🍿 Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
Great doc! And now I have a huge stack of movies to watch, books to read, and creators to contact.
Finished reading: The Long Walk by Stephen King 📚
Finished reading: I’ll Bring You the Birds from Out of the Sky by Brian Hodge 📚
I wasn’t a fan of Gil Kane’s artwork when I was a boy. I preferred George Pérez and John Byrne’s stuff instead. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to appreciate Kane’s work more and more. Blackmark just hit my mailbox, and I’m excited to read it!
Finished reading: Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez 📚
I read Arctic Dreams after coming across this quote:
“No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.” — Barry Lopez
eReaders
About twenty years back, I dipped my toes into eBooks, mostly out of curiosity. Reading on my old Handspring Visor, and later my iPhone, felt downright futuristic at the time. But as my eyes got a little older and middle age set in, I found myself leaning on eBooks more and more. The ability to bump up the font size and dim or brighten the screen just right? A lifesaver.
At first, I stuck with my phone and tablet, but after a while, I realized that staring into a screen blasting light into my eyeballs wasn’t the coziest way to enjoy a long read. That’s when I picked up a used Kindle with e-ink, and let me tell you, I never looked back. A few years later, I upgraded to a Kindle Paperwhite, which has been my trusty sidekick ever since.
Now, I do like to tinker, so I tried other gadgets too. I gave the Moaan InkPalm Plus a shot because it was small enough to tuck in a pocket and cheap compared to the pricey BOOX Palma. But the slow refresh rate and the fact I couldn’t highlight passages meant it gathered more dust than it deserved. Most recently, I picked up the Kobo Clara Colour. I’m not thrilled that I only own the license to read my eBooks and not the book itself, but once Amazon locked down their platform so I can no longer download my eBooks and transfer them to whatever device I chose, I soured on them, so the Clara Colour seems the way to go. It’s smaller than my Paperwhite, which is nice, and I appreciate that Kobo lets me upload different file types. Still, the recessed screen and smaller book catalog have kept it from overtaking my Paperwhite.
So here’s where I stand: Paperwhite on top, Kobo Clara a close second, InkPalm just hanging around for quick toss-in-the-bag moments. If Apple ever decides to make an e-ink reader, I’d be first in line, though I bet it’d cost a small fortune. Maybe I should get a BOOX Palma after all?
What about you? What’s your go-to eBook device, and what makes it your favorite?
Finally, finally, FINALLY watched The Wicker Man. Utterly delightful. I didn’t expect it to be a horror movie and a musical!
I’ve only had my Kobo Clara Colour for a day, but I like it. It’s smaller than my Kindle Paperwhite, but that’s good. It’s easier to put in my back pocket or sling bag. On the downside, I’m unable to export my highlights. I’m hoping to find a solution that doesn’t involve using Readwise.
I’ve never seen a decent adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories, but this one is pretty good. And with Nicholas Cage, no less. Guys in the middle of his horror renaissance.
I am this close 🤌 to purchasing a Kobo Clara. Anything I should know or thoughts on the Clara Colour before I tap the purchase button? Thanks!
10 minutes in to Random Number Generator Horror Podcast‘s review of this flick I hit pause and had to watch this movie.
Finished reading: Jung’s Seminar on Nietzsche’s Zarathustra by James L. Jarrett 📚
Someone (not me) needs to adapt this ST:NG LECARS layout for Micro.Blog
