Hello world, I'm still here! And enjoying a few lazy days after a hectic couple of months.
Dad was getting rid of some books a while back, so I acquired a vintage 60s Penguin copy of The Divine Comedy, Part 3, i.e. Paradiso. I'd read bits of the others but never this, and I've got to say it's hard going. I'm just dipping in and out really. But aside from that, it was interesting to find Dad's bookmark from when he was reading it - a Sainsbury's receipt. Instant time travel to Croydon, 1965! How exotic..
Using the power of Google I've discovered that that address is still a supermarket, but it's a Waitrose now. Which isn't what you'd call stunningly interesting, I must admit! But one of the pleasures of second-hand books is finding tiny snippets of social history in the form of random improvised bookmarks.
I'm trying to write this while the kids are watching television so my mind is wandering rather a lot, so I'll just wish you a happy New Year in case I don't manage the Hogmanay post I'm planning!
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It's also the day after Churchill died - so most of the newspaper reports were on the 25th: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/may/31/guardian190-winston-churchill-dies
That is (vaguely) interesting!
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