1869: Ironing Woman by Edgar Degas (born on 7/19/1834)
“I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.”-Margaret Fuller (died on 7/19/1850)
1877: Dancers Practicing at the Bar by Edgar Degas
“Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.”-Willa Cather
Willa Cather My Antonia Library Card Catalog Pendant by Parker’s Porch. $27.00
South African Anti-Apartheid Author, Nobel Winner Gordimer Dies [courtesy The New York Times]
Nadine Gordimer, Nobel-Winning Chronicler of Apartheid, Dies [courtesy NPR]
This print, like all of Amanda Atkins’ work, is fantastic:
Flannery O’Connor 8×10 Print by Amanda Atkins. $18.00
Petrarch Quote
Heinrich Heine by Gottlieb Gassen, 1828
Heinrich Heine by Gottlieb Gassen, 1828
This post originally appeared on my birthday in 2012. I liked it so much I thought I’d use it again this year.
I’m lucky enough to share a birthday with one of my favourite actors (John Gilbert), one of my favourite writers (Marcel Proust) and the possessor of one of the most brilliant (recorded) minds in history (Nikola Tesla). What else do they have in common? Hmmm, let’s see.
I’ve found that frivolous observations are best made on serious days. I’m off to celebrate with the husband at the newest contemporary Indian restaurant/bar in town. Toodles.
My husband’s favourite author, Robert A. Heinlein, was born on 7 July 1907.
1929 Naval Academy Yearbook Photo of Robert A. Heinlein
“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”-Robert A. Heinlein
Portrait of Jean Cocteau by Amedeo Modigliani, 1916
“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”-Jean Cocteau
Happy 125th birthday!
The teeny tiny Brontë books [courtesy Los Angeles Times]
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 