#Caldwell E.

[libriaco]

Basta una parola

Scriveva Abatelunare, una decina di giorni fa, che spesso leggendo un libro si imparano delle parole nuove, e faceva riferimento a un toscanismo: costassù, trovato in una vecchia versione de Il ragazzo di Sycamore di Erskine Caldwell.

A me occorre poco, appena una parola, per impantanarmi in una serie di percorsi da cui poi faccio fatica a uscire; così è stato anche questa volta.

Infatti, in sintesi:

Da toscano conosco e uso la parola costassù, così come anche gli altri avverbi costì, costà, costaggiù; ricordo bene come, una decina di anni fa, me ne chiese il significato una collega, di madrelingua inglese, da poco arrivata a Siena.

Più di recente, saranno passati tre o quattro anni, durante una lettura condivisa de La vita agra del grossetano Luciano Bianciardi, le due amiche con cui leggevo, una di origine siciliana ma da anni a Napoli, l'altra veneta, mi chiesero lumi su due strane parole in cui si erano imbattute in quel testo: costì e costassù.

Ho chiesto ad Abatelunare chi avesse tradotto il libro, sospettando appunto un toscano, e mi ha indicato Marcella Hannau. Il mio sospetto era ben fondato, anche se non corretto, perchè la Hannau era nata a Trieste ma ha avuto frequentazione lunga e anche intima con la Toscana.

Le ricerche fatte mi hanno portato subito in ambiente fiorentino; la Hannau, traduttrice dall'inglese di oltre una settantina di libri, figlia di uno stakholder della Standard Oil, di famiglia ebraica, sposò molto giovane [nel 1921] Corrado Pavolini, nato a Firenze: regista, drammaturgo, critico letterario, poeta, librettista e traduttore. Corrado era figlio del professor Paolo Emilio, traduttore e docente universitario di Sanscrito, nato a Livorno da padre dell'isola d'Elba. La coppia frequentava l'ambiente culturale italiano del tempo: ci sono ad esempio foto degli anni '30, sulla spiaggia di Castiglioncello, sempre in Toscana (Livorno) in compagnia di Luigi Pirandello, Nicola De Pirro, Marta Abba, Maria Stella Labroca e Silvio D'Amico; le due famiglie, Hannau e Pavolini, frequentavano spiaggia, locali e ville di amici nella zona, già dalla fine degli anni 10 dello scorso secolo.

Corrado Pavolini era il fratello del gerarca fascista Alessandro, Ministro della Cultura Popolare e segretario del Partito Fascista.

Alessandro si rifiutò di aiutare il fratello e la cognata Marcella nel momento della promulgazione delle leggi razziali e Corrado e Marcella scapparono a Cortona (Arezzo) rifugiandosi nella villa dell'amico Debenedetti. A Cortona trovarono un buon nascondiglio anche gli Hannau, i genitori di Marcella, a cui offrì riparo il Vescovo, Monsignor Franciolini, direttamente nella sua abitazione.

Cortona piacque così tanto alla coppia Pavolini-Hannau che fecero della villa "del Bacchino" un loro punto di riferimento a guerra finita e poi, dal 1961, la loro residenza. Ecco come, con tutte queste frequentazioni toscane, la Hannau abbia potuto utilizzare parole ancora in uso nell'italiano del tempo, adesso segnalate dalla Treccani come semplici "toscanismi" vista la loro odierna più ristretta circolazione.

Restano da citare, in questi miei giri intorno alla coppia, due notiziuole "rosa": l'infatuazione per Corrado Pavolini, prima da parte di Anna Maria Ortese, poi di una sua carissima amica, Helle Busacca. [Interessante e rivelatrice questa pagina di Dario Biagi]. Su questo ramo della ricerca mi sono fermato, perché infiniti altri percorsi mi si sono aperti, relativi ai personaggi della cultura italiana dell'epoca e dei loro rapporti di amicizia, rivalità od odio.

