#Diana Wharton

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* FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS WITH YOUR MOON SIGN.

If you���re looking for suggestions on which authors and music artists to check out next, look to your moon sign! In Western astrology, the moon is said to represent your subconscious mind, emotions, and inner personality, so it is widely believed that we tend to relate to media by artists who share our moon sign.

♈️ ARIES MOON

WRITERS:

Gore Vidal

George R. R. Martin

Nicholas Sparks

Rick Riordan

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Christopher Paolini

MUSICIANS:

P!nk

Whitney Houston

Céline Dion

Selena Gomez

Rihanna

Tupac

♉️ TAURUS MOON

WRITERS:

Jodi Picoult

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hans Christian Anderson

Clive Barker

George Bernard Shaw

Aldous Huxley

MUSICIANS:

Pharrell Williams

Kelly Clarkson

Bob Dylan

Demi Lovato

Christina Aguilera

Pitbull

♊️ GEMINI MOON

WRITERS:

C. S. Lewis

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Orson Scott Card

Franz Kafka

Margaret Mitchell

R.A. Salvatore

T. S. Elliot

MUSICIANS:

Ella Fitzgerald

Florence Welch

Art Garfunkel

Billy Idol

Sia

Tina Turner

♋️ CANCER MOON

WRITERS:

George Orwell

Liu Cixin

Brandon Sanderson

Cassandra Clare

Diana Gabaldon

Lois Lowry

MUSICIANS:

Tchaikovsky

Taylor Swift

Kurt Cobain

Halsey

Aretha Franklin

Janis Joplin

♌️ LEO MOON

Oscar Wilde

Holly Black

Geraldine Brooks

James Dashner

Jack London

Ta Nehisi Coates

MUSICIANS:

Lana Del Ray

Paul McCartney

Queen Latifah

Niall Horan

Bruno Mars

David Bowie

♍️ VIRGO MOON

WRITERS:

Leo Tolstoy

John Grisham

Claudia Gray

Isabel Allende

Xiran Jay Zhao

Douglas Adams

MUSICIANS:

Dolly Parton

Nicki Manaj

Madonna

Lorde

Bo Burnham

Lizzo

♎️ LIBRA MOON

WRITERS:

Jane Austen

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare

Maya Angelou

R.F. Kuang

MUSICIANS:

Ariana Grande

Charli XCX

Bruce Springsteen

Jay-Z

Harry Styles

Fergie

♏️ SCORPIO MOON

WRITERS:

Veronica Roth

Edith Wharton

V.E. Schwab

Harper Lee

Keira Cass

Meg Cabot

MUSICIANS:

Lady Gaga

Tyler the Creator

Cyndi Lauper

Beyoncé

Bob Marley

The Weeknd

♐️ SAGITTARIUS MOON

WRITERS:

Stephen King

Victor Hugo

Marie Lu

Suzanne Collins

Samantha Shannon

Adam Silvera

MUSICIANS

Hozier

Freddie Mercury

Adele

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Chappell Roan

John Legend

♑️ CAPRICORN MOON

WRITERS:

Sarah J. Maas

J.M. Barrie

Jeff Shaara

Joyce Carol Oates

Stephanie Meyer

Angie Thomas

MUSICIANS:

Frédéric Chopin

Neil Diamond

Jon Bon Jovi

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Stevie Nicks

Donna Summer

♒️ AQUARIUS MOON

WRITERS:

Margaret Atwood

Leigh Bardugo

Louisa May Alcott

Seth Grahame-Smith

Anthony Horowitz

S.E. Hinton

MUSICIANS:

Cody Simpson

Marilyn Monroe

Britney Spears

Billie Eilish

Tim McGraw

Carrie Underwood

♓️ PISCES MOON

WRITERS:

Toni Morrison

Edgar Allen Poe

Malcolm Gladwell

Lisa McMann

Alice Oseman

Philippa Gregory

MUSICIANS:

Kenny Chesney

Elvis Presley

Frank Sinatra

Prince

Kendrick Lamar

Sabrina Carpenter

[prismatica-the-strange]

New OC x S/I Self Ship Introduction

Picrew

Young confectioner, Sherry, and her husband Emmett Wharton move to Avonlea. They open a shop across from the general store where they sell homemade sweets.

Emmett works around as a part-time farm hand to those who need it around the harvest, just for a little extra cash should the need arise.

They do well enough, even bringing in business from Charlotte Town, much to the dismay of some of the local folk.

