I’ve decided to shelve all serious writing for the rest of the year. There is so much life stuff to do: baking, wrapping gifts, cooking, drinking mulled wine, watching holiday movies, and spending time with family and friends. Oh, and organizing my writing schedule and goals for 2014. Fear not! I’ll still be hanging around Ye Olde WordPress, posting easy and feather-light things. Like this:
Ghost Tree
The Fitzgerald Family Celebrating Christmas
Ernest, Hadley, and Jack Hemingway in Schruns, Austria (1925)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enjoying a ski holiday
Sylvia Plath and Marcia Brown Stern (courtesy Alumnae Association of Smith College)
Joe Strummer Quote
Katherine Mansfield by Anne Estelle Rice, 1918
Katherine Mansfield by Anne Estelle Rice, 1918
This is brilliant…
Illuminated “Heart of Darkness,” lavishly illustrated by Matt Kish [courtesy boing boing]
Be sure to come back and let me know what you think!
Emily Brontë died on 19 December 1848.
The Brontë Sisters by Branwell Brontë. Emily is in the middle.
“Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?”-Emily Brontë
*Wuthering Heights
Elizabeth Craven was born on 17 December 1750.
Portrait of Elizabeth Craven by George Romney, 1778
“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”-Noël Coward (born on 12-16-1899)
Noël Coward, circa 1914
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”-W. Somerset Maugham (died on 12-16-1965)
W. Somerset Maugham
I’m stuck in bed today, tired from coughing. Croaky-voiced. Re-reading Ansel Adams’ autobiography and dreaming of great snow-capped mountains. I catch a glimpse, through the dirty window, of a white-blanketed roof and try to make do. Persuade me that there is no difference on the scale of majesty, and I’ll be impressed.
The Sick Girl by Michael Ancher, 1882
Words to the wise: On gloomy days, imagination is the best tool of all.
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