Donna Quixote

I read this harrowing, lovely book about Joan Didions’ coping with the death of her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne. I wonder about the situation surrounding the gifting of this copy from daughter to mother.Continue Reading

Circa 1942, this book on growing up is really cute. Continue Reading

Our oldest book to date. With a 1895 inscription, the book is even older, containing Washington Irving stories published in serial form in 1819 and 1820 and then issued as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. I clearly paid insufficient attention when I found this gem at the beach (and I’ll use being at the beach as my excuse), as I thought it was a sketchbook in which one might, you know, sketch. But, no, it contains “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” English major mea culpa.Continue Reading

Another heartfelt Christmas gift, this one from a daughter to her shutterbug dad. Continue Reading