Many of the children spend most of their free time and little bits of money they have buying little treats for themselves, though sherry tends to give them a discount. She'd give away treats for free if they could afford it.

Some of the locals find it strange that she's the one that makes the money, but Anne finds it wildly fascinating.

She, Diana, and Ruby sometimes spend winter afternoons telling stories and drinking hit chocolate at one of the tables in the window.

Ship tag: #Sweet Times Ahead

[directedbynoraephron]

every book i read in 2023:

outlander by diana gabaldon

the duke by kerrigan byrne

stolen by lucy christopher

the love hypothesis by ali hazelwood

the house of mirth by edith wharton

the hurting kind by ada limón

in the cut by susanna moore

my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh

gregor and the curse of the warmbloods by suzanne collins

the secret history by donna tartt

mistakes were made by meryl wilsner

the idiot by elif batuman

release by lucy christopher

heartburn by nora ephron

lord of scoundrels by loretta chase

the lonely hunter by aimée lutkin

trespasses by louise kennedy

it happened one autumn by lisa kleypas

devil in winter by lisa kleypas

olivia and the masked duke by grace callaway

a long time dead by samara breger

strangers to ourselves by rachel aviv

y/n by esther yi

emma by jane austen

euphoria by lily king

the lady's tutor by robin schone

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld

thirsty by mia hopkins

the goldfinch by donna tartt

strip tees by kate flannery

teaching to transgress by bell hooks

pineapple street by jenny jackson

happy place by emily henry

what i did for a duke by julie anne long

[smalltownfae]

Hi! From the book rec ask game, if you want to answer any/all of these :)

16. a book you'd recommend to your younger self

41. a book about nature

55. a book with a satisfying ending

69. your favourite mythological retelling

70. your favourite poetry collection

117. your favourite anthology

Hello! Thank you for the asks :)

16. Depends on how young. I wish I had read certain old middle grade and YA books when I was a kid, but tbh most of them weren't translated or even sold here so that would be impossible to begin with. I am sad that I didn't have any Diana Wynne Jones books, for example. We did have translated Discworld books at some point though because I found some in my library (that is how I discovered the series), but I never saw them being sold around before. In my small city there weren't any bookshops when I was a kid so I got my books from supermarkets and I visited the library a lot (even if it only had really old books for the most part). That is how I ended up reading above my years and rereading fairy tales for the most part. Two shops that sold books popped up in my teens and they even sold some manga and a friend and I were so happy about it even though that kind of thing was a given in the capital hahah I visited the capital a lot in my teenage years too because I made most of my friends there. I have a kind of hate relationship with my hometown for all the things it didn't provide and things would have been so different had I grown up somewhere else. One of those things were the lack of books available which I still believe contributed a bit to everyone being so close minded around here. My first visit to the city trully blew my mind xD I was like sheep in the big city. Sorry for the personal anedocte, but the truth is I didn't even had the option to read the books that would have interested me as a kid and I am reading them now as an adult.

41. Upstream by Mary Oliver (which I am still reading...). Also a lot of Robert Frost poems.

“One tree is like another tree, but not too much. One tulip is like the next tulip, but not altogether. More or less like people—a general outline, then the stunning individual strokes.”

55. Howl's Moving Castle hahahaha it has a very nice happy ending, but I think I give this book as an answer way too much so I will try thinking of another one. I know satisfying doesn't necessarily mean happy but I always assume that is what that word means. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison has a pretty nice ending too.

69. I haven't read many of those at all so I will have to go with the cliché answer The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, which is the only book out of the 3 I read by her that I liked. I am not as interested in myth retellings as I am in reading the originals to be honest, but I am curious about The Silence of the Girls, which I only heard good things about so far.

70. I am only exploring poetry more this year so my options are limited. I am going through the complete poems by Robert Frorst and that book separates the smaller collections published before so I guess right now I would pick New Hampshire by Robert Frost, which has the most poems I like, including my favourite "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening". Collections are hard because I very seldom enjoy all the works included in the book and never at the same level when I do like all of them.

