Sunday

Headline from foxnews.com: “Chicago Macy’s hangs world’s largest American flag in annual display of patriotism.”

This pictorial on the War on Terror will be available in August:

According to an article by Dana Kennedy at nypost.com, there is an unpublished John Steinbeck manuscript in his estate’s possession. It’s from early in his career when he was experimenting with genres. Murder at Full Moon is a werewolf novel. I’ve always believed any of a famous author’s unpublished works should be published. If it’s good, terrific. If it’s not, so what? It will either add to his legacy or be dismissed without harming it.

The heat wasn’t as big a factor as yesterday at today’s session of the floating book shop, a nice breeze blowing along Bay Parkway. Luckily, the most advantageous parking spot — in the shade — opened as I was setting up the display, so the toil was minimized. My thanks to the young man who bought two Kay Parker mysteries, and to the other who purchased The Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad by Julie Jason, an Agatha Christie collection in Russian, and a non-fiction work titled Time, of which I’m unable to find any info; and to the woman who took home a Bible in plain English, a Webster’s college dictionary, and The One Year Bible NIV by Tindale, which breaks up the holy book into 365 non-linear parts, a sort of homework assignment for each day; and to the guy smart enough to jump on Bonnie and Clyde (1967) on DVD; and to Bill, who chose The Best of Modern Humour by Mordecai Richler, which includes pieces by Groucho Marx and Woody Allen; and to the young mom who surprised the heck out of me, since I’m not a spiritual person, by selecting Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 1863–1903. He visited the west in 1893 and his presence had a significant impact, attracting avid press coverage. He died in India at 39 while meditating, fulfilling his prophecy that he would not live 40 years. His followers believed he’d attained Mahāsamādhi, the act of consciously and intentionally leaving one’s body at the moment of death. His Wiki profile contains this explanation of his philosophy: “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or mental discipline, or philosophy — by one, or more, or all of these — and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details.”

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