*gasp*
Shakespeare AND Star Wars???
I … must … own … this … *whimper*
I mean, really: “These are not the droids for which thou searched … good lad, I prithee, go thy merry way…”
Funny and well written? Seriously, this guy knows his Shakespeare. I gotta get me some of this.
Here’s a preview from ThinkGeek:
If you’re as big a geek as me, you really need to check out William Shakespeare’s Star Wars
This IS the book thou art looking for!
I love words.
I love what they represent, but, more than that, I love them for what they are.
Words are beautiful. Amazing. Mismatched stings of letters that describe and determine everything that does or could exist, even if these things exist only within the words themselves.
It’s why I love books so much. An entire world within my hands, within the pages, within the words.
And it’s not just fiction that has the potential to be beautiful. Life itself is such a wonderful gift, but so many people use words to make it miserable and wrenching and desolate.
It shouldn’t be that way.
Oh – I’m not perfect. I’ve said my share of horrible things over the years. We all have. But we all have the gift of free will: the potential to better ourselves.
Sometimes it’s hard, but we truly won’t see the blessings that surround us every day unless we look for them. Unless we open our eyes and we smile.
Unless we make the choice to be happy. And to share that happiness.
And words are there, waiting to help us share it. Because every time you put words together you have the opportunity to make something beautiful. Something happy.
You have the choice of bringing forth happiness into this world, or bringing forth despair.
What a powerful choice that is.
I am a history fan.
But, the main reason this little image caught my attention is actually because I’m a fan of literature. A fan of knowledge. Of books in general, of any sort, shape, subject, or size.
The thought of spending days (weeks, years) browsing and absorbing and immersing within the parchment fabled to exist there… well, that’s about as close as I get to a “dream come true.”
Sigh…
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Yesterday, I passed my state licensing exam for real estate!
Woohoo!
And today I signed on with a local broker, so I can start working on my new business … an essential part of me moving onto the next stage of my life. This is huge.
Huge.
I’m excited and I’m relieved. I’m happy that I don’t have to study tonight. But still, even though I’m looking forward to my new career in real estate, I plan to talk about housing and housing markets and all that stuff on my real estate blog and Facebook page… not here. This blog is for everything else. Like my first love: books. I’ll always be a writer, no matter what my “day job” is.
And, on that note, I’d like to share 10 Reasons Real Books Are Better Than E-books.
Enjoy :)
{{{This was originally posted at roamingrosie.blog.com, but I’ve since transferred my blog here}}}
There is a quote from Eudora Welty that I adore, that really speaks to my soul. That makes me smile.
I had gone on a pinning quest to find the quote written out on a nice background, but couldn’t find the entire quote, or an image I liked, anywhere in my searchings of the web.
So I made my own:
And there it is – I’m smiling again.
Enjoy :)
{{{This was originally posted at roamingrosie.blog.com, but I’ve since transferred my blog here}}}
Roaming Rosie 