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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Decorating for the Holidays with Clara Bow
I am taking a break from writing tonight to decorate my house for the holidays. Here’s Clara Bow, enjoying a similar kind of evening.
Clara Bow
The Adventurous Robert Louis Stevenson Died 119 Years Ago Today
Robert Louis Stevenson died on 3 December 1894. He was forty-four years old. Here he is, looking elegant in a John Singer Sargent portrait…
Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson by John Singer Sargent, 1887
He was as dashing as the best of them…
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879
His spirited wife, Fanny, also excelled at living life to the fullest …
Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne Stevenson
“So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”-Robert Louis Stevenson
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Off Topic Post: Happy 90th Birthday, Maria Callas!
Maria Callas was born on 2 December 1923. She would have been ninety today.
Maria Callas: a lady who knew how to do her eye makeup!
“I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.”
[A Holiday Shopping Spree for the Bookworm] Second Stop: Jane Austen Gift Shop
JANE AUSTEN GIFT SHOP
We all have at least one Pride and Prejudice disciple in our lives. Simplify your shopping list by visiting this enchanting site dedicated to a large and partially exclusive line of Jane Austen goodies. The online store is the retail arm of The Jane Austen Centre, appropriately located in the English city of Bath (which means much to Jane addicts the world over). Let’s begin our shopping tour!
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS:
Jane Austen Places in Regency Bath Mug. £10.00 GBP. Image from the Jane Austen Gift Shop.
Bookmark-Keep Calm and Read Jane Austen. £3.00 GBP. Image from the Jane Austen Gift Shop.
Initial Seal and Sealing Wax Set. £7.99 GBP. Image from the Jane Austen Gift Shop.
DETAILS:
- JANE AUSTEN GIFT SHOP: GO HERE
- JANE AUSTEN WEBSITE: GO HERE
- PREDICTED SHOPPING TIME: FOR AUSTEN FANS: 30 MINUTES/FOR NON-FANS: 10 MINUTES
- BEST AWESOMELY UNEXPECTED ITEM: VARIOUS CLOTHESPIN DOLL KITS, INCLUDING THIS ONE
- PRICE POINT: REASONABLE
- BOOKWORM HAPPINESS SCORE (OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10): 8 FOR THE STORE/10+ FOR THE WEBSITE
FIRST STOP: EDWARD GOREY HOUSE STORE
Happy Birthday, Rex Stout!
Rex Todhunter Stout was born on 1 December 1886. He gave the world that singular detective, Nero Wolfe (and his unremittingly charming factotum Archie Goodwin!), writing dozens of excellent genre novels and short stories during a four decade period. Stout’s version of New York City is one of the best (fictionalized) settings in all of literature. Here he is, mixing patterns and still looking casually dapper in his eighty-seventh year…
Rex Stout by Jill Krementz, 1973
“To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man’s decisions are based on his rational process. That I don’t believe at all.”-Rex Stout
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