"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.

Books you would like to read..

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

“Reading—the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.”

— William Styron

scenes from the past couple months | oxford, united kingdom

Source.

some type of morning

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442 | A book rec for the ~morbidly~ curious - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Cailin Doughty. 

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.

Inktober Day 13: Ash

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.