LDR May 19, 2015 Newsletter BLOGS...

CONTENTS: LDR BLOG'S goal is to inform and entertain with a very "soft sell" approach

Guest Collector, Rosalind V. Went, blog "I am a collector and I am proud of it."

Featured Author blog - Sir Guy Carleton, What a Guy!

The Humidity Puzzle blog - Balancing the relative humidity needs people and Paper

Guest collector blog with Rosalind's thoughts on collecting.

Rosalind V. Went, collector

I am a collector and I am proud of it. I rummage through the tiniest of thrift and charity shops hoping to find that one piece that feeds my thrill of the hunt, satisfies that craving to eschew the assembly-line, every-day shops, while I repeat the Latin words, sui generis - occasionally and when most needed - in my mind.
Did I also mention that I frequently stand back and wonder where the line is drawn between collecting and that ghastly term, hoarding?

What a Guy! - Featured author blog

Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester [1724-1808]

Sir Guy Carleton

For a guy that had such an incredible impact of the history of Canada there is not a great deal of information about Sir Guy Carleton, the man. It is due in large part to Sir Guy that we are Canadians celebrating July 1st and not Americans celebrating July 4th.

Guy Carleton was born on Sept. 3, 1724, into a distinguished Irish family at Strabane in Tyrone County, Ireland. To all intents and purposes it would appear his upbringing was much like the average guy. Considering the extent of his knowledge and ability to strategize it is interesting to note that his exposure to formal education was fairly limited.

Click this link for the Sir Guy Carleton items we offer...

Humidity - the challenge

Blog article by Julia McLaren

I have been asked to write about some rather dry subjects but without a doubt this would have to be considered the driest to date. Ironically this discussion is about the book and paper collectors' greatest enemy second only to fire...humidity.
In my life pre books, ephemera and fine art my greatest concern with humidity was that it made my hair frizzy and my skin sticky and sleeping uncomfortable. The only time I was concerned with too little humidity in the house was when I would walk across the room and then stroke one of our cats...

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