The World of Forever: A Memorial Anthology of Quotations from the Minack Chronicles (Hardcover)

As always, around this time of year I start searching through Donkey World's cards for Christmas. I am always stunned by the beauty, and gentle cleverness of the artists. I was particularly struck by "The Journey". There are two versions of the image, one with a foal, one without. The new version with the foal brought to mind a book I read entitled, "The Secret Magdalene", by Ki Longfellow.

How nice to hear from Jenny Bates again - but where are all the lovely poems she often contributed? Also missing are the interesting contributions from everyone who used to comment on her poems, send in their own donkey experiences and anecdotes, etc.. What has happened to everyone?

Here is my review of Dr. Svendsen's excellent new book, The Complete Book of the Donkey", that appears on the Amazon.com website:

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Complete Book of the Donkey by Elisabeth Svendsen
Donkey Wisdom and Reality, January 19, 2010

I now have found a way that I might keep all the sense of wonder and mystery this season. It is by enjoying a lovely book entitled, " Wake up, Dormouse, Santa Claus is Here" by Eleonore Schmid. You will be drawn into the woods where the animals await a visit from Santa. You will feel the windless fall of the snow, the smell of the woods and the community of soul of the animals. And then!

I have been slowly and steadily collecting a variety of books on Donkeys. I recently came across a book entitled, "The Donkey and the Golden Light", by John and Gill Speirs. It is a feast for the eyes with beautiful illustrations reminiscent of the Book of Kells and, by the author's own admission, the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Exquisite in its rendering on every page, I was mesmerized.