https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world10.html Author Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world10.html#comment-138 Mary Pellerito Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:50:19 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=535#comment-138 The more we know, the more we realize we have so much more to learn. Capturing what we experience seems to be a human need. I am guilty of this. But when I need to dust what I have accumulated or organize my harddrive, again, I question my need to capture and wonder if memories will suffice. Now, if I had an orb floating around that I didn’t have to clean ….

]]> https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world10.html#comment-137 Mary Ann Linsell Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:20:59 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=535#comment-137 Yeah for the hard brown nut, aka, written word. Four laptops opened in the living room the other day, and Jeff reaches for the 1984 (his birthyear) edition of Brittanica (sp?), so that he might quickly look up all facts on the state of Delaware…………we were seeing who could remember the capital first; aye, Dover!

]]> https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world10.html#comment-139 Jerry Dennis Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:49:45 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=535#comment-139 You’ve raised a thought worthy of Borges! See his story, “The Library of Babel.”

]]> https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2011/03/this-bountiful-world10.html#comment-136 Pamela Grath Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:34:52 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=535#comment-136 Those lines from the Borges story are magical, but they made me dizzy. And maybe an encyclopedia of everything in the world would be BIGGER than the world, since many things would need extensive description. Isn’t that a sobering thought? Thank you for stretching my mind this afternoon.

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