Kirk Douglas, circa 1955.
As some of you know, my mom is opening a business…and it’s a family affair. Austen & Company is many parts that we hope will make a cohesive, if quirky, whole: Tea and tea accessories, coffee, desserts, books, art, events, curiosities, import snacks, and cocktails. Whew, that’s a lot!
We’re not open yet, but, this being 2020, Austen & Company is already on social media. Both our Instagram and Facebook pages are full of sneak peeks. We’re doing an Instagram series highlighting some of the books we’ll be selling in-store. Even if you’re not local, hey, who doesn’t like pretty pics of books?
Millay
Simone
@austenandcompany
Bowie
Thanks for indulging me!
Pride and Prejudice was published on this day in 1813:
Pride and Prejudice
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!–When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”–Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
This was a gift from my bestie!
Reader’s Journal
Katherine Mansfield died on 9 January 1923.
Katherine Mansfield.
“When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.”–Katherine Mansfield
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it.”–Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (1928). Photographed by James Allen.
My mom continued her tradition of gifting me a rocker chick autobiography for Christmas. Yay, mom!
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