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Commonplace Book & Miscellany Acc't Oxford Comma Devotee
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) Classic Style by Judith Miller
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein
Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra. John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat
A Pair of Greek gold, hardstone, and enamel earrings featuring swan pendants suspended from granulated discs and decorated with emerald beads; Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd–1st century BC. Courtesy: Christie's.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (11/20) Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization by Lewis Mumford
“The rose was so immensely old. From the gardens of Damascus and Persia the garden rose had come to the walled castle gardens of England and to the poor plots of peasants, and for how many centuries it has grown wild in the forests who could say? Its incense breathed from old…
The currency beauty demands is time and the unraveling of the mystery rewards only those who are patient enough to make the attempt.
When people are of low energy and little life force, this reflects in their taste. Being transported, inspired, and deeply moved is energetically intensive, so low energy people gravitate toward cheap dopamine, with minimal intricacy to behold and process, experiences that are…
Satin and tulle gown detail Maison Paul Poiret, Paris, ca. 1910
Our mechanical and metropolitan civilization. . .has let certain essential human elements drop out of its scheme; and until we recover these elements our civilization will be at loose ends, and our architecture will unerringly express this situation. Lewis Mumford
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (11/20) Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization by Lewis Mumford
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10/20) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Living room of the home and studio of artist Albert Herter, 1917 East Hampton, New York
Today the sky is crisp blue and the clouds are searingly white and fluffy but the feel of late summer is in the air. An almost imperceptible hint of autumn in the breeze.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10/20) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (9/20) The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
Roses with Butterflies on a Stone Slab (detail) Ottmar Elliger, 1633-1679
