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Daily Diversion #461: Remington Rand Typewriter

Posted on February 4, 2025 by maedez
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My Vintage Typewriter
Posted in Photography | Tagged 20th Century, B&W Photos, Blog, Blogging, Photography, Typewriter, Writers, Writing | 4 Replies

My Library/Day 51: The Little Magazine: A History and a Bibliography

Posted on February 20, 2024 by maedez
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DAY 51:

Posted in MY BOOK COLLECTION | Tagged 20th Century, Books, Fiction, History, library, Magazines, Reading, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

My Library/Day 12: The Creative Process Edited by Brewster Ghiselin

Posted on January 12, 2024 by maedez
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DAY 12:

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I’m Doing a Thing!

Posted on October 7, 2020 by maedez
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I anticipate spending a considerable amount of time with this lovely lady over the next 5-ish years. She’s the subject of my biggest project yet: a biography. Wish me luck!

Posted in Books, J BIO | Tagged 20th Century, Biography, Books, Reading, Writing | 5 Replies

On Today’s Reading Menu…

Posted on November 26, 2019 by maedez
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Gellhorn

Today’s cuppa: Earl Grey.

Posted in Books, Reading | Tagged 20th Century, Biographies, Books, Martha Gellhorn, Photos, Reading, Writers | Leave a reply

[Women Reading in Art] Woman Reading in a Cozy Nook

Posted on October 30, 2019 by maedez
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Illustration from “Radiation and Decoration,” a catalogue from the American Radiator Company (1905).

Posted in Art, Books, Reading | Tagged 20th Century, Art, Books, Books in art, Illustrations, Reading, Women Reading, Women Reading in Art | Leave a reply

[Women in Art] Self-Portrait with Silver Background by Helene Schjerfbeck (1915)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by maedez
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Self-Portrait with Silver Background by Helene Schjerfbeck (1915). Turku Art Museum.

Posted in Art | Tagged 20th Century, Art, Artists, Helene Schjerfbeck, Paintings, Portraits, Self-portraits, Women Artists | Leave a reply

Tea in Art: A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909

Posted on February 6, 2017 by maedez
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A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale for Collier’s Magazine, 1909:

A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909

A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909.

I wish I could spend today drinking tea and reading books about awesome women. Alas!

Posted in Art, Tea | Tagged 20th Century, 20th Century Artists, Art, Artists, Collier's magazine, Lilian Westcott Hale, Tea, Women in Art | 2 Replies

Because I Will Never Grow Tired of This Photo of Edna St. Vincent Millay…

Posted on January 31, 2017 by maedez
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It is from 1914, when she was on the cusp of every possibility:

Edna St. Vincent Millay by Arnold Genthe, 1914

Edna St. Vincent Millay by Arnold Genthe, 1914

Posted in Art, Dead Writers, Photography | Tagged 20th Century, Arnold Genthe, Art, Books, Dead Writers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Photography, Poets, Writers | 8 Replies

Birthday Girl Vanessa Bell

Posted on May 30, 2016 by maedez
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The talented, beautiful, and well-connected artist Vanessa Bell was born on 30 May 1879.

Photo of Vanessa Bell by GC Beresford, 1902

Photo of Vanessa Bell by GC Beresford, 1902

Posted in Art | Tagged 20th Century, 20th Century Artists, Art, Artists, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Painters, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf | 3 Replies

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