Reblogging this on what would have been Joe’s 64th birthday!
Daily Diversion #341: Urban Wetlands
Scioto Audubon Metro Park:

Urban Wetlands
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach on Truths in a Good Book
“There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.”-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Daily Diversion #340: View of Red and Gold
A view from the balcony:

Ceiling and top of the stage at the Ohio Theatre
Check Out My Contribution to the Classic Movie History Project 2016!
I wrote an article about the wonderful German actress Ossi Oswalda and her Ernst Lubitsch-directed charmer, I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918), for the Classic Movie History Project 2016.

Classic Movie History Project
THE EMANCIPATION OF OSSI OSWALDA

Ossi Oswalda by Nicola Perscheid, 1920s

Portrait of Ossi Oswalda by Nicola Perscheid, 1925
Writers in Art: Anna Akhmatova by Savely Sorin
It has been too long since I last posted an image of that great Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova. This is for me as much as it is for you…

Anna Akhmatova by Savely Sorin, 1913-1914
Shopping for the Bookworm: I is for Irving, Washington
I is for Irving, Washington:

Washington Irving Print by Creative Daffodil. $12.00+
Daily Diversion #339: View Towards Downtown
What Are You Reading in August?
Do you believe in the concept of beach reads? I don’t. Not for me, anyway! My habits are fairly solid year-round.
I’ve been burning through books the last few weeks, which, coming on the heels of a few slow-ish reading months, is such a nice (and familiar) feeling.
Since 1st August, I’ve finished:
- Andy Warhol: A Biography by Wayne Koestenbaum
- Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biography by Meryle Secrest
I’m currently reading:
- The Andy Griffith Show by Richard Kelly
- The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher
- Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
To be read by 31st August:
- The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
- And a few more books still to be determined
Which book on your list do you most look forward to finishing?
Please share with me in the comments.
Happy reading!
[Book Nerd Art] Moby-Dick
Illustration of Moby-Dick, 1892:

Illustration from Moby-Dick, 1892
Artwork by A. Burnham Shute
Joe Strummer Quote