Your Imagination
Tag: communicating creatively
Maze Of Knowledge
Last Sunday,, I had the pleasure of visiting (for only the second time, surprisingly) the Argyle Emporium in Goulburn, NSW. The Argyle Emporium sells used books, records and an assortment of eclectic things.
As the bookshop is located in Goulburn, only 15 mins away from where my Wife’s parents live (where we have obviously visited numerous times over the years), its a wonder that we haven’t been there more often.
On one hand, though, maybe I can understand that after being there for a bit less than an hour yesterday and buying 9 books. It is truly an amazing place!
Set in a old Police Station, and being a building of largish construction (for Goulburn), it has a number of rooms, so many in fact that is like a maze. All the rooms are positively brimming with books on just about every subject you can imagine. A recent review highlights the fact it houses 500,000 books. A Bibliophile’s dream!
It is not only for a lover of collecting books though, it is an extremely deep well of knowledge and resource, a place I will be visiting more often now.
The owner, Tony advised me that his Father, Stephen had started the bookshop 21 years ago.
It is open 10am – 4pm 7 days a week and is located opposite the Railway Station in Sloane Street, Goulburn.
The Argyle Emporium is such a delightful place to spend time browsing for treasure. So, what of the treasure I uncovered yesterday? That will be the subject of another post…
Written by David Johnson 8 September 2020
Nourishing A Thought
Shining Beacon
A Pleasant Surprise!
Recently, I was thinking about which book to read next and I have decided that I would like to read some of the classic titles from yesteryear, by authors such as Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and the like.
I was scanning my own bookshelves to see what I could find (in that vein) and came across a few such books by other authors.
In my travels I came across a Poetry book that was not with my Poetry collection. It was tucked away in the Biographical section and I must admit that I had forgotten all about it. It is now back in its rightful place.
The book in question is, ‘Quatrains of Omar Khayyam’ translated by E.H. Whinefeld. It is quite a small, thin book and in fact measures 10 cm high, 15 cm wide and 8 mm thick.
Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet who was born on 18 May 1048 and passed away on 4 December 1131.
What is a Quatrain? It is a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
The Introduction goes for 26 pages with the balance of the book containing no less than 395 Quatrains and was printed in 1920.
I thoroughly enjoyed flipping through the pages this afternoon, sampling some of the poems. I’m sure I will be revisiting it again soon.
Written by David Johnson
23 August 2020
A Fine Writing Instrument
Staring Into The Flames
Rebirth
What Is A Poem?
Where Beauty Reigns Supreme
