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Historical development, possibly
I recently read a book by John Ashdown-Hill about the last days of Richard III, who died in battle on August 22, 1485. In it, he also traces what happened to Richard's body after the battle. He was buried in Greyfriars (Franciscan) priory in Leicester. Most books report that his body was dug up and thrown in the River Soar at the dissolution of ( Read more... ) -
fascinating website (and books)
A while back I was gathering books about tea rooms (I love the very concept of tea rooms) and came across one by Jan Whitaker called TEA AT THE BLUE LANTERN INN. It's a social history of the tea room, with one of the best cover designs I've seen in ages ( Read more... ) -
How Do I Love Thee, Marshmallow Fluff?
I love Marshmallow Fluff, that lovely cloud of white in a jar with pale blue label. It makes the most wonderful fudge (and I also have an old recipe book from that company showing how to make a cake with toasted marshmallow frosting). Years ago I would sometimes make Fluffernutter sandwiches, but basically I love just eating the stuff by the ( Read more... ) -
Easter tomorrow!
Jade posted a wonderful homily from long ago, and so I thought I'd post about the Mass, too. (With an attempt to do an lj-cut to keep from overwhelming your friends page):
For the past several weeks the traditional Latin Mass has used the beautiful Preface of the Holy Cross: ( Read more ) -
(Untitled)
As well as the I-hope-it-wins-the-Oscar-for-best-picture The King's Speech, I also watched a movie on DVD this weekend. "Summer Holiday," from 1963, I think, starring Cliff Richard and featuring the Shadows, his backup band. It is one of those nice, harmless, fun, pleasant, enjoyable musicals from before rock and roll decided it had to be ( Read more... ) -
The King's Speech
I went to see the movie "The King's Speech" today. It was excellent - very well acted, historically accurate (I kept hearing lines that I had read in various biographies), moving; superb. Go! See it ( Read more... ) -
Printing and paper
Apropos of absolutely nothing ( Read more... ) -
Similes
Someone sent these to me years ago, and they still make me laugh ( Read more... ) -
In which I do not promise to do better
I honestly don't understand how some of you do it - post so regularly, and so much. I don't even have time to read my Friends Page most of the time (you may have noticed a couple of comments from me posted because I just did finally manage to do that ( Read more... )