117. I do not read these either. I can only recall one anthology that I read from start to finish and that was The New Voices of Fantasy so I guess I have to say that even if it was just ok. Oh wait, this is a lie. I love "Histórias de Fantasmas" (Ghost Stories), but that is a portuguese one that has a selection of "ghost stories". I can tell which ones were included in it though. It's one of my favourite books and I did enjoy every story in it. Here's the list:

The Open Window by Saki

Afterward by Edith Wharton

The Ghost by Catherine Wells

Mr. Tallent's Ghost by Mary Webb

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Nr. 17 by E. Nesbit

The Voice of a God by Winifred Holtby

A Spirit Elopment by Clotilde Graves

[janeeyreheresy]

Happily Ever After

Jane and Rochester have now been married for ten years. So everything that Jane has been narrating took place at least as long ago as that. How much of this is misremembered or revised is up to the reader to decide. The conflicting descriptions of the madwoman, the inconsistency of the time of sunrise on two July days in a row, the puzzling attitude towards her uncle, whom she wanted to meet, but not really.

The Rochesters are one happy couple.

No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

Are they Siamese twins?

We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking.

Ah, Rochester and his monologues.

She goes on about how she was his eyes and never tired of it, yadda yadda yadda, until, two years on, he partially recovered eyesight in one eye. It starts like this:

“Jane, have you a glittering ornament round your neck?”

I had a gold watch-chain: I answered “Yes.”

“And have you a pale blue dress on?”

She had.

Hold it right there. She wore a glittering ornament? A dress that was not black or grey?? A light coloured dress???

Right, so a watch chain is not as big a crime to her as, say, a diamond necklace would be (she never mentions the pearls again) but the dress? Mayhaps our plain Jane has discovered that she won't go to hell for wearing something pretty? She's not wearing it for her husband's benefit--as when she put it on, she didn't know he regained some of his sight. I wonder, did she, after all, have that shopping trip with the girls? 

My Edward and I, then, are happy: and the more so, because those we most love are happy likewise. 

She's calling him Edward now, when we're like, 99.99% though with the book. "Those we love most" refers to Diana and Mary Rivers. Who are Jane's relatives/friends, not Edward's. There's no mention of any friends of Edward's. He doesn't have any. 

The Rivers sisters also found their marital bliss: Diana married Captain Fitzjames of the navy (good for you, girl!) and Mary married Mr Wharton, a clergyman who was a college classmate of St John. They all visit each other every year.

Am happy for them. I hope Diana gets to travel the world with her hubby and makes the best of her inheritance. 

There is also one interesting line in the paragraph where Jane talks about Edward's sight:

When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were—large, brilliant, and black.

So Jane tells us a boy was born. A son of Rochester, with the same eyes.

However, nowhere does she state that she's the kid's mother.

It's... an interesting way of putting things. The passive voice, the detached way she says it. Not "we named our first born [whatever]", or "we were blessed with a son". His first-born was put into his arms. It's the only sentence in the whole book that makes any reference to any child or children of theirs. Considering what a large part their relationship plays in the story, it's... odd. Jane talks a lot about side characters, including those she hates, but this child gets one sentence. His first-born, his eyes. Was he not Jane's son too?

Given Rochester's philandering ways, who knows. But then, it's likely he had kids all over Europe and this would not therefore be his first born. I don't believe Adele was his, but he's been with many women. And there is, of course, the small detail of him him having been married before. Imagine one day a young man with dark hair, flanked on one side by his uncle Richard, on the other by a lawyer, turns up on their doorstep: "what's up, dad, I'm of age now and came here to claim my inheritance." I only accept a dead Bertha in a timeline where she had a son with Edward. But I don't like this timeline. I prefer her not to have children, not with Edward at least. She's suffered enough.

I'm sure nobody wants that. Let Jane and her master be happy and let Bertha be happy too. Any potential European offspring will be illegitimate, therefore of no threat. 

St John went to India and never married and never will, as he will soon die. In his last letter he writes he is anticipating the hour in which his Lord Maker will come for him. We're not given any more information, but as far as I understand, the Indian climate didn't agree with the young missionary.

Let me quote the last line of the book, which is a line from St John's letter:

“My Master,” he says, “has forewarned me. Daily He announces more distinctly,—‘Surely I come quickly!’ and hourly I more eagerly respond,—‘Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!’”

My Master. The phrase I have been laughing about for half the recap. You can't fucking make it up.

St John has got it right. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. I'm not religious, or a believer, but I understand that's how it works. And Jane did worry she was making too much of Rochester, back in their engagement days, many moons ago. She still had a chance then. 

I don't know, maybe if you spell it with lowercase "m", it's not a sin?

[jcmarchi]

Cynthia Griffin Wolff, acclaimed biographer and longtime MIT professor, dies at 87

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Cynthia Griffin Wolff, acclaimed biographer and longtime MIT professor, dies at 87

Cynthia Griffin Wolff, a noted scholar of American literature, passed away on July 25. She was 87.

