Reflecting on Lord Dunsany's Book of Wonder

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) Yes. I own a book stolen from a library.

“The Gibbelins eat, as is well known, nothing less good than man. Their evil tower is joined to Terra Cognita, to the lands we know, by a bridge. Their hoard is beyond reason; avarice has no use for it; they have a separate cellar for emeralds and a separate cellar for sapphires; they have filled a hole with gold and dig it up when they need it. And the only use that is known for their ridiculous wealth is to attract to their larder a continual supply of food. In times of famine they have even been known to scatter rubies abroad, a little trail of them to some city of Man, and sure enough their larders would soon be full again.”

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Update on Mom: 5/24/2010

She's sleeping now.  Dad is doing dishes: I offered, he said no.  He wants to do things.  He likes being in motion.  I confess I like it too.

When you're doing things you can keep from thinking about The Big Picture.  You're looking at details, like a short-seller on Wall Street, taking profits in the moment.

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