[Magdalen] Life's challenges

[Charles Wohlers]

Things could be worse. We've visited Carl Sandburg's home near 
Hendersonville, NC, which, as the NPS notes "The home bends under the weight 
of nearly 15,000 books." IIRC, the hallways are lined with floor-to-ceiling 
bookcases. And, also IIRC, they had to get rid of about half their books 
before they moved there.

I think we may only have a couple thousand.   ;-)

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Marion Thompson
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:13 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Life's challenges

I think it will be both/and for a lot of stuff.  So much will depend on
where I end up after the initial leaving and temporary situation.  Books
are so personal!  When I moved to England 'forever', although my brother
took a lot of my books, I took ten boxes with me and brought them back
again 13 months later.  The basic library that is still with me -- plus