CRANES FLYING TOGETHER ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ The Cranes We thought they were gulls at first, ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
THE CLAVIER ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Clavier = a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichords, pianos, organs, and virg...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
~ Posting slightly early ~ In honor of Victoria Amador's birthday! ECSTATIC EMILY ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Nope! Not exactly! Unfortunately, a latter - day writer -- not Emily! -- has faked the second half of this quotation and attributed the entire passage to Dickinson. I could tell you the whole story, but this wise blogger already figured it out TWENTY (20!) years ago| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
MOTHER AMERICA ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Mother America (1973) "Mother America is not to be taken lightly. Her sword vouches for ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
COURAGE, ANXIETY, DESPAIR ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Courage, Anxiety and Despair - Watching the Battle (ca 1850) aka " Le Courage, ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
A fortnightly [every 14th & 28th] literary blog of connection & coincidence; custom & ceremony| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ [ June 7 & June 14 ] Or, in my case, born to make literary connections but ge...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
THE GULF OF MEXICO ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ "I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico You and me by the sea Palm trees call me, oh, that's the place I want to be Down where the southern breezes blow On the Gulf of Mexico" (1990) Song by Alabama Photo: Florida Keys Slow Sequence From Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties of upper New York State rise the Ischua and Tunnungwani [| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
SPEAKING NONSENSE ~ UNCEREMONIOUS, UNACCUSTOMED ~ No! You may not have the rainbow, not 3 dozen, not 1 dozen -- only 5! Scarcity vs Plenty, as described by someone living with dementia: "I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five." “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
INDOOR ROCKS ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Ellie & Aidan's treasure stash (one of many) containing numerous indoor rocks. ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
KEATS READING SHAKESPEARE ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ 1821 Portrait of John Keats by Joseph Severn ( 1793-1879 ) Oil o...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
SELF-POISED LITTLE BUTTERFLY ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Previously featured: September Butterfly Away and on my calendar: A Rebirth ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
VANITY FAIR ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ "All is vanity, nothing is fair." Beautiful movie & music, this song especially: She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
THE SMILE OF REASON ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Jean Baptiste Joachim Colbert, Marquis de Croissy ( 1703 - 1777 ) 1749 portrait ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
RED IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S DRESS ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Nivôse by Martha Romme from her Calendar Series ~ Les Douze Mo...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
"LOVE YA LIKE A SIS" ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Painting by Claudia Tremblay Reminds me of ~ Di, Kit, Peg **************...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ The Tea Party by Edward Cucuel ( 1875 - 1954 ) “Friendship is certainly ...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
IDEALS MAGAZINE ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ 1963 This is the much earlier "old - time" volume that both the daughter and the moth...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
PADDINGTON & SNOWMAN ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Way back in 1989, Gerry and I were Christmas shopping in Dublin, and the magical strains of "Walking In the Air" (from The Snowman) floated out onto the sidewalk as we were passing the open door of a music store. Gerry had been playing The Snowman score on the piano for the past few Christmases, but we didn't have the album. The tune| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
AUTUMNAL OWL ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ My friend Victoria recently suggested that bleak November was a good time to re-read one of our favorite poems by one of our favorite poets: In a Dark Time In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood— A lord of nature weeping to a tree. I live between the heron and| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
ORION THE HUNTER ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Why do so many depictions of Orion include his belt but not his sword? Still, I like this one because it labels both Betelgeuse and Bellatrix Sky and Telescope These two star maps are less vivid than the one above, yet they are helpful in other ways. Firstly, they both include the sword! Secondly, they include Sirius, the brightest| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ I discovered this book 10 years ago, and immediately fell in love with the eerie pictures and bewitching lyrics. Only this year did I learn that the verse is an old childhood song, set to music long ago. I had no idea! Hallowe'en Tonight is the night When dead leaves fly Like witches on switches Across the sky, When elf and sprite Flit| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
THE MACABRE ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ "Beauty in the Macabre" Thanks to my friend Steven for sharing this winsome cartoon. Also: The Danse Macabre ~ QK ~ A Fun Example And thanks to Gerry's Auntie Jan for sending these two poems by Ted Hughes: Sorrows of Autumn The first sorrow of autumn is the slow good-bye of the garden that stands so long in the evening—a brown poppy| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Elizabeth Birkinbine Miller (February 28, 1838 ~ March 28, 1925) begat Anna Mary Miller Heidemann (December 29, 1862 - January 3, 1923) begat Mary Rovilla Heidemann Lindsey (October 8, 1891 - June 14, 1966) Photo taken 1919 325 S. 17th Street ~ Independence, Kansas My Grandmother in the| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
My Great-great-great Grandfather Haddix ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Osborn, Ohio ~ Homestead of my great-great-great grandparents John P. Haddix (1791 - 1888) & Sarah Elizabeth Cox (1798–1860) Married March 29, 1817 John & Sarah were the . . . Parents of Sarah Elizabeth Haddix (1826 - 1861) married to Charles Gordon Hartman (1824 - 1897) on June 4, 1850 Grandparents of| The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker
THE BRIGHT EDGES OF THE WORLD ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Pioneers of the West , 1934 Helen Lundeberg , 1908 – 1999 *********...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
BABES IN THE WOODS ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS, SAD ~ Additional llustrations by Randolph Caldecott ( 1846 – 1886 ) Babes in...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
CULTURAL LITERACY ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Learning Curve . . . including Biblical allusions! " I literally have a better und...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
CULTURAL LITERACY ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ " One wonders sometimes where Watt thought he was. In a culture park ?"(77) f...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com
CULTURAL LITERACY ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know or better yet The New Dictionary...| kitticarriker.blogspot.com