Winding Up the Week #486

An end of week recap “I am no longer young, and still not half perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.” – Mary Oliver (Messenger) Another month, another beefy bundle of bookish links for your delectation. Today is World Card Making Day for the arty-types amongst us, then for those who enjoy a little fermented honey in their tipple, it is National Mead Day in the UK, Poland, Sweden and the USA. Finally, tomorrow offers the ideal opportunity to spruce up your reading and writing dens on Improve Your Office Day if you live in Australia, Canada, the UK or the United States. Joining our literary conga line today are the French author Alain-Fournier (1886), Russian lyric poet Sergei Yesenin (1895), French poet Louis Aragon (1897), American novelist and short story writer Thomas Wolfe (1900), British veterinary surgeon and author James Herriot (1916) and American writer and public intellectual Gore Vidal…