Everybody has a book inside them - here’s a bit of my story

Instructions for an Anxiety-Reducing Interview with Ourselves: - Wait until the noise of the day has subsided. Find a quiet room. Probably lie in bed - or in the bath.

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a supernatural phenomenon known as mayoibune (which translates as 'wandering ship') and involves ghostly ships that appear on moonlit nights during the Obon holiday. They are the haunting ghosts of sailors who... #ofdarkandmacabre #GothicSpring 1/5

From our friends at Cass Art Our exhibition has two weeks left on display. This beautiful selection of paper cut artwork is well worth a visit!

A selection of printers flowers from Wilson & Sons' 1812 specimen book for the first day of spring. See the digitised book in full here tinyurl.com/2p86cxye #FirstDayOfSpring #Spring #Archives #Libraries #PrintHistory #EYAFloraAndFauna

Banded snail shells…. Not only are these empty shells incredibly beautiful, but they also happen to be used as nests by one of my favourite solitary bees - the Red-tailed Mason bee (Osmia bicolor). I live in hope that I might one day find this bee in Cornwall.

An extraordinary experience, despite the whiff

"Here is tonight’s Bill of Fare, inscribed on distressed parchment and encased in a leather book fashioned from the boots of retired blacksmiths." mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-we…

This remote wall #postbox in the Scottish Highlands remains in place thanks to Royal Mail's commitment to have a postbox within 500m of 99% of UK residents. Dating from the reign of George V, its aperture was enlarged in the 50s to accommodate larger mail #PostboxSaturday

We try - by nature - to understand as much as we can. But there is also a moment when wisdom involves realising we have no ability to grasp more and must fall silent; when the wisest thing is to know we don't know.

“To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere, without moving anything but your heart.” -Phyllis Theroux #kidlitart #childrensbooks

"Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can." From poet Jane Kenyon, some of the best advice to create and live by: themarginalian.org/2015/09/15/jan…

The library is dangerous – Don’t go in. If you do You know what will happen. It’s like a pet store or a bakery – Every single time you’ll come out of there Holding something in your arms. — Don't Go into the Library, Alberto Ríos 📚

Visit Inverleith House tomorrow for a free talk at 1pm, given by Head of RBGE Library Lorna Mitchell who will be presenting original cyanotypes made by Anna Atkins, one of the most prominent women artists of the 19th century! 🔵

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How to support bookshops during #IndieBookshopWeek (17-24 June): • Follow them on social media • Sign up to their newsletter • Pre-order a book • Visit your local bookshop • Buy a book for your summer reading • Purchase a gift card 🌞 🌞 🌞

From “My little book about the seas and a lighthouse.”, 1927, illustrations by Boris Pokrovsky and text by Vladimir Maiakovsky.

7:20 flight to Shetland from Edinburgh cancelled Loganair no sign of luggage. No info. What’s going on?