Oysterville Daybook Archives

A word, please!

Apr 28, 2010

The library in our house dates from 1915. Previously a kitchen, the room fell victim to a fire and my grandmother – who was much fonder of reading than of cooking – had it rebuilt as a library. She didn’t forgo a kitchen entirely, of...

About Books and Reading

Mar 30, 2010

April 1898 My Own True Love: In my reading I have, as you say, rather tended to that which is heart appealing, but it has been pure and elevating anyway. Which is more than can be said for many of the “mind appealers” who seem to enjoy dragging...