A nice mixture of wood in this bookmark. I have a number of wooden bookmarks, most of which aren’t very practical because they’re so thick. But they look nice.
Book: Not Alone by Sarah K. Jackson
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Bookmarked! #22: Miró, Miró
I’m not sure, but I think this came from a Joan Miró exhibition. Or maybe it just makes me think of Miró.
Book: Network of Lies: Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter
Bookmarked! #21: Tapestry Castle
Another nice travel bookmark, albeit from another place I’ve never been. This is a picture of a tapestry from Copenhagen’s Rosenborg Castle.
Book: Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Judd Trichter
Bookmarked! #20: Scotland Forever
Is this a dagger you see before you? No, it’s a bookmark from Scotland. I’ve been to Scotland, and picked up several bookmarks there, but this wasn’t one of them. It came from a friend.
Book: Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind by Harold Bloom
Bookmarked! #19: FKA Easter Island
As you know, I like to get bookmarks from every place I visit. I’ve never been to Rapa Nui (formerly known as Easter Island), but my neighbours did and they thoughtfully picked me up a keepsake. The next best thing to being there.
Book: The Hitler Conspiracies by Richard J. Evans
Bookmarked! #18: Fearsome
This is a sturdy metal bookmark with what I think is a traditional Japanese theatre mask as the emblem. But I might be wrong with that identification. Whatever its origin, it certainly looks fierce.
Book: The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones
Bookmarked! #17: The GG’s
You don’t have to spend money to start collecting bookmarks. You can pick up lots of them for free at bookstores and libraries while you’re at the checkout. And if you hold on to them you’ve got a little piece (OK, a very little piece) of history. As an example, here are some bookmarks I’ve picked up over the years commemorating the 2003, 2004, and 2008 Governor-General’s Literary Awards. Two of the 2004 bookmarks are shown so you can see both sides.
Not that I think arts awards mean anything, because I sure don’t, but dated bookmarks like this do add something to every collection.
Book: Complete Works by William Shakespeare (ed. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen)
Bookmarked! #16: Piper and Stone
A pair of very nice Robert Hall originals, pewter and ribbon. I’m not sure if there’s any connection to be made between a bagpiper and an inuksuk, but for just this once you can see them lying side by side.
Book: History of Italian Renaissance Art by Frederick Hartt and David G. Wilkins
Bookmarked! #15: Dragon Time
At least I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be a dragon. It’s Chinese.
Book: Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son by Gordon Burn
Bookmarked! #14: The Fabric of Our Lives
Picked this up at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto about twenty or so years ago. But hemp lasts forever.
Book: The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire by Peter Clarke
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