tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.comments2023-03-18T10:52:49.201+00:00Open To PersuasionCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602733267963177707noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-76364906533731387202010-11-08T11:04:44.080+00:002010-11-08T11:04:44.080+00:00Some of my favourite library-customer moments:
I&...Some of my favourite library-customer moments:<br /><br />I'm cold - please can I borrow you cardigan? (Actually not sure she said please)<br /><br />I can't read the type in the yellow pages - lend me your glasses (definitely no please)<br /><br />Ultimate favourite: I need the Queen's mobile phone number.happierbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461395398304414155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-39805476778302899502010-03-29T13:57:12.534+01:002010-03-29T13:57:12.534+01:00What a great post,
So many! These were the favouri...What a great post,<br />So many! These were the favourites of my sons and borrowed so often from the library that we eventually bought them!<br /> Peepo! Funnybones and Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Full Moon Soup by Alastair Graham, Prince Cinders by Babette Cole, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd, Little Dracula by Martin Waddell and J.Wright and Dr. Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross. The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs was a particular favourite of my youngest. He was always on tenterhooks for the repeat moment 'And the bad baby said....Yes!'Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-37343047058359743502010-03-29T13:54:22.863+01:002010-03-29T13:54:22.863+01:00What a great post,
So many! These were the favouri...What a great post,<br />So many! These were the favourites of my sons and borrowed so often from the library that we eventually bought them!<br /> Peepo! Funnybones and Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Full Moon Soup by Alastair Graham, Prince Cinders by Babette Cole, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd, Little Dracula by Martin Waddell and J.Wright and Dr. Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross. The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs was a particular favourite of my youngest. He was always on tenterhooks for the repeat moment 'And the bad baby said....Yes!'Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-68977507074833123632009-11-18T15:57:06.568+00:002009-11-18T15:57:06.568+00:00I'm having a running debate with a militant at...I'm having a running debate with a militant atheist Steve over on his blog (http://borthwis.blogspot.com/). Maybe you could join in.<br /><br />Steve makes a blanket arch-rationalist argument against 'faith' in all its' forms, while I say this is unsustainable as secularism is underscored by freedom of conscience. I also say the diverse range of beliefs encompasses far more than current knowledge levels, so atheism is self-limiting and contradictory.<br /><br />Where I diverge from both sides is over the undefined nature of 'god'. Until an agreed definition can be found to discuss then any serious theological debate is impossible - it's just knocking down against straw men!<br /><br />My own basic criticism is not with religion but with institutionalised religion which is typically centralising, dogmatic and authoritarian (cf the Nicene creed in Christianity). <br /><br />The conservative politics which go into creating religious heirarchies and doctrines of 'infallibility' are in my view cult-like and dangerous - what's more these are not wholly consistent with the teachings in the gospels...<br /><br />Anyway, that may be enough to start with. I'd quite like to get a debate going where there are more than two sides on show who are willing to make their case, as this creates the possibility of reconciliation...<br /><br />Our local area has a peculiar history of being on the faultlines of many issues - including religion - so I'd really enjoy conversing about these things in a mature way. I hope you might be prepared to help moderate some of the more extreme anti-religious bile.Oranjepanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-78864067417146160382009-11-12T09:14:54.953+00:002009-11-12T09:14:54.953+00:00This one sounds really good, I'll have to look...This one sounds really good, I'll have to look out for it.Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418396049644155937.post-11705033197604131252009-10-30T00:32:25.074+00:002009-10-30T00:32:25.074+00:00Long before Rhonda Byrne's THE SECRET, there w...Long before Rhonda Byrne's THE SECRET, there was THOUGHT VIBRATION OR THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IN THE THOUGHT WORLD by William Walker Atkinson, published in the early 1900s. THE SECRET can be traced back to this book. A new edition edited into gender neutral language is now available, in recognition of the author's desire to bring the insights of New Thought to all people. Gender neutral language is a subtle but important way to promote equality, and equality is at the core of Atkinson's thinking. For more info go to www.hudsonmohawkpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com