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Today’s cuppa: Earl Grey.
On Today’s Reading Menu…
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Monthly Archives: November 2019
[Book Nerd Links] Ovid, Le Guin, and The Rabbit Queen
Eleanor Roosevelt on Life
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can think bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.”–Eleanor Roosevelt (The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt)
Shared for the last nine words of the quote.
Eleanor Roosevelt (20 July 1933).
First Snow by Robert Koehler
We got our first snow of the season a couple of days ago, which is early around here. Ugh. I prefer artistic representations of snow over the real thing.
First Snow by Robert Koehler (circa 1895).
[Book Nerd Links] The Chelsea Hotel, East Germany, Kurt Vonnegut, and Movie Musicals
- Inside the Last Occupied Apartments of the Chelsea Hotel [THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE]
- Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany [LIT HUB]
- Kurt Vonnegut’s Advice for the Impatient Writer [LIT HUB]
- ‘The Movie Musical!’ Is A Symphony In Praise Of The ‘Razzmatazz’ Of The Genre [NPR]
Every Day is a Good Day for Looking at an Egon Schiele Painting
Here’s one from 1915:
House with Shingle Roof (Old House II) by Egon Schiele. Collection: Leopold Museum. Public Domain.
[Book Nerd News] Novelist Ernest J. Gaines Dies at Age 86
[Intermezzo] When Words Are in Short Supply
I have a cold and am exhausted. Still unpacking from the move. My studio remains a work in progress. Too many unopened boxes. Need a new (gargantuan) bookcase. Art is wrapped in Kraft paper.
My feet are cold (literally).
Tea helps.
Tea always helps.
(Does it for you?)
Decided to suck it up and add to today’s NaNoWriMo word count anyway.
108 good little soldiers.
Better than nothing, right?
Until tomorrow, I have the laziest of intentions:
Sweet Repose by Victor Gilbert (circa 1880).
Happy dreams!
[Tea in Art] Tea by James Tissot (1872)
Since it’s that time of (my) day…
Tea by James Tissot (1872). Collection: The Met. Public Domain.
I’m drinking Earl Grey. You?
Edgar Allan Poe on a Single Mood
“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”–Edgar Allan Poe
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 