Nonostante le ricerche sul web, non sono riuscito a trovare informazioni certe sulle date di nascita e di morte di Marcella Hannau; ho pensato allora di utilizzare il Copilot di Microsoft Bing. L'Inintelligenza Artificiale si è data da fare ma le date che cercavo non me le ha recuperate; in compenso ha tratteggiato un profilo, sintetico ma efficace, del marito Corrado. Peccato, però, che, da brava Inintelligenza, si sia confusa e abbia scritto i dati relativi ad Alessandro Pavolini, il gerarca titolare del MinCulPop e Segretario del Partito Nazionale Fascista, che fu processato per collaborazionismo, fucilato e poi esposto, insieme a Mussolini e alla Petacci, a Piazzale Loreto...

*Aggiornamento del 29/03/2024: Corrado Pavolini e Marcella Hannau riposano ora l'uno accanto all'altra nel piccolo cimitero del Torreone al sommo della collina di Cortona.

[derangedrhythms]

E. K. Caldwell, Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love; from ‘Love Poem’, ed. Wendy Maltz

[the-gershomite]

The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #27 -March 1978-

Conan the Syndicated: article

Shadow of the White Wolf: article by Fred Blosser

The Reader's Robert E. Howard

"Conan and the Flying Lizard" art by Robert F. Walters

"Conan as Chieftain of Hill Tribe" art by Ivan Saxby

"Conan, Girl, and Dragon" art by Clyde Caldwell

"Conan in the Crypt" art by Jeff Easley

[politicaldilfs]

Florida Governor DILFs

Bob Graham, Bob Martinez, Jeb Bush, Charley Eugene Johns, W. Haydon Burns, LeRoy Collins, Buddy MacKay, C. Farris Bryant, Claude R. Kirk Jr., Doyle E. Carlton, Millard Caldwell, Fuller Warren, Rick Scott, Daniel T. McCarty, Wayne Mixson, Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles, Charlie Crist

[nfcomics]

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN no.4 • cover art • Ben Caldwell [Aug 2024]

[rooolt]

Caldwell saying he didn’t think Zirk is that attractive killing biting gnashing he’s so hot to me

[obeisnce]

tag dump ┊MUSE TAGS PT. 2!

[mygrowingcollection]

William E. Caldwell

[siryl]

The cover for the 1982 Timescape edition of The Voyage of the Space Beagle.

Clyde Caldwell

[stone-stars]

Transcript:

Murph, mid thought: --it's like, you can keep the stakes up without… Caldwell: M-hm? Murph: … are you coming up with a new? [Everyone else laughs.] Murph: E--Emily's face was right up against the mic. Smirking? Caldwell: Are you-- Emily: (defensive) I wasn't gonna say anything! Murph: I guess came up with a new spell? Caldwell: You gotta say it now! Murph: Well what do you-- how are we supposed to look at you and not respond? [Emily groans.] Jake: Say it. Murph: What was your new spell? Emily: I turned Geas into peas. [The others laugh.] Murph: (laughing) You turned… Geas… into peas. [Emily laughs.] Caldwell: That's so good. Every time you disobey, peas come out of your mouth. Murph: Peas come out of your mouth when you-- when you say the wrong-- Emily: (defensive) I wasn't planning on sharing! Murph: (laughing) Okay. [Jake laughs.] Emily: Murph called me out! Murph: This is a show! You have to share! [Emily and Caldwell laugh] By definition! It's a show, you have to show! Caldwell: See-- [Emily continues laughing as they talk.] Murph: You have to show your thoughts! You have to participate! You can't just quietly think of three cases ago, and come up with fun things in your own head! Then smile at them while not commenting while the rest of us speak! Caldwell: Yeah, Emily, we're always thinking Fred Flintstone and his delicious cereal! Murph: Yeah, always. Caldwell: But we're not interjecting constantly with that! Murph: Yeah. Caldwell: Only every fourth or fifth case!

[usafphantom2]

20 August 1947. Major Marion E. Carl, USMC, left, and Commander Turner F. Caldwell, Jr., USN, stands with the record-setting Douglas D-558-I Skystreak, No. 37970, on Muroc Dry Lake.

@ron_eisele via X

[kiwiana-writes]

Kiwiana's Christmas Fics

This was doing the rounds last year, so let's bring it back (and update it) for 2024!

