Well, if I were an alien this is the sort of thing I could imagine myself saying.
Book: The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer
bookmarks
Bookmarked! #167: Elephants Never Forget
. . . your spot in the book you’re reading! At least not when you’re using a blinged-out elephant bookmark this dazzling.
Book: Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene by Richard Greene
Bookmarked! #166: My Little Buttercup
Some real pressed flowers this time. The yellow against a black background looks really nice.
Book: July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin
Bookmarked! #165: The Event of the Year!
Yes, the annual book sale the library puts on is coming up at the end of the month. I’ve posted bookmarks for this event before, but this year I managed to find a couple of really old ones. If 2026 is the 18th sale then 2007 and 2008 must have been when it all got started. Back when they only advertised “hundreds of books.” There now must be tens of thousands. I’ll bet these bookmarks from twenty years ago are the only ones still in existence. This is what happens when you never throw anything out!
Book: The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World’s Greatest Civilization by Anthony Everitt
Bookmarked! #164: Walk the Dinosaur
This is a clip bookmark: the dinosaur’s tail bends back behind it. Fun stuff for the kids! No idea where I picked it up.
Book: Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction by David Norman
Bookmarked! #163: Celebrating Indonesia
Another mystery bookmark. I don’t know when I got this, or where, or from whom. I’m pretty sure there was some kind of event marking 50 years of relations between Canada and Indonesia and they were handing them out. And it is very nice. I’m not sure what they’re made of or what they represent though. More mysteries.
Book: Demokrasi: Indonesia in the 21st Century by Hamish McDonald
Bookmarked! #162: Pressed Flowers
My sister was visiting and working on my front garden this past weekend and she made a trip to the Brock Road Nursery, where she picked up this bookmark. As well as some real flowers to plant. Next year I’ll have pics of the fruits of her labours.
Book: Life in the English Country House by Mark Girouard
Bookmarked! #161: Red Skies
Some laminated Soviet-era postage stamps featuring different Russian planes. I think I must have picked this up in an estate sale or flea market at some point, since I’ve never been to Russia and don’t know many people who have.
Book: Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum
Bookmarked! #160: A Rose by Any Other Name
Actually I don’t know if this is a rose. It’s a flower. And it makes a pretty bookmark, but one I’d never use because it feels quite fragile. I think if I dropped it on a hard floor it would shatter. The actual clip part is just plastic but I’m not sure what the decoration is.
Book: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Bookmarked! #159: Upper Canada Village
Upper Canada was what Ontario was known as in the olde days. Upper because it was further up the St. Lawrence, as opposed to Quebec, which was Lower Canada. Upper Canada Village is a “living history” tourist destination located in Morrisburg, a town on the St. Lawrence. I think I may have gone there once as a kid, but I don’t remember. If I did, I’m sure I didn’t get this bookmark on that visit so somebody must have got it for me later.
Book: Nature and Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
