With Fonny in prison, Tish says that the word time “tolled like the bells of a church.”
James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk (1974).
Also from James Baldwin
“The burden is reality” : “Life is tragic” : “She was Sanctified holy”
Friday, November 1, 2019
“Somewhere in time”
“Pick a season”
At Oscar’s Portrait, George Bodmer has the perfect cartoon for our midwestern weather.
[Yesterday in downstate Illinois: snow. And this morning: 27 °F. It got winter.]
Fountain Pen Day
As I learned only last night, today is Fountain Pen Day, “a time to embrace, promote, and share the use of fountain pens.” They forgot sell. Oh well.
My regular writer, since l998, is a green-striped Pelikan, the best pen I’ve ever used. My recommendation for anyone who’d like to try a fountain pen: the Kaweco Classic Sport. It’s inexpensive enough to count as an experiment, reliable enough to use as a daily pen. Add a clip and converter and you’re set.
A related post
Five pens
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Ben Leddy hosts The Rewind
Here’s the latest installment of WGBH’s The Rewind, “Edward Gorey’s Mysterious Animations,” hosted by our son Ben. You can find all episodes of The Rewind at YouTube.
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
From WNYC: Impeachment: A Daily Podcast, with Brian Lehrer. I started listening yesterday. It’s excellent.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
“Pencils these days”
“Pencils these days, not worth the paper they write on”: Dr. John H. Watson (Nigel Bruce) in The Spider Woman (dir. Roy William Neill). His point broke.
Related reading
All OCA pencil posts (Pinboard)
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Mystery actor
Know him? Think you do? Leave your best guess in the comments. I’ll drop a hint if one’s needed, though I doubt one will. Be needed, that is.
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9:03 a.m.: No clue needed. The answer is now in the comments.
More mystery actors (Collect them all!)
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