Anywhere?
I have a short list of places I dream of visiting that would make wonderful places to set down roots - big, international cities like London, Vienna and Prague. Who wouldn't want to live in beautiful, cosmopolitan urban surroundings? It sounds nice, sure, but I got to thinking about where I'd really want to live. I think I would choose a library.
No. I'm serious. But not just any library. Certainly not some run of the mill wall of bookshelves. It would have to be something amazing, like the Abbey Library of St. Gallen, in Switzerland with painted frescoes or the breathtakingly vast Biblioteca Angelica in Rome, or the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
The Long Room at Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
I started the draft for this post before midnight on Friday night, but didn't hit the button until 12:01...and I have more to say, so I'll be updating this post at some point to expand on the idea of living where the words are.
"After these messages we'll be ri-iiiight BACK!"
From a Tumblr chock full'o writing prompts!
(The day-in-the-life-of-a-shoe prompt was done by Philip K. Dick in his short story "The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford")
(The day-in-the-life-of-a-shoe prompt was done by Philip K. Dick in his short story "The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford")
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