Wow! The moon tonight is really big and round, and I cant help but think of a poem written by Li Bai: "When I was young, I didnt know the moon. I called it a white jade plate. I also suspected the Yaotai mirror,
Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken – The ice was all between.The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around:It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!At length did cross an albatross,Thorough the fog it came;As if it had been a ...
a wind which scattered the clouds for a moment, and then suddenly fell. The broken clouds hung in fantastic forms upon the wood-covered hills by the rapid Rhone. They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles
Scott visited Paris during the peace of 1814 and wrote of the shops, “…they are all devoted to toys, ornaments, or luxuries of some sort. Nothing can be imagined more elegant and striking than their numerous collections of ornamental clock-cases; they are formed of the whitest alabaster, ...
Gregory Manchess is like an impressionist Edward Hopper, capturing the light and shadows on the house and the trees around it, while using soft edges to suggest the shapes. He contributes a gorgeous watercolor for the title page – with swatches of yellow-white representing the clouds at ...
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adopted a somewhat naive style with surprising elements like the trees in the Photo Shoot below made with prints from gathered leaves. It’swell worth a visitand is on till 26 May. It’s also very funny – she obviously had a great sense of humour. That’s her in the train compartment...
Anyway, there we are beavering away on the edge pieces, when we realize there’s a lot of blank sky up the top and it’s all a bit difficult. Geoff had divided the pieces up into different shapes, but it was still tedious and in our typical fashion, we wandered off to greener past...
but specifically about a brother’s love and devotion to his sister throughout their privileged yet complicated lives. there is no violence. it’s just a wonderful story that warms the heart and reinforces the belief that there is goodness out there that comes in all shapes and sizes. i ...
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