The Obolus Book Blog

The Windows and the Stars Illumined

The Parisian sky at night, as it must have appeared to Baudelaire

Dec 18 • Andrew Rickard

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The Memory of it Weighs Heavily Upon Me

Rudolf Koch endures a brief episode of shell shock, and fires on a French position

Dec 11 • Andrew Rickard

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November 2025

Misery and Indignity

Koch's comrade finds it hard to believe that he is a type designer

Nov 26 • Andrew Rickard

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When Ginger Rogers Was the Sweetheart of Cape Scott

Memories of RCAF Radio Detachment No. 10 at Cape Scott, BC

Nov 19 • Andrew Rickard

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Beautiful, White, French Bread

"I really disliked the taste, and did not finish eating my piece."

Nov 11 • Andrew Rickard

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We are open for business and shipping books

President Trump's tariffs do not apply to Canadian books

Nov 10 • Andrew Rickard

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October 2025

I'm Probably on a Watch List Now

Hand grenades disassembled and used to make coffee in the German trenches

Oct 2 • Andrew Rickard

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September 2025

On the Train to Belgrade

With links to some German folk songs

Sep 11 • Andrew Rickard

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Grenadier Rudolf Koch

A typographer in the trenches

Sep 5 • Andrew Rickard

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August 2025

Soup Is Good Food

If you think "shrinkflation" is bad...

Aug 6 • Andrew Rickard

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July 2025

Henri Le Sidaner in Venice

"It is glorious and outmoded, magnificent and eroded, a heroic ruin."

Jul 23 • Andrew Rickard

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You Give Me Bad Dreams

Don't drop in next time you're passing

Jul 10 • Andrew Rickard

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