History, Literature, Quote of the Day, Religion

“Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon”: The Eve of St. Agnes

There are some personal anniversaries I celebrate in  my iPhone calendar app.  Birthdays, death days, anniversaries, significant--even tragic--events of family, friends, and loved ones.  Plenty of all those.  Perhaps more than my fair share of a couple of them. But a few events superimpose themselves, irrespective of personal experience.  And so, here we go, for… Continue reading “Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon”: The Eve of St. Agnes

Entertainment

Ab-so-bloomin-lutely Loverly: RIP Audrey Hepburn

A lightly-edited post from that originally published several years ago.  RIP, sweet lady. Audrey Kathleen Ruston, who died thirty-one years ago today (far too soon), was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of a member of minor Dutch nobility and a peripatetic English financier father who later changed his name to… Continue reading Ab-so-bloomin-lutely Loverly: RIP Audrey Hepburn