FOUND FOLIOS 4: Olbas Oil

This is the latest expiry date I’ve seen on a bottle of Olbas Oil:

Exp: Dec 2023. BN: 135281.

Olbas Oil. INHALANT DECONGESTANT. Relief from catarrh, colds and blocked sinuses.

FOUND FOLIOS 1: Jenga

Depictions of ruin and dark futures never really dealt with the idea of free time. The running assumption was that if someone was fighting both physically and mentally to survive, they would have no real need for pastimes; they’d be too exhausted from their toil. That, or the author didn’t…

FOUND FOLIOS 2: Books

I suppose a good counterpart to the journal extract in issue 1, are some small notes that I have found within books. Reading has been one of the most quintessential things to do for a long, long time, and I hope this does not change — lest this series be useless beyond my own leisure…

FOUND FOLIOS 3: Printers

As you may have noticed, I am writing this on a typewriter. It does have some flavourful merit — the typeface and style evokes a certain set of memories for those few old enough to recognise them. To the young, it’s a beacon of authority — something that’s not handwritten, bearing a…

FOUND FOLIOS

Before everyone died, I was a writer. More specifically, I did copy; the editing and creating of text for campaigns, the slogans for sales.

Copywriting skills may now be useless, but writing itself is not. Writing is everywhere, and incredibly personal. It has to be, because…