As much as I love the digital world of books and records, ensuring the survival of material objects is just as important. Photo from this week, working with archival documents.

Not much better than a walk with your small dog in the big Scottish countryside #smalldog #scotland

Excited to be presenting on my favourite topic, newspapers, at #RootsTech online tomorrow. My first time here. #genealogy #historicnewspapers www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

Favourite word I have discovered this year. Featured in the Anglo Saxon Blickling homilies, 10th Century. Feels appropriate for contemplation as we approach the end of the year. #OldEnglish #Words

Not only is @innerpeffray.bsky.social ‘s pin a lovely rendition of the cat from Edward Topsell’s The History of Four-Footed Beasts (1658), it has reminded me of the other fantastic creatures in the book

In my previous post I worked with rare books and it wasn’t only the books themselves that intrigued me but signs of ownership & use. Draw on, inscribe, stamp on your books folks. Maybe one day someone else will find pleasure in the marks you left. #rarebooks #books #history