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Diaries 3 (My Life As It Is Now)
My use of diaries (see my last post, of Sept. 28, 2024) and the need for more space in which to keep up my daily record grew as I reached the age of maturity. When the meager Letts journals no longer sufficed, I turned to whatever I had access to at year’s end: plain or… Read more
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Diaries 2 (Let’s Start at the Beginning)
I’ve been keeping a diary, off and on, since junior high school. It will come as no surprise to my loyal readers that the first diaries I used (doubtless a Christmas gift from my parents) were published by that venerable British stationary company, Letts of London. John Letts opened his company in London in 1796,… Read more
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Diaries 1
I used to own a complete set of Samuel Pepys’ famous diaries (1660-1669). An edition published earlier in the 20th century. Not any longer though. The nine volumes, adding to my already weighty collection of books, became too much to hang onto. Finally, at one house move, they were tossed overboard. Well, not literally. Given… Read more
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A Personal Library
Last year (May 11, 2023), I came across a post by Molly Templeton on the TOR.com website entitled “Building our Personal Libraries, and the Books We Leave Behind“. In it, she speaks of the books she’s owned the longest: They were, not surprisingly, children’s books from her youth. “The book I’ve owned the longest has… Read more
