Welcome to my commonplace blog

The goal of this blog is to preserve a few ideas and quotes from books I read. In the old days when books were not so readily available, people kept "commonplace books" where they copied choice passages they wanted to be able to remember and perhaps reuse. The idea got picked up by V.F.D. and it's common knowledge that most of that organization's volunteers have kept commonplace books, and so have Laura and I.

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30 December 2010

Moominland Midwinter (Tove Jansson)

Another very interesting book. Moomintroll and Little My are awake, while everyone else is still hibernating, so they experience winter for the first time. They're surprised to find out that a lot goes on during the winter. The stories revolve around the wise and mysterious Too-ticky and the good but overbearing Hemulen, who plays the French horn and teaches everyone to how to ski. The Groke makes a brief appearance. Together they learn to share and care for the more vulnerable creatures, and about the harsh beauty of winter.


Quotes:

"One has to discover everything for oneself, and get over it all alone." (Too-ticky)

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