There are very few photos of the early days of my parents’ relationship. They were busy, yes, but that’s not all. When my parents were young, their house burned to the ground. They lost everything, including all of their books and photos. Luckily, these days we can turn to the digital world for help. When the same thing happened to a friend of a friend, their family lost all of their photos of their small children. Friends got together to create an album for them. The two events combined to make me realize that those memories are something that I … Continue reading →

When it comes to storing books, some people have them arranged by genre as we do. Others have them arranged alphabetically by author. Still others find the shelf height dictates how books will be stored, so they are sorted by size. For this reason a bookcase with adjustable shelves is ideal. Most of our bookcases, and we have a number, have one middle shelf which is fixed and the others are adjustable. It saves the problem of having a large book and nowhere to put it. In our home, books are housed in the family room, lounge room, spare bedroom … Continue reading →

How and where to store books can be a problem for some people especially those of us who collect books the way children do dirt. Then there is the problem of where to put them all. Before you try and sort out where to put them, the first thing is to decide do you need them all. Are they books you are likely to re-read? If not why are you keeping them? Mick is a big re-reader of books. Some like the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, he has read any number of times and still gets just … Continue reading →