triologisms

Ink-stained sky

Yesterday a storm-front passed towards the lake (Léman) and France, and from our window, we saw its 'ink-stained sky'. 

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podcasts, think ink

Of pens and pencils

Listening time: under 3 minutes.  

This is a charming account of negotiating communist bureaucracy at the height of...

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think ink, writing & writers

Heroic journals

All laud to Labaume, going to such heroic lengths to write his journal. I will have to introduce this makeshift...

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think ink

Well, well, well – dragons amid clouds

On a joyous day walking around the Art Institute in Chicago, I spotted this beautiful, pristine celadon writing box with...

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paper shaper, think ink

Of berries and wine

Having a love of ink, the variety of its hues and the names people give them, and the chunky inventive...

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triologisms

Quill-driving alien

A foreign writer? A spy reporting on his hosts? A literary martian?  I liked this unusual triologism of George Eliot's. ...

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print & publish, think ink

The Magic Ink-Pot

Always on the hunt for treasures among forgotten children's books, I came across this one by chance when I was...

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think ink, triologisms

Ink-blue water

As the logos on this website testify, I'm an ink-geek, and love inky similes.  Here is another...

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writing & writers

How to write in prison

This first-hand account by the Hungarian poet György Faludy (1910-2006) of how to procure writing materials in prison is all...

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