Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775.
Jane Austen. 16 December 1775-18 July 1817.
“Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.”-Jane Austen
Happy Birthday, Miss Austen!
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May Shakespeare Call You off the Stage
“All the world’s a stage/And all the men and women merely players/They have their exits and their entrances/And one man in his time plays many parts/His acts being seven ages.”-William Shakespeare
Peter O’Toole
Farewell, dear sir!
Daily Diversion #179: Goin’ to a Party
Goin’ to a holiday party. Be back tomorrow.
Christmas Countdown
“I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table.”-William Shakespeare, Macbeth
Writers in Art: Fanny Burney
Fanny Burney
Portrait of Fanny Burney by her cousin, Edward Burney, circa 1784-1785
[A Holiday Shopping Spree for the Bookworm] Bonus Stop: Journal of the Month
JOURNAL OF THE MONTH
I’ve been saving this gem for last, and boy was it worth the wait! Journal of the Month is a subscription service-a literary Birchbox, if you will. Each month, you or your lucky gift recipient will receive a new (and surprise!) copy of a participating journal. What a fabulous and thoughtful treasure for the writer in your life. There are six available plans.
GO HERE TO FIND OUT MORE
[A Holiday Shopping Spree for the Bookworm] Seventh Stop: The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
THE UNEMPLOYED PHILOSOPHERS GUILD:
I only discovered this site a few days ago [thanks for the intro, Acid Free Pulp], and it was instant love. Although it’s not dedicated to books, the literature section is full of fun, whimsical, affordable items!
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS:
Alice’s Enchantmints. $3.00. Image from The Unemployed Philosophers Guild.
Much Ado About Nothings. $6.50. Image from The Unemployed Philosophers Guild.
Zora Neale Hurston Card. $3.50. Image from The Unemployed Philosophers Guild.
DETAILS:
- THE UNEMPLOYED PHILOSOPHERS GUILD: GO HERE
- PREDICTED SHOPPING TIME: 15 MINUTES
- BEST AWESOMELY UNEXPECTED ITEM: GREAT DRINKERS SHOTS
- PRICE POINT: GREAT
- BOOKWORM HAPPINESS SCALE (OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10): 9
FIRST STOP: EDWARD GOREY HOUSE STORE
SECOND STOP: JANE AUSTEN GIFT SHOP
THIRD STOP: OUT OF PRINT CLOTHING
FOURTH STOP: THE READER’S CATALOG
FIFTH STOP: THE LITERARY GIFT COMPANY
SIXTH STOP: BAS BLEU
Inspiration Board: 12th December
I’m feeling frosty! Can you tell?
Cavern in an ice wall, near Commonwealth Bay
Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914
Au Clair de la Lune Children’s Book, 1910s
Blue Snow, the Battery by George Bellows, December 1910
Asta Nielsen
Old Pscov by Konstantin Gorbatov, 1913
The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928
Portrait of Fritza Riedler by Gustav Klimt, 1906
Sunset over Waterloo Bridge by Emile Claus
The Tetons and the Snake River by Ansel Adams, 1942
Valeska Suratt, 1917
Women playing hockey outside of Varsity Arena, Toronto, 1910
[Book Nerd Links] Odysseus’ Journey Interactive Map
ODYSSEUS’ JOURNEY INTERACTIVE MAP [COURTESY ESRI]
Is this map amazing, or is it amazing?
[My Top Cold Weather Writers] Honorable Mention: Charles Dickens
CHARLES DICKENS
Charles Dickens
REASON: Is it possible to get through winter without pulling out a volume of Dickens? What a desperate, weary, chilly world his characters inhabit! It is enough to make the pages freeze mid-turn.
“Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank God they were at home; and for the homeless starving wretch to lay him down and die. Many hunger-worn outcasts close their eyes in our bare streets at such times, who, let their crimes have been what they may, can hardly open them in a more bitter world.”-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
If you missed My Top Six Cold Weather Writers, go here.
For Honorable Mention: Christina Rossetti, go here.
Thanks to Tom Gething for reminding me that Charles Dickens deserves a place on my list!
Three Years Ago Today I Married My Love
Our wedding ceremony was cobbled together with rock and roll and bagpipes and honest poetry, love and tears; there were no vows, except to bluntly say, “I do.” If the act of marriage itself is not promise enough, then an oath is meaningless armor against the inevitable.
Bells Are Ringing
I DO NOT LOVE YOU EXCEPT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU BY PABLO NERUDA
The Chef and I are somewhere on this spectrum of cute coupledom:
Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge, May 31, 1921
Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake in Sullivan’s Travels, 1941
Rod La Rocque and Lillian Rich in Braveheart, 1925
Bride and Groom by Amedeo Modigliani, 1915-1916
Garbo and Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs, 1928
Larry and Viv, 1938
Claude and Alice Monet
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