Lytton Strachey organized his books from Z-A. What fun, I say! I love the peculiar precision of this arrangement, and have adopted its use.
Starting with Zola
Stein-Joyce
Hesse-Dickens
How do you arrange your books?
“In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought.”-Lytton Strachey
Duncan has agreed to sit here and look cute whilst I continue my unpacking and cleaning ways.
Cat watching and book guarding!
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”-Mark Twain
“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”-Walt Whitman
I am not a plant or flower or tree person. I cannot keep green things alive. I’ve no idea what kind of tree this is-I only know that it overlooks my second-story studio and that it is refreshingly lovely.
New studio view.
It’s a beaut, isn’t it?
Take two: first-floor view from the front porch.
The studio will be ready next week. I can hardly wait.
“To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them-the whole leaf and root tribe.”-Henry Ward Beecher
View from the porch of our new house.
“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventative of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”-Mark Twain
Staircase-Sepia
Staircase-Black and White
She has great priorities.
My in-progress studio is her new favourite place to relax.
Moving in to the new studio!
Can you spy the fireplace?
…looks like this.
A key to the future.
There are no quotes about moving or change that match the happiness I feel deep in my heart. Our new house is 6 1/2 miles away, but it feels like a different world. An opening into something calm and beautiful. A psychological awakening, ripe with satisfaction and intense anticipation. I can, almost, open my clenched fists. Almost.
“There are no ordinary cats.”-Colette
Zig Zig (aka Miss Zizi Jeanmaire) agrees.
ZigZig
My future writing studio.
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”-Anthony Trollope
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 