Suzanne Heath

Novelist & devoted reader obsessed with all that makes the past cool or creepy, awesome or awful.

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

The aurora borealis in Finnish is “Revontulet” or “Fox Fires.” This derives from an ancient Finnish myth in which a magical fox sweeps his fiery tail across the snow, spraying sparks up into the sky, thus creating the #NorthernLights. #MythologyMonday

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Absolutely.

[Undine @HorribleSanity]

It's a Harold Lloyd #Caturday!

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

This.

[Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs]

It's hard to believe that Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. is now 100 years old. This sequence is still astonishing a century later

[Undine @HorribleSanity]

Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats.

A cat who is about to STEAL YOUR CAR.

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

Beware... this #Frockingfabulous bit of #fashionhistory owes it vivid colour to arsenic! C.1870, via the Met.

[Classic Movie Hub @ClassicMovieHub]

Born Today, Oct 19, in 1903, Wrestler/Actor Tor Johnson - weightlifters, strongman; Plan 9 from Outer Space (Inspector Clay), Bride of the Monster (Lobo)... #botd

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

We almost had a Jabba the Hutt movie directed by Guillermo del Toro https://t.co/dxK2GfCp8k

Wow.

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Exactly!

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Probably an earlier incarnation of one of my cats.

[Undine @HorribleSanity]

Typical cat story. (Manchester News 1955, via @_newspapers)

[London Museum @LDN_Museum]

Time to dust-off your 'walking dress' - it's the first day of #Spring 🌼

La Belle Assemblée, 1809

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Oh, God, yes. *backing away from the vampire squid article and turning my attention to this*

[Undine @HorribleSanity]

Just a quick reminder of why the Illustrated Police News was the greatest newspaper ever. (Via @_newspapers)

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

This made me happy today. https://t.co/VEtwzzLqOW

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Yup.

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

I've only ever been to Trinity College Old Library, which was fantastic. Would love to see all of them!

Check Out 7 of the Most Beautiful Libraries in the World https://t.co/Ndz2Iqbo7E via @howstuffworks

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

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RIP Angela Lansbury. My very first favorite witch, and so much more.

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

I was already wishing I was in Paris...then I saw this!

[Aurora @CitizenScreen]

Orson Welles in Paris, 1952

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

@kathyflann It's the in-between stuff that you have to worry about most, lol.

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

My favorite pizza joint celebrates my favorite holiday #halloween #austinstreetpizza

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

Yay!!

[Harvey Guillen @HARVEYGUILLEN]

Thank you so much @HRC for this honor!

[Suzanne Heath @zannieSH]

I'm not meeting anyone named Truckman alone. Not in 1879, not now. Just sayin'.

[Undine @HorribleSanity]

A particularly dramatic day in the New York Herald's personals column. (1879, via @_newspapers)