Some of my end-cap displays at work:
I’m really enjoying Christopher Isherwood’s “My Guru and his disciple” – – his memoir of living monastically with a Hindu swami. This entry from December 31, 1944, made me laugh in happy recognition.
Snap out of it!
“Everything, including your scruples about your conduct, is vanity, in the last analysis. Never mind what other people think of you. Never mind what you think of yourself. Stop trying to tidy yourself up. Stop making vows – –you’ll only break them. No more tears, I beg. Come on, Saint Augustine – – amuse us. And let’s make this a happy new year.”
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BELOW: Lucinda is entirely redoing their upstairs bathroom, after a pipe broke – – with help from their neighbor Christopher:
