Stormy Monday

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, a game about books and famous first lines from Gone Reading. For all the beleaguered Easterners who weathered the storm last night—may your recovery come quickly in its wake. 
:: Bottom image from Bas Bleu. 

Gnomes With Books

Some seriously sad looking indoor garden gnomes who need shelter. Would be happy to just take up space on a bookshelf, safe from roaming dogs and feral cats. Available on Etsy.

An outdoor garden gnome with his head in a book will make any garden look smart. This little guy is up for adoption on eBay.

This bookish gnome found at Tracy's Toys is from Germany and made of high-quality vinyl by Heissner, one of the oldest German gnome makers. He is most likely from the 1950s or 60s. The little reading gnome below is homeless near as I can tell. I can't find the site he was originally located, but wanted to share him just the same.  

Literary Table Napkins

Enjoy the company of four of the world's greatest writers at your dining table. This set of four cotton napkins featuring the typewritten letters of Jack London, Emily Dickinson, D.H. Lawrence, and Mark Twain will enliven any meal. Never mind that Emily Dickinson's loveletter to Susie was written about ten years prior to the invention of the typewriter—it  will melt your heart. Mark Twain's note to a young child named Joy will make you rethink every letter you have ever written. "The idea of your house going to the wanton expense of a flower garden!—aren't you enough? And what do you want to go and discourage the other flowers for? Is that the right spirit? is it considerate? is it kind? How do you suppose they feel when you come around—looking the way you look? And you so pink and sweet and dainty and lovely and supernatural? Why, it makes them feel embarrassed and artificial, of course; and in my opinion it is just as pathetic as it can be."
      However clever and irresistable, this set of four literary letters are only available from Anthropologie for a ridiculous sum, and the cotton cloth is much too thin. It seems far too high a price to pay for keeping good company, but then again, good friends are indeed priceless.