People in a novel, not skilfully constructed characters, must be projected from the writer’s assimilated experience, from his knowledge, from his head, from his heart and from all there is of him.
—Ernest Hemingway
I like old stuff full of character of times long gone. I like to think you get the memories too by examining the marks of use and abuse on these old pieces, like the one pictured above, and that makes it somehow more special. I don’t know whether this one is antique or a reproduction, but it doesn’t matter. The era it represents is unmistakable. The rest I’ll leave to my imagination.
Because when I write letters, I want to feel like Abigail Adams.
-vinegarseas
