play Lion Hunting with me..Now that I think back on it...I was a strange fucking kid..

14.The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck(quality paper...25cents)

15. Fatal Voyage the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Dan Kurzman.Almost new copy..

16. Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution by Gertrude Himmelfarb..25cents

17. Make Room for Daddy by Danny Thomas..I loved Danny Thomas. Always wanted to be one of his kids..ha

18.Texas History with the Constitution of the State of Texas. by the foremost historians of the state...(we do brag)...copyright 1949

19.Fifth Edition of Texas Guidebook..reliable information about the wonders of Texas edited by F.M. McCarty....25cents

1970.

20Time Capsule/1968 A history of the year condensed from the pages of time...Special issue 1968..quality paper...25cents.

21.I'll Take Texas by Mary Lasswell..hmm, thought this was non-fiction or about Texas, but it's fiction.

22.An Anthology of Greek Drama edited by C. A. Robinson, Jr.

.25cents

23. a ooooooold teach yourself Spanish book.

24. Monster by Frank Peretti..I generally don't buy fiction as I just read them and give back to the library..But I keep a bunch of fiction books around that I think are good, like the authors, or for what ever reason for people who come over and want a book to read..no one wants to read most of my non-fiction books..

25. The First Heroes :new tales of the bronze age..edited by Harry Turtledove and Noreen Doyle..

So that's what I got for $40..gee with that I could have bought the paper for this month..but since It's the library, Nancy will hold my check until I get my SS check on the 27th..

One of these books is going to Rome..can you figure out which one Willym?...

ohhh, my favorite book..I almost forgot..In a hard case is my find...On the spine you see Voltaire..........then Candide then a sketch of a lady if puffy dress and hair piled on her head..at the bottom it says editions du demi-jour

on the front is a goofy looking guy cartoon type character.

says Voltaire............Candide then Dessine En Couleurs De Dubout.

it's wrapped in a clear plastic cover..Its in perfect condition..the pages are a little yellowed...but...it's all in french.none of the pages are the same size...there are the most terrific sketches inside...gorillas chasing naked women.pirates on a ship with a naked woman blowing a horn It's fantastic..I love it..don't have a clue what it says, but maybe I have a copy of Candide in English..hmmm, I think I do..will have to find it.

But the sketches are worth the $2 if nothing else..Dang..I did good..

Oh and just in case you didn't understand what happened to the Dallas Training Center, here is what I found in my DAM News...they explain it well...

I'm off..need to start dinner..going to have sausage and cabbage..Babs and I went to town today and since we didn't piss anyone off or get thrown out of a store, we consider the day a wash..But we did go to the Gerik's Smokehouse Bakery and got bags of day old kolaches for $2...holy shit..what a deal.

We decided since we ate so many kolaches and sausage that maybe we WERE Czech..so we're changing our last name..I'm going to be Jacque Denenesky and she will be Barbara Wilsonic..hahaha...gonna be 90 tomorrow..will have to crank up the AC..sigh*

SATURDAY DAY 1-IKE AND TINA

I stayed up till almost 3am waiting for Ike and Tina to show up...they must have stopped off for a few beers as the 1am deadline for them came and went. I hauled my ass out of bed at 9am(latest I have slept in forfuckingever), opened the door to get the paper and it's sprinkling and the wind is blowing enough that it curled my rug up. So, I sit down in front of the computer to read my emails(with my Make 7(on the front) and Up Yours )(on the back) t shirt and drawers, before I eat and the phone rings and it's Tom at work...Shampagne(yes, that is really her name, and no she's white). hasn't shown up and the truck is there and can I come in and run the register till someone shows up...So I toss on my Air Force t shirt, shorts and tennie runners, grab a piece of bread, down my pills and off I go...Of course 10 minutes after I get there she shows up, looking a tad raggedy and hung over, so I get to go back home. Tom said he would clock me out in an hour, so my trip wouldn't be a waste ...yeah, right. Figure since I'm out I'll stop by and see Nancy at the Library. She applied for and we got a $2,400 grant to aid library's storytelling program. The money will be used to train 16 area high school students in the art of professional storytelling along with paying for the program's supplies. Waco will be sending down a professional storyteller to teach them and then instead of just having story time for the very young, we'll be able to have story time for all the ages. When I went in there was a young girl (who helps out once in awhile) asking for the form and she will just be terrific. She has younger brothers and sisters and always told them stories at home and would wear costumes, put on make up and do all the voices. This is going to be so much fun. I want to ask Nancy if I can sit in and learn with them..Maybe pay for my own supplies and maybe I can read some stories to the kids..I would love it..I would like to read to the older ones who might get some of my weird sense of humor(the clean stuff you guys) and my choice of books.

Thursday when I stopped in I checked out a book that I had read about and when I did Nancy asked me if I knew anything about the book. I said yes, there is this 'Shack' and the guy has been given a note from God to meet him there..So when he goes there God will be inside the shack. (There is more to the story but in case any of you want to read it, by William P. Young.) So she says let me know what you think when you get finished reading it. She knows of my pagan beliefs and she is a practicing and devout Catholic....I said oh yeah, you'll hear from me..So I started reading it last night and by about page 100 I'm weeping like a baby...then ...well...don't want to put any spoilers down. But it's been a great read. I'm not crazy about his style, but can see how it helps the story. So if anyone has read it or does read it..let me know what you think..
Ok...that's it..just wanted to give you an update as to what's going on...oh just so you can see what kolaches and sausage can do for you..including the picture of our homecoming queen and princess nominees.