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MSM-03 Gogg
My daughter and I finished putting together another mecha model. This guy is an amphibious mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam. The fingers and hands were fun to put together! All the fingers have individual ball joints and are quite delicate to assemble. The hands end up being very poseable. I think this is a…
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The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Here’s a book jot from September 2021: I finished reading The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (1980). It’s a children’s novel that takes place in contemporary Britain. The story revolves around an old medicine cabinet and antique key. When used together, they impart a magic that turns small plastic toys into living…
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Boyhood by Leo Tolstoy
Here is an old book jot from August, 2021…still getting caught up with posting these! I just finished reading Boyhood (1854) by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Judson Rosengrant. It’s the second novel in his autobiographical trilogy. The first book, Childhood, was the first work Tolstoy published. The prose is beautiful, natural, and simple. It was…
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Quick update
For some reason, many of the images that previously loaded on this website are no longer working. I’m not sure if perhaps size limits were changed or if there is some other explanation. I have changed a few of them so that they still appear, but many, especially scans of postcards, are no longer working.…
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Thunder by Alexander Ostrovsky
I finished reading Thunder (also translated as The Storm; 1859), a play written by Alexander Ostrovsky. I had never read anything by Ostrovsky before, and coming across this play was like finding a hidden jewel! There is a well-developed cast of characters surrounding two young Russians: Catherine, an unhappy married woman, and Boris, the son…
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
I finished reading Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was a fantastically fun read! It’s an adventure novel that takes place in the mid 1700s in Scotland and follows the trials and tribulations of young David Balfour. Friendship is a major theme, as is integrity and honor. There were many words new to me,…
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Echoes
A world forsooth where wrong and right are blent,A world that teems with war, a world that reeksWith countless crime, where evermore the ploughLacks its due honour, and the hind is forcedFar from his desolate fields, and reaping-hooksAre straightened into swords. -Virgil, The Georgics (translated by Lord Burghclere)