The perservation of the old and unusual is captured like none other in the form of rare letters, postcards, and of course books. This is what you will find at what looks to be a magificent gem of a store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — “The Monkey’s Paw.” I just couldn’t resist sharing and showing you […]
Revival
This past week in the March 17th, 2013 issue of “Book Review” in the New York Times Sunday Edition there were two books reviewed that focus on letter writing. WOW! Two books in the same week. Yes, I get excited about these kind of things. It would seem I am not alone in thinking that letter […]
Saturdays
Here is what I hope for this Saturday: * sleeping in (anything past 7:00am counts in my house) * crepes, strawberries for breakfast * read the Globe and Mail newspaper * minimal fighting over which TV program gets to be on * some sort of exercise (most likely will be weather dependent) * uninterrupted reading […]
Parch what?
Nancy Drew was on the bedside table this week at our house. A whole stack in fact, just some of the over 100 titles in the series available. The title we were reading was “The Strange Message in the Parchment.” I love using different kinds of papers. Parchment being just one of them. But the girl detective […]