It seems like I should be blogging again, and I’ve been thinking about lists lately, so that’s where I’ll begin. Last week, I was reading a copy of The Book of Fantasy (edited by Borges, Ocampo, and Casares) that I’d picked up among the wonderful selection of cool stuff at The Green Hand. That led [...]
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Posted in cool things, Writing | No Comments »>The Day of the Dead is on my list of festivals I’d like to go to one day. They seem to do a pretty good job of it in Tucson, witness this picture. And what’s in the photo isn’t half as interesting as the context as described in the caption: …An undulating snake of skeletons, [...]
Posted in cool things | 1 Comment »>Came across a reference to an interesting-sounding book, the Codex Seraphinus, an encyclopedia from an imagined world, in a cryptic alphabet and unknown language, but copiously illustrated. Wikipedia explains, and here’s a site by an enthusiast. I tried to summon one up via interlibrary loan, but (alas) the only copy in Maine is apparently non-circulating. [...]
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