Thursday, December 31, 2020

Something About the Art of Henri Matisse

Quelque chose sur l'artiste.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Something About COBE

Circuses of babies expectorating.

Monday, December 28, 2020

Something About the Stoddard's Lectures

Now's the time, the time is now, to travel on.

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Something About Box Sets

Just some books in a box!

Friday, December 25, 2020

Something About Humbug

Bah-bompa-bah, bah bah-bah.

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Monday, December 21, 2020

Something About Mystery on PBS

What is that woman moaning about, anyway?

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Something About Paperback Publishing in the 1980s

Judging a book by its cover.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Something About Tekonsha

Brace yourself!

Friday, December 18, 2020

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Something About the Hornbook

Letters may be read, and books signed, through the horn.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Something About Monopoly

And collecting two hundred dollars, maybe.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Something About Winona Post Road

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road may get you there.

Monday, December 14, 2020

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Something About Your Own Fuss Closet

Ah ha, push that fuss!

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Something About A First Printing of “Face”

From the collector’s corner.

Friday, December 11, 2020

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Something About a Fireman Statue


Make your memory fire on all cylinders!

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Something About Treehorn

Treehorn
Shrinking for distress.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Something About Dakota Fawning

The Dakota
Imagine such a building!

Monday, December 7, 2020

Something About Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor
A date which will live in infamy.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Something About Pawnbrokers

Pawnbroker
Pawn your credit and your honour.

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Something About the Church of Saint Jacobi

St. Jacobi, Werther
A saint by any other name -

Friday, December 4, 2020

Something About Underground

Und.....und
Lost and lonely little trivia.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Something About Illinois

Illinois

Comes an echo on the breeze!

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Something About Anachronisms

Julius Caesar
It’s about time.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Uncovered: The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer by Nathan Collins

Artwork for the twelfth and final book in the Lewis Barnavelt series by Nathan Collins is now available for viewing.  The cover of The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer shows Lewis running from a figure cloaked in red and spinning a fiery numeral 3.

Something About Astronomical Events

Capharnaum County meteorite
Go waiting for the stars to come showering down.

Monday, November 30, 2020

Something About Towering Imagery

Mind the prose.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Something About the Yedikule Hisarı

Yedikule Hisarı
Seven days in its dungeon makes one weak.

Saturday, November 28, 2020

Something About the Aydos Kalesi

Aydos Kalesi
The old stone fort, it ain't what it used to be....

Friday, November 27, 2020

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Something About Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!


Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Something About the Serpentine Column

Serpentine Column
Are three heads better than two?

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Something About the Basilica Cistern

Bond in the Basilica Cistern
Subterranean home sunk blues.

Monday, November 23, 2020

Something About Hagia Irene

Hagia Irene
Irene, I'll get you in my dreams.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Something About Abraham Ortelius

Abraham Ortelius
He who made the measles map.

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Something About Facing Winona

Indian Head stone face
Head like a whole...rock.

Friday, November 20, 2020

Something About Charles Merchant

Grave of Charles Merchant
It just keeps rolling along....

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Something About Building Bridges

Historic Bridge Park
In God we truss.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Something About Warren Windrow

Windrow
Hare be rows.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Something About Obsoletism

Obsolete (Anna Jane Grossman)

Any advantages to your unavailability?

Monday, November 16, 2020

Cover Critic: The Face in the Frost (US, 1991)

Cover Critic
is our periodic survey of readers and fans about the various artwork and illustrations of the books in the Bellairs Corpus.

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Something About Ludovicus Barneveldus

Harrius Potter
Ex libris Johannes Bellairsus

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Something About Hair-raising Adventures

Barber
Hath any man seen him at the barbers?

Friday, November 13, 2020

Something About Of Hippo

Hippo Regius
Hungry, hungry Augustine.