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 |   Maybe meandering, possibly peripatetic and indisputably irregular. |
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So here it is.. a blog. Repository of some of my present musings and interests. Sometimes things pop into my head that should probably stay there - it is possible I shall share at least some of them here. (Naturally I shall filter out the ones about my sordid obsession with the culinary dark arts, one has to protect the innocent!) Please feel free not to take this too seriously, much of it could wind up being snippets of things that amuse me. Yesterday I came up with this: Few politicians can be considered first class, but not a few are number twos. What can I do with it? Nothing springs to mind, except perhaps blog it. Perhaps in some other life I'm a failed stand-up comedian. I have the beginnings of an idea to introduce another player into the Mr Moonlight story, a nice visual has occurred to me, and a summoning gone wrong seems appropriate. When I finish up here I shall literally put pen to paper. I find writing at least initially longhand helps my ideas flow. When I type up what I've written, I give it a first revision at the same time, and as a bare minimum check my spellings and grammar . I do want to keep tabs on my current reading here. I usually have several books on the go at the same time. Currently I am working through 'Pyramids' by Terry Pratchett. I reread Pratchett's books over and over - usually at work where they provide much needed amusement whilst I eat breakfast. 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle', by Stuart Turton was loaned to me by a friend who shares a love of murder mysteries, (especially Agatha Christie's works). It is a new take on the genre and very very clever. The protagonist occupies different bodies - a selection of the guests at the house where Evelyn is murdered. Each day he spends in a different guest, and he has been tasked with discovering the murderer - or maybe saving Evelyn from actually being murdered, it is hard to tell. The book twists and turns and is quite intriguing. 'New Science - Principles of the new science concerning the common nature of nations' is an English translation by David Marsh of 'La Scienza Nuova' by Giambattista Vico, published in 1725. Not far into this yet, I had to find a copy of the frontispiece online, as it wasn't included in the Kindle edition. The first part of the book explains the idea - and uses a detailed description of the frontispiece to convey this. So being without it would have made things somewhat harder. 'The Complete Works of Michael De Montaigne' is again a translation, this time by Donald M. Frame. Montaigne's Essays are famous, I kept reading about them, so treated myself to a nice hardbound copy to dip into - usually just before bedtime. So there we have it - a blog entry - enjoy! (whispers almost inaudibly 'Bon Appétit). |
| I have successfully bound together a few pages of an article '"Towards a Science of Ideas" by Dr. Guido Enthoven in case anyone is interested, and set another article on it's way. This time I added some blank end sheets - getting fancy already! My wife is insisting I should now leap to making a book of my own poetry. The idea does appeal, though the techniques are advanced on what I've just tried. That said, about £20 would buy me the tools I would need to start. I think to be on the safe side I may try making a small blank book, to try out the stitching that a larger book would need, and the technique of making a hard cover. It looks fun, but I need to take my time and get used to what I'm doing. |
| I'm putting this here in case anyone imagines it is another of my strange little fantasies such as grace the Newsfeed from time to time. For a little while I have been thinking about finding a hobby for myself. Well, after watching a stray YouTube video, (yes I know this DOES sound like a wind up), I have decided to dabble my toes in the art of book binding. Actually my ambitions do stretch a little further and I may try my hand at paper making at some point. For now however, I have decided to try using a double fan to bind together some articles that I currently keep in a couple of folders. Here's the link in case you are interested: Even as I type this, my first attempt is lying under a purpose bought glass chopping board, and several weighty books as the glue dries. The Bullet Journaling mentioned in my previous post hasn't really blossomed yet, but there's time yet |
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). I mostly reject that. I'm eating rice with an egg this morning but Pannya just brought me chocolate milk from 7/11 (bless him; I really don't need it).
