Tuesday, July 14, 2015

ABC Wednesday


I popped into ABC Wednesday to see what was up over there, and it turns out, they're shutting down soon, so I'm glad I checked.  Right at the beginning of the alphabet, too.  So I'm gonna jump in this round, and think of something that begins with A...


A is for Alpha, agrimony, aluminum.  Arsenic, antimony, agriculture, aardvark.  A is for artist, art, and arterial...airplane, aeronaut, and ardor.  Alaska, Agartha, asparagus, Agrippa...Aesop, aged, apparent, aster.  A is for Aleph.  'A' my name is Annie...A is for Apple.  A is the beginning, the first point following the subject in an outline.  A is for Angel. A is amusing, aggravating, and apocalyptic. 

A is annoying.  It's not A's fault I've got nothing.  I even looked back through my blog to see what I did for A last time I played, and you know what?  I never did one!  I seem to have popped in at I and dropped out at W.  Weird.  So I'm not sure what to go for, here.  Roger did Alpha-Bits...should I write a poem?  Post a picture?  Define a word?  I was looking for something new to inspire me this morning, so maybe I'll google A and see what comes up...

The first thing to come up (after the ads) was the Wikipedia for the letter A.  Under images, a big black blocky A.  That's not inspirational.  I need more...a YouTube search (for A) brings up 'Spider bursts out of a banana', followed by an aluminum cast of a fire ant colony.  So random...where to, now?  Handmade books were on my mind this morning, and there's a fresh set of folios folded on the table right next to me, ready to be glued.  But 'books' would be B...is there an A book?  A books...AbeBooks!  Look what a lovely welcome they had for me!

Who's Your Book Hero?

I discovered AbeBooks while I was working on my thesis, so let's call that no less than 5 years ago.  They had some rare selections at interesting price ranges, really nifty stuff.  Let's see if they have any of that now:  well, there's a 'weird book' room, which is sort of interesting, but not what I was going for...ah!  Found it!  Here there are books bound in cowhide, ivory and calfskin, silver/gilt/velvet/rubies, embroidered silk, inlaid wood, snakeskin, mulberry bark, and other mediums, some rather curious.  Which led my ramblings to another A, Anthropodermic bibliopegy.  Kind of gross, but go ahead and click the link if you don't mind gross things...I'll  leave it up to you, but it did make me shudder, even though I think it's kind of cool, and puts me in mind of The Pillow Book, though in a much less romantic way!


Hey - check out this little book that's another kind of A - adorable!  Well, that's all I've got.  I'll think of something better for B, or maybe I'll just do some more books, who knows. 



30 comments:

  1. Absolutely amazing and astonishing!
    Wil,ABCW Team

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  2. well, we WILL be AROUND for four more rounds..
    AbeBooks is cool!

    ROG, ABCW

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    1. yes, two more years, I think you said - but sometimes, 2 years goes by faster than I realize... : )

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  3. Hello again, I've left you a reply in the comments, thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,

    Best wishes,
    Di.
    ABCW team.

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    1. I wasn't into Picasso so much when I was younger, but I can appreciate him now...still, there are other artists I just adore!

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  4. What a lot of attractive A's - great post.

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  5. You started out with a good representation. Welcome.
    Ann

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    1. thanks, Ann - let's see how far I get this time!

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  6. I think you have covered all the As there, most entertaining. Love Abe Books and all the unexpected places you can find the out of print item looking for.

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    1. thanks for visiting, Joy - isn't the internet wonderful, with the way we can find things, now? : )

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  7. You found a load of A's! Have fun with this round of ABC! Thanks for your visit.

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  8. I love the little book at the end! Great A word:) Thanks for visiting me. I remember you from when I had my blog at blogspot.
    You live(d) in a painters' neighborhood in Paducah. The reason I remember is because we looked into it after we heard your story...but we decided to stay in California, since 2 of our daughters live here with their families. Happy week!

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    1. hi Jeanette St. Germain - thanks for visiting, but I'm afraid you have me confused with someone else! I've never lived in Paducah - don't rightly even know where that is. still. always nice to meet new people. : )

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  9. Those were some fun twists and turns you took along the way as you were working on your letter A research. Blessings!

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  10. Thats quite some As' for the prompt :)

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    1. yup...just whatever came off the top of my head! thanks for your visit ~ : )

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  11. You get a straight 'A',for the way, you have begun this ABC Wednesday!

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