The dragons in the library
As close as I have ever come to being a nurse... As our friend Linda says, downsizing is an ongoing commitment, so the other day I was going through my bookshelf to see what I could pass along. Even though I have never been a Marie Kondo fan, I do think her advice about taking everything off or out and putting back only that which one consciously wants is good advice. (And I’m sure her three kids are doing the taking out part for her often these days …ha ha.) I’m happy to report that I did end up with a (small) pile of books that I gave away via my nearest Little Free Library, but my collection of favourite books from my childhood remained intact. These books represent so much more than just stories to me; they represent me at the time I first read them. Were I to give them away, I would feel as if I was giving away a very part of me. They take up only one shelf in my bookcase, but they occupy a large part of the ‘character library’ in my mind. The books and the characters and their s