"We read to know we are not alone"

Sorry posting has been sporadic – I am struggling with things at the moment. Autumn mornings have been one of many small refuges, watching the sunrise from bed with coffee and Finnegans Wake.

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.."

detail from a page of a bound periodical from 1893

Went to a bookstore that had mini chandeliers as lights today and bought some Yates love poems

— William Styron

scenes from the past couple months | oxford, united kingdom

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some type of morning

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Currently Listening - The Way You Used to Do, Queens of the Stone Age 

There’s something about a day when you start a new notebook that feels so fresh and life-restoring. If you’ve been following me for a while then you know I’m almost exclusively a Moleskine user (soft cover, squared pages, that’s the one). However I recently visited one of my favourite stationers in London and this one caught my eye. I think what drew me to it was the tiny gilded maxim, barely noticeable in the corner: ‘what should have been, is’. Once I saw it was squared paper inside I had to have it. I can’t wait to find a use for this one!

Coffee and Terras on Dostoevsky.

The House on Ashtree Lane

House of Leaves is odd (even frustrating, at times). But the story is compelling and pulls you in. Unreliable narrator, humour at unexpected places, mystery, loose ends, with just the right amount of spooky.. It’s an autumn read through and through.