LoLT: An Absinthe Caper and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: The Absinthe Forger by Evan Rail and The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen. Then our guest Evan Rail shares his enthusiasm for fountain pens and special inks. Links The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit by Evan Rail The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen Evan Rail’s website and Instagram Evan’s interview with Radio Prague International Pelikan fountain pens Rohrer & Klingner inks Rohrer & Klingner Alt Goldgrun (gold-green ink) - see it here Rohrer & Klingner Solferino (purple) - see it here. Kaweco pens — and the Kaweco Sport Parker Quink ink cartridges Herbin inks Herbin Lie de Thé (brown) - see it here. Diamine inks Diamine Writer’s Blood (maroon) Diamine Bloody Absinthe (green and red) Diamine Aurora Borealis (teal green) Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, a titillating tale of the green muse.
0:05.1	The creative power of notebooks.
0:07.1	Plus our distraction of the week.
0:09.1	I'm Mel.
0:10.1	I'm Dave.
0:11.1	This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:17.1	We've got a great special guest today.
0:19.3	His name is Evan Rail, and he's one of our neighbors here in Prague. But that's not why he's our guest.
0:26.2	He also happens to be a fantastic travel writer and author of the new book, The Absinth Forger, a true story of deception, betrayal, and the world's most dangerous spirit.
0:39.4	Yeah, Absinthe is back.
0:41.5	I'm not much of a wine or beer drinker, but give me a tiny glass of something bitter.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:46.8	That's maybe a vivid color.
0:49.5	And I am all in.
0:51.3	Red Campari, orange apparel, and of course, lurid green absinth. As I recall,
0:58.7	it's got a really licorice-y kind of thing about it. It does. It is very anise-forward.
1:04.3	Yeah.
1:04.5	In addition to that licorice flavor, it's got sweet fennel, so it does have a little sweetness to it,
1:13.1	and sometimes distillers add an herb called Melissa.
1:15.4	Oh, yeah.
1:16.6	Well, that's nice.
1:17.4	In the States, we call it lemon balm.
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