please take care of this book

There has been a recent lull in correspondence from my little prodigy in recent months, which given the state of the world politically, as well as environmentally, is really no surprise. However, today it was with enormous joy that I received a really extraordinary photograph from one of my fabulous readers. It seems that LGB, has found sanctuary in one of the most remote locations on the planet, and while looking extremely battered, it is with enormous relief that I saw that

There seems to be an excessive amount of global turmoil at the moment. Politically, the UK and the US, appear to be caught in a divisive landscape, through Brexit and the Trump administration, while the issue of global warming grows daily in the background, like a strange monolith baying for attention, It therefore seems particularly pertinent that the little green book was pictured this week, not only revering a spectacular sunset in Cartagena, Spain, but is also sited next

This extraordinary planet is constantly offering up rafts of contrasting experiences. For all the dark in the world, there is light, for all the sorrow encountered there is, somewhere, joy and bliss. It is so easy to get locked into one point of view, one position, but wait long enough - turn your eye to a different horizon, adjust your compass, and change can be found. Similarly as we negotiate, not perhaps the coldest winter but certainly a grey and dark one here in the UK,

It comes as no surprise that please take care of this book, or LGB as the small travelling tome of photographs and poetry is fondly referred to, has finally been spotted in San Francisco, The Castro District has become synonymous with LGBT issues since the 1960s and continues to be a hub of activism for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights in the USA. Currently, with Donald J. Trump at the helm of The White House, LGBT issues have come under siege in a manner which

After finding peace, refuge, the solace of a bookshelf and a furry friend in Sweden, LGB is once again seen in the great outdoors in the latest picture from the United States. Crossing continents, please take care of this book has been photographed lake-side in Ottawa National Forest - a million acre swathe of green in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is consistently intriguing for me as the author of this small green tome, that readers send me images of my book of

There are times in life that regardless of how much work you've have done on self-esteem issues, that circumstances collude to put you firmly in your place. please take care of this book, is clearly experiencing one such circumstance in the photos sent in from Watchet harbour today. In 1797, romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge walked over the Quantock hills with his friend and fellow poet William Wordsworth, from his home in Nether Stowey, and came across Watchet which is s

For all seasoned travellers, amongst whom 'please take care of this book' now considers itself a member, however wonderful the scenery, how entrancing the people or how clement the weather, it can all become overwhelming and tiring. This wonderful statue at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, evokes just this sort of world weariness and if you have read 'please take care of this book too' by Suzanne J. Cairns, it will remind you of the strange journey that the little green book en

How ironic that shortly after receiving an image from the memorial stone that commemorates those killed in New York in the September 11th disaster, a reader of 'please take care of this book' has sent this photograph from Spain. Not as iconic as the World Trade Centre has become, but perhaps more moving, Victor Ochoa's imposing sculpture in Cartagena is dedicated to all those affected by the horrors of terrorism. Standing at 5 metres high and weighing two tons, Ochoa's emoti

With the creation of please take care of this book's new website, came the unfortunate necessity to abandon the previous blog which had taken LGB to four continents. However, the start of the new blog coincided with a wonderful photograph from South Africa, somewhere that the little book has not been seen before. As the whole project promotes kindness in the treatment of all things, how incredibly apt this image is. Thank you so much to the reader who shared this moment. sjc