day two hundred fifty-three.

sometimes our books come with hand written notes on select pages, from those who reviewed them in the past.

let the nitpicking ensue:

fiddler's fancy

by julia montgomery street

c1955

some instructions:

and a bit of shock and indignation from a book on plants:

a very busy week, now reaching its halfway point.

when i have too much to do, i often block out time to watch the movies i've seen before, as if seeing even fragments of the familiar will order my thoughts in some productive way.
it only works sometimes.