I have to say it. It's not easy for me to get rid of crap that I've accumulated. Once it gets into my brain-activated database, it's got anchors, and shucking it can require all the horsepower of a riverboat dredge.
But it can happen, especially when you have more books than you have shelves for, so I've been giving away some serious books, some of which were specifically obtained to enhance my ability to teach my classes. That's no longer an issue, so if it's a teaching book, it should go to a teacher. And I've made progress, and shelf space is opening up.
Still, I know people who are publishing books, and I want to be in on the ride. Ted Kooser, for example, newly engaged in the Facebook world, has a new book out, A Suite of Moons, from Gibralter Press. At $40, I probably won't spring for a copy right away (though that's for a signed copy). Meanwhile, in a recent Facebook post and poem, Ted tells about his love for yard sales and his love for children's books. Of which, apparently, he has a plenty.
I've often thought of Mr. Kooser's poetry as a model for the kind of poem that I want to write, but I've got to NOT follow his example in terms of accumulating illustrated children's books.
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