Aug 15, 2021
What a great opening paragraph....
You put two things together that have not been together before. And the world is changed. People may not notice at the time, but that doesn't matter. The world has been changed nonetheless.
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What a great opening paragraph....
You put two things together that have not been together before. And the world is changed. People may not notice at the time, but that doesn't matter. The world has been changed nonetheless.
Have a dark night. Turn off the lights and use candles!
This could be nice - dinner by candle light, watch a movie by candle light or just sit and chat by the comforting glow.
Seen while reading - Simple Things Magazine.
If it's Home-Made it's made...
slowly
healthy
with skills
in my kitchen
with love
and with happiness!
I’ve just read something that’s made me want to start collecting - opening lines from books. They make a huge difference in how a book feels to me, so why have I never thought of doing this before!
Seen While Reading:
Not too sure exactly where I came across this, but isn’t it good!
(via “Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep,” a poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye - 1932 [text] : Frisson)
Read the two excerpts together, as one.
They appeared on two pages hence the two photos.
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell was such a fun book, I really enjoyed it! After looking him and the bookshop up, on Google, I’m going there if I ever get to Scotland!
(via The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell | Goodreads)
Seen While Reading:
“ ‘Kaleidoscope’ - I overuse some words, I know that. ‘Zigzag’ and ‘spiral’, for example - words that bend straight lines into new shapes. Mazy, meandering words are the sort I like - coils and corkscrews, loops and labyrinths. And arabesques, naturally. Straight lines are death: the arrow is fired, it hits the target - the end.”
from - As I was Saying by Robert Dessaix
Seen While Reading……
This is one of the most recognisable book covers ever released. Designed in 1925 and the book’s first cover, it was painted by Francis Cugat and titled “Celestial Eyes.” I love it, always have, and hopefully will one day find a secondhand copy of it. However….
I didn’t know this little bit of trivia - in each iris, there is a floating, naked woman.
Why? No explanation has ever been discovered!
(via F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – Francis Cugat (1925))