Oh wow, that shot of a cruffstard is making me rather hungry! I do take your point on the bookshelf system, but the colour coordination is so pleasing to the eye.😊
I’ve known people who prefer visual bookshelf organization to alphabetical- I wonder if it has anything to do with being a visual thinker? It would drive me nuts.
Also “ cruffumbs” is outstanding. Perfect word for a cruffumbly confection!
Cronuts are quite delightful - when they were a big craze, I used to go to the Cornish pasty place here in Halifax and get a pasty and a cronut. Usually a lemon one: it was lemon glaze on top and a vanilla cream in the croissant layers inside.
Cruffstard. I believe I really would like to have at least one, more honestly 2. Or 3. Imagine the mess I would make with 1 or 2, most likely 3. I hope it is going to be real custard, but that would be hard as in the US we seem to like chemicals instead of real food.
So books, I can’t even tell you how irritated I get when I see books organized by color in bookcases, that also have doodads, or other things that are not books in the bookcase. Seems apocryphal to me. I am one of those weirdos that have my books organized by:
One wall covering bookcase with all the nonfiction books, shelves organized by subject.
Two bookcases in my bedroom (fiction, novel types) by author alphabetical, one closed cupboard filled with cookbooks (by size unfortunately) 3 bookcases in my upstairs art room organized by craft type, one + a small book holder in the summer bedroom upstairs are all mysteries or Sci Fi organized by author, and the tiny (looks like a ship cabin) bedroom upstairs is filled with children’s books.
I like to know where every book is all the time. Lol
And although you haven’t said anything about clothes- mine are all organized by color and sleeve length. Make finding a shirt easy. I redid all my closets so that they were as organized as I could do (I had to do it all myself)
I'll have a latte and a cruffstard or is that a cruffcus or muffcrust? Never mind, just bring me some toast...
The neologisms I especially like are those related to mixed-breed dogs: Pomsky, Schnoodle, Chiweenie, Cockapoo, Morkie! So many more hilarious ones. Chiweenie! ha ha ha
I looked at that pretty snow-covered traffic light and thought ‘Wow! How did they manage to wire it up??!!’ until I scrolled a little further and realised that of course you HADN’T taken a photo of it at the time. D’uh! And that ‘cruffin’ DOES look surprisingly yummy! (and incredibly messy).
And the books with spine to the wall? I’d be there with a texta writing names or at the very least hints (topics or authors depending on the book) on the white page edges. But then of course my pesky brain would have to sort them by what I’d written! Can’t win. (Now imagining one of your spreadsheets with your own version of a Dewey system with numbers to categorise... OMG, this thought is getting more and more complex...)
I'll skip the food offerings, I think, and go for the books, specifically 'Good Handwriting and how to....' Long desire to write with a 'good hand' as illustrated in all good Regency novels.
BUT, and this really gets my wick burning very bright - DO NOT ever shelve books by colour! A travesty! And surely only in the homes of wankers who want to fill shelves and look intellectual when they're anything but. I speak of course of those interior designer people who walk around using big words like 'ambience' and have their noses perpetually pointing to the ceiling and their arms folded. Oh, they probably wear tan loafers without socks too.
BUT with rant over, I shall shrink back to my solitary tiny self and say I can't wait to read Terry's reply to your epistle!
Book organizing is a conundrum. Would the Stephen King book, On Writing, be sorted with Writing Instruction books, Memoir, or maybe Self Help? Same with Anne LaMott's Bird by Bird.
I learned the meaning of 3 newish-for-me-in-that-I-don't-use-them-in-daily-speaking words and like these words very much: au fait (I know I've seen it/read it many times but didn't know exactly what it meant); portmanteau, Jim's cupkins!; neologism, we make up words a lot. My vocabulary has expanded exponentially since I began reading your posts, and Terry's too, and everyone else's posts. Substack University is the best. Thanks for an evening chuckle. 😉
I do love your letters to Terry and vice versa they are so amusing and eclectic xxxx
Oh wow, that shot of a cruffstard is making me rather hungry! I do take your point on the bookshelf system, but the colour coordination is so pleasing to the eye.😊
I’ve known people who prefer visual bookshelf organization to alphabetical- I wonder if it has anything to do with being a visual thinker? It would drive me nuts.
