Sunday’s new theme – Something Literary – focuses on the classic novel Frankenstein. Frankenstein has been making appearances in my life. I didn’t know it was the two-hundred-year anniversary since Mary Shelley wrote and published Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. but I started to see a pattern. In September, before I went to California, I received […]
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Illuminated Manuscripts give me an amazing amount of pleasure and inspiration. On this blog, today is Something Beautiful Monday and this is the cover image of the latest addition to my personal library. I found this beautiful book Friday in the rare book section of our local beloved bookstore – Russell Books. During my Medieval Studies
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Today Canada celebrates books with the world by aligning the Canada and B.C. Book Days with the UN World Book Day. Why April 23rd some may ask? On this day in 1616, William Shakespeare, Miguel de Crevantes, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. In keeping with this theme here are a few
While attempting to come up with a title for my earlier post on Notetaking, I discovered a little-known fact. Our modern-day practice of notetaking and collecting those notes in books has historical origins. According to the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: “In the most general sense, a commonplace book contains a collection of
During a recent memoir writing course, I realized how writing has been a theme throughout my life. At every stage and decade of my life writing has been a creative activity I have participated in. In elementary school, I co-wrote a couple plays. My friends and I worked together to stage these stories. We did
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It was a sign of the coming summer when at the top of Bastion Square, J. Robert Whittle, the ‘Book Guy,’ set up his book stall. He arrived early before anyone else and I would often pass him on my walk to work. Too often I was running late and couldn’t stop to chat. I
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This was originally posted on 5 January 2011 on my old blog. I have recently picked up this book again as I didn’t get further than page 80 when this post was written. Recently I have committed to reading more and I am looking forward to finishing this delightful find. What the Dickens! Sometimes as
My apologies for the scarcity of posts recently. I am occupied with two things at present: editing my first novel and helping friends organize a cross-country cycling event. In the next couple of months, I hope to have some more information about this first novel that I can share here. In the meantime, I am
I am a collector; primary in my collecting focus are books. I have a few out of print authors that are near and dear to my heart whose work I have scoured high and low for in second hand book stores both locally and wherever I travel. My luggage has been burdened with many a
Collector I am. Part One – Books Read More