The Legend of Bishop Hatto

 

We are passing through Bingen on the Rhine and the Bishop's Tower is on the north bank (he was a real person and a very cruel man). This poem gave me nightmares when I read it at age nine or so.

Walking Off The Pilsner

 

A Balkan Breakfast

 

 

Baba ganoush, picked beets, olives, cheese and incomparable bread and butter.

Not All Who Wander Etc Etc

 

Fourteen jours, to be exact.  Blogging will be intermittent for a while.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 ...our dead shall not return to us while day and night divide
Never while the bars of sunset hold.
But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died,
Shall they thrust for high employments as of old?

...their lives cannot repay us - their deaths could not undo -
The shame that they have laid upon our race
But the slothfulness that wasted and the arrogance that slew,
Shall we leave it unabated in its place?

Grrrsday

 

Five Days and a Wake-up

 Leaving Brian at home and going with a sister-in-law who shops.

(She does not yet know that I snore).

Vintage Tatting - A Christmas Idea from 1916

 

From Clark's Book of Needlework, 1916. Tat seven for a star, or six for a snowflake.  Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Holidays - Thanksgiving

copyright-free image from The Graphics Fairy 

Caturday!

 

On The Road (or at least Amtrak) Again

 

Off to Chicago for a culture-vulture week (Carmina Burana, Much Ado About Nothing, and the Elizabeth Catlett exhibit at the Art Institute).  Blogging will resume Caturday!

Vintage Advertising

 

With the holidays fast approaching, a timely little advert for Nonesuch Mincemeat (which is still around, btw).  From Woman's World, January 1922.  Downloadable from the Internet Archive in an issue that includes instructions on what to do with an incubator, and some forgettable fiction.

Caturday!

 

Napoleon Was Right

"Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake."

Quote of the Day

 

Isn't it wonderful that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank

Grrrsday

 

Lest We Forget

 

We are the soldiers who have no voice. ~ Graham Bentley

Vintage Crochet - a Doily from 1947

 

From Woman's Day, April 1957, an advertisement for crochet thread that includes a free pattern.  The entire issue can be downloaded from the Internet Archive and is worth a look.  Lots of mid-century modern home decor, and a small craft section.

Left-click to enlarge.

Happy Birthday, Marines