It has been a great year to make quilts, read books, bake sourdough bread, and maybe adopt another cat. We know that many of you are bookworms and cat lovers….but how many of you are that exquisite combination of bookaholic and crazy cat lady? (or laddie)
At our house, my stacks of books are often referred to as the Tower(s) of Doom. But I am an avid reader on several topics, and there is often at least one of our 3 cats nearby when I settle in with the evening’s opus. I do collect antique travel books, but my Tower of Doom includes an eclectic range of topics from textile history to indigenous botany and beyond.
Recently I came across the term “Epistolary Book” and had to look up the meaning. It is a book based on letters or diary entries. That sent me off on a exploration of literary terms and I share these with you now for our mutual amusement:
Lectiophile – the love of reading.
Librocubicularist – someone who reads in bed.
Logomaniac – one who is obsessed with words.
Sesquipedalian – one who likes to use long words.
Vellichor – the strange wistfulness of used bookstores.
Bibliosmia – the enjoyment from smelling old books.
And why is there a hint of a vanilla scent in antique books? Lignin, which is in all wood-based papers, is closely related to vanillin. As it breaks down, the lignin gives a hint of the vanilla scent in the aging pages.
When you combine your love of quilting and books and cats, you get an evening snuggled under a book-themed lap quilt, reading an epistolary volume, with a warm purring kitty on your lap.
…sharing your love of fabric, and books, and cats….
Luana and Paul
Quilt Calendar: (fingers crossed!)
June 13 – Zoom Lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt National/Dairy Barn
July 29 – Aug 1 – Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK
“For the Love of Gaia” quilt gallery
Aug 7 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” for Birmingham Festival of Quilts
Sept 27 – Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters Guild – Lecture.
Oct 23-30 – Houston Quilt Market & Festival
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM)
“For the Love of Gaia” quilt exhibit
Sat, March 19 – “International Quilt Trends” power point lecture – NEQM
