first book in the Sea Library signed for Nemo :) and Ana writes “If you have any trouble with the Spanish, just ask Nemo – he understands all the languages.” video: www.instagram.com/reel/DZEka1U...

rainy morning hues

my secret garden (in an old firepit in the farthest corner) knows how to celebrate: first of the peonies is blooming in the ashes

happy birthday, dear Sea Library! 8 years old today. www.instagram.com/p/DZDBbo7CO-...

this morn hoopoe and cuckoo are singing together, I feel like listening to a beautiful band

a windy day at a beach where dog’s are illegal

when art is life and life is art

I’m woken up by Light and melodic birdsong: A sublime alarm

pebbles seem to be the missing part of us

To fall asleep while listening to a nightingale singing through the open window.

And this now has a webpage (and will soon have a jacket!): www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur... @stevementz.bsky.social @serpiloppermann.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

Honored to have been invited by the dream team to write the preface! 💙

Happy for this opportunity and milestone for a good cause – both my passions have come together in a meaningful and useful way.

ruthlessly jumping on the birthday bandwagon to recall the fantastic reading from Moby-Dick that Sir David Attenborough did for us... www.mobydickbigread.com/chapter-105-...

premiers in summer, a day before my birhtday, what a gift

when the legendary magazine maverick and visionary James Brown writes about the Sea Library Instagram “great idea for an account” I think I can lie down for a bit and look at the clouds now instagram.com/sealibrary_

cool clouds alert!

having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little

those days when I love humans so much www.theguardian.com/environment/...

my idea of home

In 2019, retired captain Jānis Ozoliņš visited us and was inspired by the Sea Library to catalogue his own books. After he passed, his daughter found his wish – to donate them here. Last week she brought 100 maritime books. Two shelves now carry his legacy. Such an honour.

Orson Welles Narrates Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner in an Experimental Film Featuring the Art of Gustave Doré

oh the sadness of the whale! and what it says about ourselves www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I once looked out of my window on Cape Cod and saw this I thought I was imagining it

In 2019, a retired captain Jānis visited the Sea Library. It turns out that he was so inspired afterward that he began cataloguing his own sea books. Today, his daughter reached out to say that he has passed away and has dedicated all his books to the Sea Library. I am very moved and deeply humbled

1/5 This is complex. I hope I can do my thoughts justice. There's a campaign going on currently against Norway's continued hunting of minke whale; the new killing season is upon us, despite the fact that domestic consumption of whalemeat continues to fall and much of it will be wasted.

“The Whale is an knowledge and experience centre in Andenes, Northern Norway, opening 3 June 2027. It explores whales, their habitats, and how our relationship with whales has evolved through time—through science, culture, and storytelling.“ Look at this! thewhale.com/about

every writer needs a sleeping editor

singing this song all day today: youtu.be/sBW8Vnp8BzU?...

when falling into the sea means coming home

Nemo doesn’t trust the stars

“Some peaks were so bright, the pilot Victor Glover said, they looked as if they were covered in snow. Mission specialist Christina Koch described lunar craters as looking like a “lampshade with tiny pinprick holes&the light shining through”.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

In 1849 Herman Melville left England from here with a copy of Frankenstein in his pocket; the result was a queer book about a monster of his own making

In Latvia, we decorate the easter eggs by nature die (onion skins etc) and by painting them or drawing on them. Last night my boys, 16 and 11, drew how they felt about world. there’s Trump egg, nuke egg, shit egg, there’s a p**nus, and I don’t know how to go to the granny’s today.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

happy holiday everyone from the peace pirates – when the world makes no sense anymore

“Not only did I get to witness the birth but also I got to watch the normally sober-minded researchers react to it. (..) “Oh, my God,” one of the scientists said, clutching his head. “Oh, my God, oh, my God.” “Holy fucking shit,” another exclaimed.” @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Doing the dishes. #camping #evening A remote little island you paddle to, no wifi, no one else. The books you bring don't get read. Decisions you intend to make don't get made. Everything stops mattering.

But what thinks Lazarus? Can he warm his blue hands by holding them up to the grand northern lights?

Palm Sunday

“Scientists initially thought [one find] was a species known as the headless chicken monster - but it's not” 😕

“They found a pelican eel with a glowing pink tail that flashes red to lure in food, a barreleye fish with tubular eyes pointing upwards to see the silhouettes of its prey, and a dragonfish with a glowing rod under its chin.” deep-sea news are the coolest news www.bbc.com/news/article...

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