“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”-C.S. Lewis
Sara Teasdale, July 11, 1919, by Arnold Genthe.
Hermann Hesse, 1929.
The Weirdest Typewriters You’ve Ever Seen [courtesy Flavorwire]
I really want The Hammond 1, circa 1880. You?
7-13-13: Columbus.
Random building, pretty trees.
Wendy’s historical marker.
One of the new CoGo bike sharing stations.
The coolest vendors at Moonlight Market.
“That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”-The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
This gallery contains 12 photos.
Two shelves of books, just before being packed.
Books, History
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”-Marcus Tullius Cicero
The well-groomed Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. He was seventy.
Samuel Pepys, 1666.
QUOTE: “But me thought is lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.”
KNOWN FOR: His incredibly diary.
A KEEPSAKE:
Samuel Pepys’ Diary at Lady Frans Library. $19.00
Fascinating Early-20th-Century Color Photos of Famous People [courtesy Flavorwire]
There are several writers included. Be sure to come back and let us know your favourite!
…is a fascinating and priceless literary and cultural treasure. Filling the years 1919-1938, it is a neat autobiography of his (and Zelda’s) professional output and earnings. The whole thing is now available on-line. Go there, go there now! It is a first-class time-waster worth every second.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Ledger [courtesy University of South Carolina]
His handwriting is elegantly divine.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, meticulous record-keeper, in 1921.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 