Organizing bookshelf (school shelf really) is high on my list today- or at least this month too!  Up to?  Not much, but really busy.  story of my boring life right?  lol!

I got it T.S Eliot, that old possum!

Happy reading, sounds like a lovely evening. 

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THENaming of Cats
 T.S. Eliot
The naming of cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three
different names.

First of all, there’s the name
that the family use daily,
Such as Victor, or Jonathan,
George or Bill Bailey–
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names
if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen,
some for the dames;
Such as Plato, Admetus,
Electra, Demeter–
But all of them sensible everyday names.

But I tell you,
a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that is peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he
keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers,
or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind,
I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quazo or Coripat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellyrum–
Names that never belong
to more than one cat.

But above and beyond
there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you will never guess;
The name
that no human research can discover–
But The Cat Himself Knows,
and will never confess.

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought,
of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
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I would totally do PBS instead of selling.  You have them around for longer, but it is so much more fun and the rewards are so great.  leebenvic signed me up a few years ago and I my life has never been the same.  I keep my books for them in a tupperware container in the garage, so it is not like they are gone, but over the last year or three the number has dwindled from like 15 to 5 and I know people who get rid of many more.  I just ordered a hardback writing textbook from them and am so thrilled!  Saved $25!!  So for sure, list at least soem of them there (and use my name and email as a reference so I’ll get credit wink, wink!)

@TeacherPerson - Paper Back Swap baby!  It is the coolest thing ever.  You list books you are willing to part with and then you can pick boks from other people.  For every book of yours that soemone else reqests you get another credit to pick a book.  so like I sent soemone a paperback Miss seeton and paid under $2 for postage (media rate) and then turned around and requested from someone else’s pile a great source/write source text book that I have been wanting and need for next year.  I have saved hundreds of dollars using this site.  I have also gotten rid of about a dozen books that I didn’t have space for and have enrolled people as gifts.  You must check it out!  I’ll email you a link.