Dear readers,
Welcome to my newest blog and thank you for dropping by. Having
become entirely fed up of my previous Blogspot blog, especially the feeling I was getting er... bloggers' block, I have decided to move on to a brand new blog
here. I have also begun a Tumblr. blog: write-ideas.tumblr.com.
Some of my interests include vintage books,
especially annuals and school stories, newer books – both fiction and
non-fiction, old war medals, old fountain pens, reading, history,
stamps, militaria, Sharpe, antiques, vintage advertisements – any
ephemera, really – match labels, snuff boxes, die-cast models,
autographs, travelling, English grammar and vocabulary, writing (working on
fiction now, though I also love non-fiction), book reviews, Arthur
Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, Downton Abbey, Cranford (both book and TV series), reading a variety of books (naming favourite authors
would take a few years), history of the British Empire, shopping (what a
comedown), fashion-and-makeup, vintage comics and
papers, writing cases, vintage pottery, postal history and so on….
Which brings me to this blog. This is no place for ''ramblings or
musings''. I shall not delve into my deepest thoughts or wax eloquent on
my profound philosophy – always presuming I have one. This blog is
purely intended to share my love of collectibles, particularly books,
and love of language, with er… the world. At least, the part of the
world that has access to the internet and has nothing better to do than
read this. I may also share a tiny bit of my writing aspirations.
In other words, I may just talk about a recently-purchased 1924
Girls’ Own Annual, a Blackbird fountain pen, a Crimea medal, an
advertisement for Pears’ Soap c. 1930, my ongoing short story and how
much I hate it, or… the use of transitive and intransitive verbs.
Now that the purpose of this blog has been established, I will admit
that I may be guilty of plagiarising myself in the near future. I will
copy a few of my pet posts from the previous blog so as not to lose
them forever. However, I shall make sure that I delete them from the earlier blog.
Give an ''intro'' an inch and it has taken a whole mile. Er… post. I shall wind up for tonight and ramble about the School Friend Annual very soon. Till next time, write on!
