Absolutely loving every paragraph of Oliver Darkshire's "Once Upon a Tome", about the wonders and mysteries of Sotheran's and bookselling in general.

(I haven't found them on Mastodon yet, so I crept into Twitter to ask / urge them about being here.)

Now I want to write a simple game where you wander through endless cellars and staircases and mysterious alcoves in search of a particular book.

(I have wanted to write similar games in the past, and as far as I can recall never got there.)

#books #sotherans #games #cellars

I just went down into the cellar of my old stone house in rural France to get some white cooking wine for a dinner I’m making, and there was the cutest little bat fluttering around. I was as discreet as I could be and left the door open. Could be what is called here a “pipistrelle”, cutest bat name ever. #bats #cellars #france #pipistrelle

Stay in cellars, civilians told as half of Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia | Ukraine | The Guardian #stay #cellars #civilians #told #half #sievierodonetsk #falls #russia #ukraine #guardian #31maggio https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL3dvcmxkLzIwMjIvbWF5LzMxL3J1c3NpYW4tZm9yY2VzLXNpZXZpZXJvZG9uZXRzay11a3JhaW5lLWZpZ2h0aW5nLWNpdHk=