Also “ cruffumbs” is outstanding. Perfect word for a cruffumbly confection!
Cronuts are quite delightful - when they were a big craze, I used to go to the Cornish pasty place here in Halifax and get a pasty and a cronut. Usually a lemon one: it was lemon glaze on top and a vanilla cream in the croissant layers inside.
Cruffstard. I believe I really would like to have at least one, more honestly 2. Or 3. Imagine the mess I would make with 1 or 2, most likely 3. I hope it is going to be real custard, but that would be hard as in the US we seem to like chemicals instead of real food.
So books, I can’t even tell you how irritated I get when I see books organized by color in bookcases, that also have doodads, or other things that are not books in the bookcase. Seems apocryphal to me. I am one of those weirdos that have my books organized by:
One wall covering bookcase with all the nonfiction books, shelves organized by subject.
Two bookcases in my bedroom (fiction, novel types) by author alphabetical, one closed cupboard filled with cookbooks (by size unfortunately) 3 bookcases in my upstairs art room organized by craft type, one + a small book holder in the summer bedroom upstairs are all mysteries or Sci Fi organized by author, and the tiny (looks like a ship cabin) bedroom upstairs is filled with children’s books.
I like to know where every book is all the time. Lol
And although you haven’t said anything about clothes- mine are all organized by color and sleeve length. Make finding a shirt easy. I redid all my closets so that they were as organized as I could do (I had to do it all myself)
croissant+muffin+custard?
I'll have a latte and a cruffstard or is that a cruffcus or muffcrust? Never mind, just bring me some toast...
The neologisms I especially like are those related to mixed-breed dogs: Pomsky, Schnoodle, Chiweenie, Cockapoo, Morkie! So many more hilarious ones. Chiweenie! ha ha ha
I looked at that pretty snow-covered traffic light and thought ‘Wow! How did they manage to wire it up??!!’ until I scrolled a little further and realised that of course you HADN’T taken a photo of it at the time. D’uh! And that ‘cruffin’ DOES look surprisingly yummy! (and incredibly messy).
And the books with spine to the wall? I’d be there with a texta writing names or at the very least hints (topics or authors depending on the book) on the white page edges. But then of course my pesky brain would have to sort them by what I’d written! Can’t win. (Now imagining one of your spreadsheets with your own version of a Dewey system with numbers to categorise... OMG, this thought is getting more and more complex...)
Thanks as always dear Rebecca.
As ever, delightful.
I'll skip the food offerings, I think, and go for the books, specifically 'Good Handwriting and how to....' Long desire to write with a 'good hand' as illustrated in all good Regency novels.
BUT, and this really gets my wick burning very bright - DO NOT ever shelve books by colour! A travesty! And surely only in the homes of wankers who want to fill shelves and look intellectual when they're anything but. I speak of course of those interior designer people who walk around using big words like 'ambience' and have their noses perpetually pointing to the ceiling and their arms folded. Oh, they probably wear tan loafers without socks too.
BUT with rant over, I shall shrink back to my solitary tiny self and say I can't wait to read Terry's reply to your epistle!
Thank you as ever,
Your Faithful friend etc etc...
Book organizing is a conundrum. Would the Stephen King book, On Writing, be sorted with Writing Instruction books, Memoir, or maybe Self Help? Same with Anne LaMott's Bird by Bird.
I learned the meaning of 3 newish-for-me-in-that-I-don't-use-them-in-daily-speaking words and like these words very much: au fait (I know I've seen it/read it many times but didn't know exactly what it meant); portmanteau, Jim's cupkins!; neologism, we make up words a lot. My vocabulary has expanded exponentially since I began reading your posts, and Terry's too, and everyone else's posts. Substack University is the best. Thanks for an evening chuckle. 😉
The theft of the traffic light reminded me of some years back when the street outside of the apartment we then lived in had a missing stop sign.
Apparently (as our landlord told us), two people were having a lightsaber fight with road signs (one of which was the stop sign).
No idea who won. Nor if anyone was caught.
But the stop sign was replaced.
Not sure about the other road sign, though.
And no, you can't make this up. Ha ha!
Greatly enjoy these letters between you both!
My bookshelf is configured by largest to smallest. It makes sense, doesn't it?
The pastry looks delicious.