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RIP Marianne! 😞
https://youtu.be/mXD8l8JFk6E?si=EiTMLmRKzxecnp9T
This is a little book of descriptions and illustrations of French films. I have mixed feelings about it. The drawings are quite cutesy. There are no photos from the films. The author is American. With all that said; even though there aren‘t a lot ,the films picked are good ones. Some of the illustrations are charming. It makes a good gift for film buffs or people who want to explore Nouvelle Vague.
They did pretty well with the flavors. The Thai tea needs improvement. 🧋
I‘ve only thumbed through it so far. The concept appeals to me. It has plenty of psychological thrillers such as Hard Candy and The Piano Teacher. Films I wouldn‘t classify as horror. Which I usually prefer. Hopefully plenty of Isabelle Adjani.
A side by side comparison of the three films. https://youtu.be/_2mmlIe8u4M?si=MlGMARPEN_knHScY
“How I longed to go into the town. Longed to meet the real you. “The town is surrounded by a high wall so it‘s very hard to enter,” you said. “And going out is even harder.”
Happy Chinese year of the Snake 2025!
It‘s the best year in the Chinese cycle😉.
One of my current small annoyances, is that I keep seeing “year of the snake” in reference to Trump. This is wrong. The snake is seen as a positive in Chinese culture🐍.
“You were the one who told me about the town. On that summer evening we were heading up the river, the sweet fragrance of grass wafting over us. We passed over several little weirs that held back the flowing sand, stopping from time to time to gaze at the delicate silvery fish wriggling in the pools. We had both been barefoot for a while. The cold water washed over our ankles, while the fine sand at the bottom of the river enveloped our feet like
Is romantasy ruining Welsh?
Yup! This is why I had major problems with Ransom Riggs writing.
https://youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?si=ouMEAsgSryBPQs4b
“Parker is a classic case of a misunderstood woman. She was a problem, and a problem that simply didn‘t fit in one way or another. All too often, women who refuse to conform must live and die with this temporal displacement. At the start of her career, Parker‘s stringing barbs and biting bons mots were seen as shockingly modern- indeed, ahead of their time-and most “unladylike.” By the end of her life, Parker was regarded as a relic of a time -
“By all accounts, Dorothy Parker‘s two favorite words were fuck and shit. Coming from such a small, genteel, quietly spoken woman, these words often made people do a double take and wonder if they had misheard”.
The movie is premiering in Finland. https://youtu.be/Wzn7SAIXBkA?si=919qJHAFTR6L03xk
A whole chapter on Boudica/Boudicca. So little is known about her. that is a lot. 👩🏻🦰🗡.
The LA fires, black Altadena and Octavia Butler. https://youtu.be/5tLYpq1aEBU?si=v8-kR17-KksX08cX
A run down of books published in 2025.
https://youtu.be/qWR7x5iy6qI?si=5StRYh6D_ILfjhWp
🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀 I got a new TJs bag because some of our old ones are falling apart. 🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀this isn‘t book related but it‘s cheese related so it‘s ok.
I loved “in the realms of the unreal” when it came out. Darger is one mysterious dude. I certainly understand the hibernating instinct.
I‘m catching up on my French. I keep meaning too. Haha! I took it and passed in high school, probably just barely. Mom is going to help some. She‘s good with written French and grammar. It‘s a beautiful language!
Oh this looks good. I‘m going to have to read it. She wasn‘t a fille du roi. However she‘s shipped to New France. https://allegragoodman.com/books/isola/
Now I‘ve got this one and the bookstore. I was going to get the Paris related ones but changed my mind. If they ever come out with a New York public library or a library of Alexandria I‘ll be thrilled.
😲Long time 🤗. 🥂
In the Criterion collection. https://youtu.be/K15A83bYrKo?si=j8xBMg2GaE0hLIEX
“We need to protect connections between us where they have been lost. We have become isolated in our binaries, in the dualism of “them versus us”. This has caused the same kind of unraveling that fragmentation and isolation of habitats has done to the earth‘s eco-systems. A healthy ecosystem of humans is also one that embraces diversity and connectivity”.
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Wine and books. Hmm. I like the social aspects of this idea. A place to hang out, read and 🍷. My brain goes straight to spilling the wine. https://youtu.be/mBYn_l8Ik5A?si=33ZVgruFxAqYVHGs
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays all!
Above is my book related Christmas booty. More book nook kits. Nice heavy dragon bookends. A book *Jinkies* to clean my new glasses and phone screen. Yay!
“My paternal grandmother, Irene Miville Horton was descendant of not one fille du roi, but fifteen. Fifteen seemed like quite a lot until my research found people with a many as 80”.
Book: Descended from the mothers of Quebec by Paul Harvey Horton Jr.this is self-published.There are so few books on the fille du rio in English.I‘ve done some gen research on dads side.Mostly French Canadian and French.how many fille du roi I‘m related to🤷♀️.
A gorgeous Yale University press book. Im pretty sure this is a museum exhibit as well. I‘ll post more of the pictures inside later.
