From time to time I like to go to the local Goodwill-type stores and look for books. We have one such store in our area that has more books than you can shake a stick at. It’s always an adventure, like a treasure hunt, going there, because I never know what I am going to find. For my birthday, I told my wife I wanted her to drop me off there for an hour while she and the kids found something else to do. After an hour, I walked out with some pretty good books. So, what did I get today?
- Personal Knowledge, by Michael Polanyi (this was my treasure from this trip: I’ve wanted the book for years but couldn’t find it at the price I wanted online; here it cost me a whopping 25 cents).
- Lyrical and Critical Essays, by Albert Camus
- The Ontological Argument: From St. Anselm to Contemporary Philosophers, Ed. Alvin Plantinga
- Martin Luther: Selections from His Writings, Ed. John Dillenberger
- G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy, Ed. Michael H. Macdonald and Andrew A. Tadie
- The Inferno, by Dante (I already have this but this was the nice Penguin edition)
- Teaching a Stone to Talk, by Annie Dillard
In addition to these I got 4 books for my kids, and a copy of Orthodoxy and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for our church library. And all of this cost $3.87. That’s a pretty good haul for one afternoon!
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Do you allow your kids to watch Tv like the Disney channel Or cartoons? Sometimes I wonder if th Tv is promoting a healthy imagination or not? I know for sure it takes more mental effort to read a book then zone out in la la land on the couch
By the way, have you started a blog yet?
Yes I have. My life has been filled with work and trying to get enough rest to overcome this cold I have. I’m very conscience of my desire to read and write. I did type a few posts but I’m too stingy and picky to post anything publicly haha.
I named it Black Smudges for a reason of it being the first name mystically coming into my noggin.
All I need to do is to form the habit of writing and typing and it doesn’t need to be too long. It the action that counts.
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I do. I pretty much take my cues from Neil Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) on that one. I think it is fine to watch some things on television for pure entertainment so as long as you don’t confuse that with education. So my kids watch PBS Kids most days, but I don’t make the mistake of thinking that that is somehow educating them (or at least not in a good way). And I ask them to think about what they are watching as well. I ask them to tell me what shows are trying to communicate.
Austin, I hope you get over the cold soon. I’ve had one myself for the past few days. Keep writing brother.