Red, White & Royal Blue

[TBD… coming 2024-12-21 to an AO3 near you]

…

Got a will to win and a Cheshire grin [Alex/Henry; rated E; 4,952 words]

Please find attached the list of collective bargaining agreement breaches reported by the Sports and Recreation Floor in December. As the designated union representative, it is my responsibility to ensure that the rights and interests of our members are protected and upheld, even (or maybe especially) during our busiest time of year. In accordance with the grievance procedure outlined in our collective bargaining agreement, we request that Santa’s Workshop takes immediate corrective action to remedy these breaches. Please set up a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss these issues further and explore appropriate resolutions. Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

All Those Christmas Clichés [Alex/Henry; rated M; 7,500 words]

Daily triple drabbles: snapshots of the lead-up to Christmas 2023.

Schitt's Creek

I see every part of you [David/Patrick; rated M; 1,514 words]

Patrick is a straight-up aficionado when it comes to giving gifts. David has known this from literally day one of their relationship, when he pulled a bunch of tissue paper out of a blue gift bag, looked away from a sentimental receipt in a solid frame and into a pair of earnest eyes, and thought, 'I hate it when Stevie's right.'

How the reindeer loved him [David/Patrick; rated E; 2,178 words]

David wraps an arm around him, hand splayed across his chest to pull him close. “Tell me,” he says quietly. “I want you to dress up as Santa,” Patrick rushes out in one quick breath.

This is all I'm asking for [David/Patrick; rated E; 3,957 words]

But by the time they clean up after the party, and Patrick tactfully offers to take the garbage bags out to the shed to give the Roses a bit of family time, it’s well after eleven and David can only assume all their plans for the evening are out the window. That is, until they turn out of the motel parking lot and instead of Patrick putting his hand on David’s knee like usual it lands halfway up his thigh, fingers tracing absent circles around his inseam, and David realises that at least one part of the plan is still very much on the table.

Dear Santa… [Gen: David, Alexis, Patrick; rated G; 2,191 words]

Letters to Santa, 1987-1997

Do you wanna fuck a snowman? [David/Patrick; rated E; 7,216 words; co-write with @ships-to-sail]

David mimics her stance — and he has to admit, she’s not entirely wrong. In the quickly disappearing light, already blurred a little bit by the still-fallen snow, the snowman does look a little like he has tree trunk thighs and a well-formed ass, rather than being Frosty-shaped. But it’s the best they’re going to do, and David’s toes are officially cold.

I need some Christmas spirit [David/Patrick; rated T; 626 words]

David can handle his alcohol, is the thing. So no, it doesn’t occur to Patrick to warn him.

It probably should have.

Happiest Season

We always walked a very thin line [Abby/Riley, Harper/Abby; rated T; 2,775 words]

The girlfriend — Abby — stumbles over a lie about being Harper's orphan roommate, which… wow. Girl is a bad liar. Riley kind of wants to take her by the hand and tell her she’s going to have to get a lot better at that particular skill if she’s going to be in a relationship with Harper Caldwell. She doesn’t though, because it’s not her place and because who knows what, if anything, Harper has told Abby about her?

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[yama-bato]

Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Sun and Rocks, 1918-50, Watercolor and gouache on joined paper mounted on board, 40 x 56 inches (Enlarged from Song of the Peterbird, 1918, 26 x 19 inches), Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York, Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1953, RCA 53:4

[paradise-bi-the-dashboard-lightt]

Six the Musical Alphabet

E is for -> Ella Burns, Ellie Jane Grant, Erin Caldwell, Erin Ramirez, Esme Rothero and Elena Gyasi

[lonestarflight]

"View of ESP 3 in the Payload Bay of the Endeavour during STS-118

An external stowage platform (ESP-3) is photographed in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station. Astronauts Tracy Caldwell and Barbara R. Morgan, both STS-118 mission specialists, were inside at Endeavour's controls as the shuttle's robotic arm (lower right) lifted the storage platform from the cargo bay to hand it over to the station's robotic arm, also known as Canadarm2. Astronauts Charlie Hobaugh, pilot, and Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, then used Canadarm2 to attach the 13-by-7-foot platform to the station's Port 3 truss."

Date: August 14, 2007

NASA ID: S118-E-07104