Playingjane - Playing Jane

Espresso, flowers and plenty of space to write seems to be all I need at the moment. There’s a lot of anxiety pent up in me about what will happen in the coming months—I’m sure it’s the same for everyone—but I’m trying to channel that into making things. 

Montreal book shopping.

Secrets of the Stars Inez N. McFee New York: The Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1922.

I got tagged by @i-have-beards​ - hooray! - a fellow Aquarian. 

Name: Stella Nickname/s: Coffee Star Sign: Aquarius Gender: Female Height: 5′6 Sexual Orientation: If I - want to take a guy - home with me tonight - it’s none of your business!...  Favorite color/s: Yellow Time right now: 2100 hours Average hours of sleep: 6 Lucky Numbers: 4 - Because 4 is a cosmic number. Last thing I googled: Best alarm clocks  Number of blankets I sleep under: two Favorite fictional characters: Moss from The IT Crowd, Ripley from Alien.  Fave books: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, East of Eden, Orlando, and many, many more.  Favorite Bands/Artists:  Fever Ray, The Knife, New Order, and many, many more. Dream Job: Wilderness Guide What I’m wearing rn: Grey t-shirt and jeans.  I tag: @kimbooklr @charlie-and-books @rainbow-books @reading-takes-you-places @heartlessharless 

 A little tough to read (physically) - especially for us anti-bookbenders - but super cool. The Strange Library - Haruki Murakami.

Tristram and Iseult by Henry Ospovat

This was a good response to the “80 books every man should read” that Esquire put out last year… Literary Hub was a new find by me on facebook and I’ve really enjoyed the articles I’ve read from them so far!!

The em dash is rich with power. But you’ll lose yourself.