Brunch out: French toast with sweet sauce and berries.
Dinner in: Tofu stir fry with leek “noodles” and Thai eggplant, with gai-lan on the side. My husband is the best.
Daily Diversion #167: Out/In
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“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”-Katherine Mansfield
“I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”-Katherine Mansfield
Happy 125th Birthday, Katherine Mansfield!
Katherine Mansfield (aka, KathMans) was born on 14th October 1888.
Katherine Mansfield by Anne Estelle Rice, 1918.
“I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.”-Katherine Mansfield
Sleepy Sunday
I’ve taken the day off from writing, to do this:
The Green Sofa, Sir John Lavery, circa 1903.
See you tomorrow!
[My Writing Life] I Have a Short Story in The Paperbook Collective’s October Issue
The newest issue ofThe Paperbook Collective came out yesterday. It is a wonderful on-line magazine/hard copy ‘zine out of Australia. My short story Beyond the Boneyard Gate is featured on pages forty-one and forty-two. I hope you can take a few minutes to check it, and the rest of the contents, out. It’s well worth your time, I promise!
FUN FACT: I was moved to write this story after seeing, and being thoroughly disturbed by, one of my blogging friend Jennifer’s photos. Her blog of fabulous photography is here.
Books in Art: Miss Auras by Sir John Lavery
Miss Auras by Sir John Lavery, 1900.
Miss Auras by Sir John Lavery, circa 1900.
A Reading List a Mile Long: Bas Bleu Autumn 2013
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”-Oscar Wilde
- The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer-$22.36
- Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard-$29.99
- This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart-$14.95
- The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks by Amy Stewart-$15.96
- Wretched Writing: A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras-$15.00
- Dickens at Christmas by Charles Dickens-$22.36
- The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories by Saki and Illustrated by Edward Gorey-$14.95
- The Baroness of Hobcaw by Mary E. Miller-$18.95
- [BONUS LITERARY MUG] The Greatest First Lines of Literature Ever Mug-$12.95
Daily Diversion #166: I Could Write Gladsome Things Here
Desk. Thurber House. Columbus.
[Book Nerd Links] The Oddest Odd Jobs of 10 Literary Greats
BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS: THE ODDEST ODD JOBS OF 10 LITERARY GREATS [COURTESY WRITER’S DIGEST]
Daily Diversion #165: The Unicorn in the Garden
The Unicorn in the Garden. Columbus.
You can read the James Thurber story here.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 