November is the month for nature-lovers who appreciate subtlety. The most garish colors have passed, at least by the middle of the month: the oranges, reds, and yellows out of a child’s paint-box give way to colors with names like russet and ochre—colors for grown-ups. They are mostly shades of brown, but November teaches us that brown is a universe of color.
There is a certain amusing dissonance about a site on the Web whose theme is writing by making marks on paper. But that is not the only dissonance you will find here. This is a supplement to Dr. Boli’s Celebrated Magazine, and we’ll have long digressions on random subjects, instructional articles about writing instruments, and even poetry—but everything will be written out on paper, and only then published to the electronic world at large.
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