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Inspiration Board: 30th June 2013, She Gives Good Face Edition
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[Book Nerd Links] The Childhood Art of Famous Authors
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The Childhood Art of Famous Authors [courtesy Flavorwire]
Does any of your childhood art survive?
Daily Diversion #144: A Nod to Lytton Strachey, Z-A
Lytton Strachey organized his books from Z-A. What fun, I say! I love the peculiar precision of this arrangement, and have adopted its use.
Starting with Zola
Stein-Joyce
Hesse-Dickens
How do you arrange your books?
“In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought.”-Lytton Strachey
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Tenacious Lady, Died 152 Years Ago
Elizabeth Barrett Browning died on 29 June 1861. Here she is, looking intense.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, September 1859
QUOTE: “Who so loves believes the impossible.”
SOME WORKS: The Seraphim, and Other Poems; Casa Guidi Windows; Aurora Leigh; Poems Before Congress; Last Poems.
A KEEPSAKE:
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Earrings by Persephone. $24.00
Daily Diversion #143: Furry Placeholder
Duncan has agreed to sit here and look cute whilst I continue my unpacking and cleaning ways.
Cat watching and book guarding!
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”-Mark Twain
“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”-Walt Whitman
[Book Nerd Links] The 7 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature
The 7 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature [courtesy Barnes & Noble]
King Lear for the win, please. Do you have a favourite?
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“I lived to write, and wrote to live.”-Samuel Rogers
Daily Diversion #142: New Studio View
I am not a plant or flower or tree person. I cannot keep green things alive. I’ve no idea what kind of tree this is-I only know that it overlooks my second-story studio and that it is refreshingly lovely.
New studio view.
It’s a beaut, isn’t it?
Take two: first-floor view from the front porch.
The studio will be ready next week. I can hardly wait.
“To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them-the whole leaf and root tribe.”-Henry Ward Beecher
Daily Diversion #141: The Perks of Having a Porch
View from the porch of our new house.
“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventative of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”-Mark Twain
Writers in Art: Natalie Clifford Barney
Natalie in Fur Cape by the writer’s mother, artist Alice Pike Barney.
Natalie in Fur Cape by Alice Pike Barney
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 