
Leo Tolstoy Quote

Leo Tolstoy Quote
Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759.

Robert Burns
“Let them cant about decorum, who have characters to lose!”-Robert Burns
W. Somerset Maugham was born 25 January 1874.

W. Somerset Maugham
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”-W. Somerset Maugham
Virginia Woolf was born on 25 January 1882.

Virginia Woolf by Roger Fry
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”-Virginia Woolf

George Gissing Quote

Lytton Strachey Quote
Ivan Turgenev by Ilya Repin, 1874

Ivan Turgenev by Ilya Repin, 1874
“I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.”-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
Once upon a time, he was just a serious little gentleman.

Kiddie James Joyce, 1888.
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”-James Joyce, Ulysses
Amiri Baraka Dead at 79 [courtesy nj.com]
“A system that warehouses people is not the cure for social ills.”
Simone de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908.

Simone de Beauvoir as a child

Simone de Beauvoir Quote
“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”-Oscar Wilde
Seven Reasons to Love Anita Loos’ Look:
#1: She rocked one of the best hairstyles of the Roaring Twenties. The tousled bob with bangs was her thing, and she wore it with few variations for decades. With that hair, she could walk into any 2014 shindig and look more modern than anyone else.

Anita Loos rocking her enviable locks.
#2: She knew how to wear a scarf without looking like an idiot or an octogenarian. We all know how hard that is, right? For some reason, the thought of wearing a scarf as an accessory intimidates a lot of American women, myself included. Here’s Anita, proving that a scarf worn tied around the neck can be chic and fun: Continue reading
All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

Boiling water thrown into frigid air=this!

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!
This is what happens when two bored adults are housebound during a vicious cold spell.
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”-Sinclair Lewis