Had a good time trying out some Tengwar, lettering, and cursive with a new italic nib this evening. (Thanks @wiersdorf !)

#penmanship #caligraphy #tengwar #Tolkien #lemonysnicket #books #quotes #DouglasAdams #President #FountainPen #Lamy

Damn, does any modern writer go harder than Daniel Handler?!

The three of us stood there for a minute. I don’t know what Stew was thinking, and the filing cabinet wasn’t thinking anything. But I was thinking, is this the world? Is this really the place in which you’ve ended up, Snicket? It was a question that struck me, as it might strike you, when something ridiculous was going on, or something sad. I wondered if this was really where I should be, or if there was another world someplace, less ridiculous and less sad. But I never knew the answer to the question. Perhaps I had been in another world before I was born, and did not remember it, or perhaps I would see another world when I died, which I was in no hurry to do. In the meantime I knew only the world I was in. In the meantime I was stuck in this police station, doing something so ridiculous it felt sad, and feeling so sad that it was ridiculous. The world of the police station, the world of Stain’d-by-the-Sea and all of the wrong questions I was asking, was the only world I could see.
— "When Did You See Her Last?" - All The Wrong Questions no.2 - Lemony Snicket / Art by Seth

#BriefButSpectacular #Daniel Handler #LemonySnicket

I love this clip of him.

https://youtu.be/ghhfgJ7HYxQ?si=JVK7xfOOBlQJ8n5J

this morning I harvested some dill from my flowerpot. as I was cutting it I realized it was Very Fresh Dill, and wanted to tell an old friend, who would totally get the allusion, but we've been out of touch for years. time is a weird thing.

#VeryFreshDill #LemonySnicket #friendship

How Can I Use That?: The Influences of Edward Gorey

He famously read Dracula at the age of seven. From then on, Edward Gorey and his host of pale-skinned, dark-eyed characters feasted on culture wherever they could find it.

Join me in marking what would have been the 100th birthday of the Grandfather of Goth by digging into his biggest influences. Piece together the clues scattered throughout his life. Examine the strange and disturbing marks they left on his work. And hunt his favourite artists, writers and filmmakers around the world and through the centuries.

#17thCentury #19thCentury #20thCentury #EdwardGorey #Fragment #GoreyWeek2025 #LemonySnicket #TimBurton

https://gothicdispatch.com/edward-gorey-influences/

In the gym I've been watching videos on common place books. It tickles an itch I get this time of year for notebooks and writing and organization. Also a little nostalgia for Lemon Snicket.

It also has me considering using paper for immediate thoughts or collecting and Obsidian for a long term collection and second draft type space. I haven't tried merging paper and tech beyond calendars but I think this could work well for all my writing itches.

#CommonPlaceBook #LemonySnicket #Obsidian