Category Archives: reads

Happy Painting Mail Day

One of the folks I follow on YouTube said this was his oldest, most-used and most-valuable book. Found a copy VERY cheap on Abesbooks and it arrived today from the UK. I can see why he spoke so highly of … Continue reading

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The Tales of Middle Earth

Those tales are drawing to a close as our small party have just arrived back in Bree on their journey home. Tonight a group of us went to see the new Star Wars film, Solo, and I think we all … Continue reading

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May Day, 2018

Happy May Day! I took myself on a little vacation from writing today, after writing a poem each day for all of April. It was warm and mostly sunny and I had reserved a spot in a rare books something … Continue reading

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TGIF, and for a new book

Molly better hope the book doesn’t fall over on her because it’s big. Really big. It came in a big box stuffed with a lot of crumpled up paper to keep it from moving around. The first handful of pages … Continue reading

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The Litany of Fear

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will … Continue reading

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