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Daily Diversion #103: Vintage Water Nymphs

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I went to the 20th Century Cincinnati show last weekend and all I got was… this pretty amazing postcard.

Water Nymphs at a Tropical Beach in Florida

Water Nymphs at a Tropical Beach in Florida

It’s old and the strange hatched postcard finish photographs a bit fuzzy, but isn’t their good time infectious? I want every single bright two-piece swimsuit they are wearing. Come on May!

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow fast in movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again this summer.”-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Henry James, Once a Dapper Young Man, Died 97 Years Ago Today

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Henry James died on 28 February 1916. He wasn’t always a humourless looking middle-aged man. Briefly, a long time ago, he was a humourless looking yet dapper young man.

Young Henry James

Young Henry James

QUOTE: “It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.”

SOME WORKS: Roderick Hudson; Washington Square; The Portrait of a Lady; The Bostonians; What Maisie Knew; The Wings of the Dove; The Golden Bowl; Daisy Miller; The Aspern Papers; The Turn of the Screw.

A KEEPSAKE:

Daisy Miller by Henry James at Free Parking

Daisy Miller by Henry James at Free Parking. $10.00

Daily Diversion #101: The Genius of Water Runs Dry in Winter

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The Tyler Davidson Fountain, aka The Genius of Water. Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio.

“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.”-James Whistler

Detail #1
Detail #2
Detail #3. In warm months, water flows from her hands.
Detail #4
The Genius of Water runs dry in winter.

 

Shopping for the Bookworm: Edward Gorey Edition

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“My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that’s what the world is like.”-Edward Gorey

The Gashlycrumb Tinies Metal Lunch Box at The Vint Edge

The Gashlycrumb Tinies Metal Lunch Box at The Vint Edge. $34.99

Edward Gorey Necklace by Dark White Arts

Edward Gorey Necklace by Dark White Arts. $14.00

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The Dead Writers Roundup: February 22nd-25th

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  • James Russell Lowell was born on 2/22/1819. “Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.” (A Fable for Critics; Conversations on the Old Poets)
  • Jules Renard was born on 2/22/1864. “Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.” (Crime de village; Poil de carotte)
  • Edward Gorey was born on 2/22/1925. “To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.” (The Doubtful Guest; The Gashlycrumb Tinies; The Gilded Bat; The Broken Spoke; The Loathsome Couple)
  • Elizabeth Bowen died on 2/22/1973. “When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” (The Last September; The House in Paris; The Heat of the Day; Eva Trout; Look At All Those Roses)
  • Samuel Pepys was born on 2/23/1633. “Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” (The Diary of Samuel Pepys) Continue reading →

Happy Birthday Edna St. Vincent Millay, You Timeless Beauty

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Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on 22 February 1892, with looks as timeless as the poems she grew up to write.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

QUOTE: “Life must go on; I forget just why.”

SOME WORKS: Renascence, and Other Poems; A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets; The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver; Fatal Interview; The Murder of Lidice.

A KEEPSAKE:

Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote Canvas Shopper Bag by Cloudshaped

Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote Canvas Shopper Bag by Cloudshaped. $25.81

 

 

 

 

The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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  • Name: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • DOB: 02/27/1807
  • Member Since: 1863
  • Status: Charter member
  • Important Role: Manning the punch bowl at club functions.
  • Hobbies: Reading Latin; translating Dante; writing poetry; styling his luxurious white beard into tiny braids.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868