Aspiring author, world traveler, music lover, feeder of birds and small rabbits. A cook famous in her own kitchen. Classic Sci-fi & horror fan. Book lover.
The Narnia books get unfairly dismissed as children’s books, when in fact Lewis was paying homage to the medieval and Renaissance literature he taught and loved. The walled garden in The Magician’s Nephew is cribbed from the thirteenth-century poem The Romance of the Rose. The Lady of the Green Kirtle draws inspiration from the evil enchantresses in Spenser’s Faerie Queene; the green of her kirtle alludes to Thomas the Rhymer and Sir Gawain & the Green Knight. The whole series rings with echoes of Dante. Lewis was able to write a great work of literature because he had a mind utterly steeped in the classics.
Found all of these in an old book. Stamps aren't reliable bookmarks. Had to flip through the book multiple times to get them to all fall out. #stampcollecting#notabookmark
A 1910 25-volume set of Alexandre Dumas arrived in the workroom this week! Vol X is The Three Guardsmen. Vols 1 & 2 are The Man in the Iron Mask. I am, of course, going to read from 1 to 25 in order -- because I can!
When that one person in your feed starts posting about something they are doing and then resonds to questions with "I'll PM you" to each person who asks. I just want to scream, "Get a seperate business profile. None of us care what you're selling!"
I-55/70 NB is CLOSED in East St. Louis due to flooding. All traffic is being diverted to I-64 EB. Use I-255 NB to reconnect with I-55/70. Please avoid the area until our pumps can catch up with the heavy rain. #ILTraffic