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Month: December 2012

By Clanmother Posted on December 30, 2012

New Years with Ford Madox Ford

Gertrude Stein came up with the expression:The Lost Generation, after she encountered a young car attendant who failed to impress her with his mechanic skills. The garage owner confided  that … Continue reading New Years with Ford Madox Ford

Categories: Ernest Hemingway, Ford Madox Ford, Gertrude Stein, New YearsTags: Ernest Hemingway, Ford Madox Ford, Gertrude Stein, New Years
By Clanmother Posted on December 25, 2012

Christmas with Christina

Every Christmas, I listen to In the Bleak Mid-Winter, never realizing the connection to Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites.  That is, until recently.  Dante Rossetti’s (one of the founders of the … Continue reading Christmas with Christina

Categories: Celebrations, Christina Rossetti, Christmas, PoetsTags: Christina Rossetti, Christmas Poetry
By Clanmother Posted on December 24, 2012December 24, 2012

Christmas with William

On Christmas Eve 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray passed away.  He is most famous for his satirical works, specifically Vanity Fair, a mocking portrayal of English society. Even though he experienced … Continue reading Christmas with William

Categories: Celebrations, Christmas, William Makepeace ThackerayTags: Christmas Poetry, William Makepeace Thackeray
By Clanmother Posted on December 23, 2012December 23, 2012

Christmas with Henry

We all long for peace in our perilously divided world.  So did all those who came before us. The Christmas carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” is based … Continue reading Christmas with Henry

Categories: Celebrations, Christmas, Henry Wadsworth LongfellowTags: Christmas Poetry, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By Clanmother Posted on December 8, 2012December 8, 2012

Thank You Dear Kitty

It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your … Continue reading Thank You Dear Kitty

Categories: Awards, Blog of the Year 2012, Mahatma Gandhi, Men in HistoryTags: Blog of the Year 2012, Mahatma Gandhi

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis

“Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.” Chaim Potok

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But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths.” Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
A message that greeted me at my local grocery store. One word says so much.
Happy New Year! “I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief...For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” Wendell Berry
Merry Christmas. Thank you, dear friends for making my day memorable. Looking forward to entering 2021 together. Until then, keep safe and be well.
“Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.” Frida Kahlo
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” Joseph Campbell

Living with a Wild God

The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Bloch-Bauer

The Rainbows Comes & Goes

The Zhivago Affair

When Breath Becomes Air

Beau Geste

A Little Tea Book

Goodbye, Things

The Secrets We Kept

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