Small and portable things, including Bibles.

Oooh DEARRRRRR! I thought I'd better drag this blog back to the serious, or t'owd man'll go ballistic! He said to me: "On Facebook you go very, very very VERY silly. You must concentrate on your blog, where you tackle serious subjects in depth." So I thought that this being the year of the KJV I ought to give a little nod in that direction. So I start by reminding you of the new Transetto Bible:

http://www.cambridge.org/bibles/kjv/transetto.htm

Blank notebook: all my own work

To an amateur bookbinder, this version is an interesting innovation, a concept even:

 http://www.dwarsligger.com/

Are you a dwarsligger? 

dwarsligger (from Dutch dwars – crossways, transverse; intractable, contrary and liggen to lie). A person unwilling to cooperate, who is stubbornly resistant to everything; obstructionist; troublemaker.
I don't think I am, really; I tend to co-operate. A bit of a yes-woman, which is why my diary is full of things that get in the way of My Life's Work, and is also the reason why I cannot play tennis, because I tend to send the ball back as obligingly as I can to the place where my opponent can reach it; this also comes from learning to play in back gardens where you didn't want to have to keep hopping over the fence to retrieve a ball. But back to Bibles - (I know - how did I get there?); I started looking at stuff on the Eden site, as they said I had a voucher for £3, and I'm fascinated by illustrated Bibles, children's Bibles, basically the whole way that Bibles are packaged and presented, and I found this:

http://www.eden.co.uk/shop/icb-mary-janes-bible-lthflex-1245514.html

which rather reminded me of the ancient girdle book idea (which tended to be books of hours, prayer books):

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=girdle+book&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=YuO&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=M2IETtSQAYmY8QPcqdU5&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=615

The way to make sure you get 5-a-day

I'm drawn to small portable things, for some reason; you can see it in the fact that apart from when I go to church, I carry a small chopping board, a veg peeler and a small sharp knife with me most places, all kept in a little cloth bag. I might be bohemian, but I have some sense of priorities, and a degree of personal organisation. For a bit more on the girdle book, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdle_book

But I end with a bit of a bling Bible. It really appeals to me, but then I am trying to find a wetsuit in a pink-and-black tiger print neoprene, if such is made; if not, why not? Let me know if you see one.

 http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/product_detail.asp?sku=1400317037&dept_id=230000&TopLevel_id=230000&title=Sequin_Bible_-_Pink_ICB

Is this OK, David? It is serious, isn't it? It's all about Bibles! I did try!