A wee flower plucked from my grandma’s garden:
Wee Flower. 19 September 2015.
Daily Diversion #277: Wee Flower
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Happy Birthday, H.G. Wells!
“The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.”
H.G. (Herbert George) Wells was born on 21 September 1866:
H.G. Wells by F. Hollyer, 1890.
H.G. Wells Bicycle Print by Barry D. Bulsara. $57.00
Upton Sinclair: 20 September 1878
Pulitzer Prize winning author Upton Sinclair was born on 20 September 1878. As many of you know, I love this photo of him as a young man:
Upton Sinclair
You can download a copy of his most important work, The Jungle, at Project Gutenberg.
Cover of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906.
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John Cheever Quote
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid.
Pan and Tulips. Kingwood Center.
Goodbye, Seán O’Casey!
Seán O’Casey died on 18 September 1964. He was 84.
Study of Seán O’Casey by Reginald V. Gray, 1964. (For The New York Times)
Three Chapters: Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie as a Child
Agatha Christie, 1925
Agatha Christie, 1970s
Agatha Christie: 15 September 1890-12 January 1976
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“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”-Thomas Wolfe, You Can’t Go Home Again
[Book Nerd Links] The Most Misread Poem in America
The Most Misread Poem in America [THE PARIS REVIEW]
Great piece!
Daily Diversion #276: King Gambrinus
The statue of King Gambrinus (“The Drunken King”) in Columbus’ Brewery District:
No, that’s not Burger King…it’s King Gambrinus (“The Drunken King”).
For years, beginning in the early twentieth century, he stood watch over the August Wagner Brewery (originally Gambrinus Brewery). Now, he conducts his eternal revels around the corner from my apartment.
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