Something About an Ancient Roman Stylus

Post scriptum.

Something About Necromancy

'Till the mourning comes.

Something About the Timing of "Treasure"

Anthony’s adventures begin.

Something About Puffin Paperbacks in the 1990s

Auk words.

BiblioFile: Puffin Publishes Barnavelt (Part 2)

I see a decade has passed since the blog promised a follow-up about Puffin Books publishing the Lewis Barnavelt series.  The post was near completion so I’ll give it a go and get this one out there.

Memoriam: Norton Juster

Author Norton Juster died March 8. He was 91.

An architect by training, Juster was best known as an author of children's books, notably The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) and The Dot and the Line (1963). 

Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure about a bored young boy named Milo. After unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom. There, he acquired two faithful companions, a dog named tock and the humbug, and tried to restore to the kingdom its exiled princesses — named Rhyme and Reason — from the Castle in the Air.

The book, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, remains acknowledged as a classic of children's literature.

Something About Extended Library Fines

Ex library.

Something About March 8

Day 67, for those keeping track.

Time Capsule: March 8, 1991

From the March 9, 1991 edition of the Haverhill Gazette:

Something About Corduroy Trousers

Whoosh-Whoosh-Flap.

Remembering ... Thirty Years

In a Jan. 16, 1968, letter to his friend, John Drew, John Bellairs wrote:

And tomorrow I will be thirty. My goodness, you will say, life is short.

And tomorrow he will have been gone thirty years.

My goodness life is short.

Cheers, John.

30 years gone. John Bellairs was my favorite author when I was a kid, and it’s been one of my life’s joys sharing his books with my own kids. https://t.co/7z6YWgumsd pic.twitter.com/vKyqdGrdCA

— Adam 12 (@adamxii) March 9, 2021

Something About Travels of the Time Trolley

All I wanted to do, was play my lute and sing.

Something About Bellairs in Bristol: A Pimm and Proper Residence

For refuge straight to Bristol!

Something About What If

Hypothesis unbound.

Something About Word of Mouth Promotion

Getting the word out.