I received the most delightful surprise on Monday. It had nothing to do with Valentine’s Day, but everything to do with my first love — books. I received an invitation to return to Rare Book School next month for the advanced descriptive bibliography course. So, I will be spending spring break in Charlottesville and the time before then making my way through the reading list. There is a great deal to read in a short period of time, but if I forgo the Metro during my T commute for the next two weeks and read Studies in Bibliography instead, I should be prepared. Half-priced chocolate and Rare Book School — what a happy week!
February 20th, 2005
… indulge my bookishness by presenting me with a pamphlet — set, printed, and bound by hand … ideally, on sumptious handmade paper …
February 12th, 2005
My new home at Frassle has expanded a bit. Recently returned from Rare Book School, I have decided to use the precious free time that I have (before school and an impending move throw my life into chaos) to set up a Playful Antiquarian publisher site at Frassle. At the moment, the content is the same as my Playful Antiquarian feed, but as I figure things out, I hope to add more content.
Sorry for all of the recent site-hopping. With any luck, Frassle or some combination of Frassle and my other weblogs will be my location for the foreseeable future.
Addendum: I forgot to mention RSS feeds. There is a feed for the regular blog post section of my publisher site and a feed for my noteworthy links. Enjoy!
August 12th, 2004
The librarian action figure that I purchased recently looks out of place on my desk. I keep moving her from one spot to the next, but no matter where I place her, she seems out of her element.
Earlier this week I stumbled across an online exhibit from 2002 of miniature libraries from the children’s book collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Perhaps, I should construct a (extremely) miniature library like the one pictured on the introductory page for my action figure. I will have to call it an action figure’s library and not a doll’s library; otherwise, some of my colleagues may take offense.
May 6th, 2004
By 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, I was dressed, packed, and ready to go to BloggerCon, but as I was heading for the door, I suddenly had an idea. It was a good idea, but as usual for me, it came at an inopportune time.At the previous BloggerCon in October, many people were curious about my weblog, and I was reduced to writing my URL and other information on scraps of paper in a nervous, unrehearsed hand. I felt unprepared and awkward and quickly began to avoid conversations with unfamiliar bloggers.
Saturday morning, as I was heading out the door on my way to the second BloggerCon, I realized that I was about to walk into Pound Hall unprepared again. I needed something like blogcards, but in this last minute moment, I would have to make them myself. So, I did, but the simple project (in my typical fashion) turned into a complicated flurry of creative activity.
Three hours later, I had created fifteen unique cards–each card printed on celery cover paper from the Paper Source and featuring a version of the simply drawn little girl image that used to be on my weblog. Each little girl was wearing a one-of-a-kind paper dress, crafted from my new stock of print-on-demand chiyogami and my vast collection of decorative paper scraps. With my colorful, homemade stack of cards in hand, I felt happy, confident, and ready to network with other bloggers.
And, after all of that effort (and the embarrassment of missing a good portion of the conference), no one asked me about my weblog.
April 19th, 2004
