… the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia
A new word, courtesy of Sharon Bakar:
Bibliophibians (n.pl) - those who are drowning in books to the extent they develop special gills.
Cartoon is from David Malki. (Thanks Sharon, I like the word, too!)
Sharon also asks: what are you reading now?
Me, I’m reading A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry and Slowly down the Ganges by Eric Newby, and enjoying both immensely. Not sure how I ended up reading two books with Indian themes at the same time - an accident.
What about you, what are you reading?
I did say I was going to stop torturing you with chihuahua photos but I love this one so I’ll post it anyway. M took it yesterday while we were all basking in the afternoon sunshine*. Well, the humans were, anyway - the chis were chasing each other and only stopped when I grabbed them and held them still. Here they are standing on the Giant Cushion of Malodorousness. (The Giant Cushion is malodorous because both chis have peed on it, several times. It rests permanently in the back yard, between the door and the Wee-dy Patch. Pun on wee and weeds. Yes, the whole backyard is a chihuahua loo. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.)
The chis look very serious but that’s just a trick of the camera. They are getting along very well, and enjoy rough wrestling at various times of the day. Paco occasionally makes Peppi squeal by nipping her. She gets her own back by getting under him and trying to chomp at whatever she can reach (belly, thigh…).
Peppi is quite fearless and has already mastered the art of jumping onto the couch. She also seems to lack a fear of water and happily sits right up on the step next to the shower to watch the humans wash. Paco looks at her like he can’t figure out whether she is mad or just oblivious to water, whenever she does this. (To date he has never ever attempted to sit on the shower step.)
Peppi also figured out a way to scale Mt. Humans’ Bed. She worked out that by clambering onto Bedside Table Hill and trekking through its Book Forest, she could step gingerly across the relatively empty space from the Hill to reach Mt. Humans’ Bed, to reach the shangri-la of the peak: warm billowing clouds of doona and humans lying prone ready for their faces to be licked. The topography has since been altered by the pesky humans (read: the bedroom furniture has been re-arranged). Paco never attempted this arduous ascent as a puppy, and now that he is a Big Dog, can leap the chasm between floor and Bed in one bound.
*There are some benefits to being home sick on a sunny weekday.
Instructions:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
I don’t look too bad for someone who has been ill for the last five days.