Wolff joined the humanities faculty at MIT in 1980 and was named the Class of 1922 Professor of Humanities in 1985. She taught in the Literature Section, and later moved to the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. Her expertise was in the exploration of 19th and 20th century female American writers. She retired from MIT in 2003.

Wolff was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on Aug. 20, 1934. She was a graduate of Radcliffe College, attended Harvard Medical School, and in 1965 received her PhD in English at Harvard University. Before her arrival at MIT, she was a tenured professor of English and American literature at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Wolff wrote two major literary biographies. “A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton” was published in 1977. That was followed by the 1986 biography “Emily Dickinson.” Wolff worked for several years to unearth new and original primary sources before even starting the process of writing a first draft. She sought to analyze her subject’s literary oeuvre with a complete understanding of the authors’ historical and personal contexts. She also edited numerous books that brought long-overdue attention to American women writers.

Several years before her retirement, Wolff began composing a third literary biography on writer Willa Cather. Wolff continued work after her retirement but found herself unable to bring it to fruition and eventually put it aside.

“A devoted teacher and an inspired scholar, Cynthia Griffin Wolff cemented her literary legacy worldwide with her highly influential biographies of Edith Wharton and Emily Dickinson,” says Kenneth Manning, the Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric (programs in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Science, Technology, and Society) at MIT who worked with Wolff during her tenure. “I was anticipating the same creative force in her biographical research on Willa Cather.”

Following her retirement, Wolff spent much of her time in South Dennis, Massachusetts, in an early 19th century Cape Colonial she restored. She later moved into the Orchard Cove senior community in Canton, Massachusetts.

Wolff is survived by her sons Patrick and Tobias; Patrick’s wife, Diana; and two grandchildren, Samuel and Athena. 

[more-than-a-princess]

14. What published authors are your inspirations?

15. What unpublished authors are your inspirations? (Don’t have to name them, just describe them)

Writing Process Munday Asks - Accepting!

14. What published authors are your inspirations?

In no particular order: Julian Fellowes, Jane Austen, Kevin Kwan, Audrey Niffenegger, Sarah J. Maas, Scarlett St. Clair, Rebecca Yarros, Edith Wharton, Katharine McGee, Arthur Golden, Julia Quinn, Deborah Harkness, Diana Gabaldon, Casey McQuiston, Evelyn Waugh, Agatha Christie.

I need to read more of them but I'd expect Leigh Bardugo and Holly Black to be added to that list.

The answer to this question used to be Wizard Lady when I was a teenager and in my early twenties. The more I read into the antisemitism in her books + her being a TERF, the less she's an inspiration to me.

15. What unpublished authors are your inspirations? (Don’t have to name them, just describe them)

Pretty much anyone who can keep writing with some amount of consistency and are writing something they love to do. Avoiding burnout, imposter syndrome, and all other sorts of things that get in the way of consistently writing is a skill that has to be honed and refined as life decides to just derail you at every opportunity. I also don't read much fanfiction and/or webcomics anymore: just don't have the time. I'm too busy reading novels, watching TV/movies, and writing this blog!

That said, I have some friends and acquaintances coming out with their first books in 2024 and 2025! I'm thrilled to see the start of a new fantasy series, an LGBTQ romance/adventure set during the American Revolution, and another new fantasy series with a plus sized heroine. Also super excited for Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban, the first in her new queer Victorian romance series.

And while she's definitely not unpublished, expect me to disappear for a few days starting on January 30 to read House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City 3) by Sarah J. Maas because that second book cliffhanger just fucking SENT me when I read it for the first time and I absolutely need to know what happens next. I have been theorizing for months now. Give me the next book, Sarah!

[fashiondesigningtraining]

Do you know who are the top 10 fashion designers in India in 2023? We have listed some of India’s best and most famous fashion designers. We know Indian Fashion designers for creating a blend of vibrant colours, diverse cultures, and timeless traditions.

In recent years, the fashion industry of India has grown significantly, and several talented and best fashion designers have emerged. In this article, we have listed the famous and top 10 fashion designers in India.

Here’s a list of the top 10 famous and successful Indian fashion designers in 2023:

1. Manish Malhotra

When talking about top Indian fashion designers, the first name that comes to mind is that of this famous designer of Bollywood. Manish Malhotra is a 56-year-old Indian fashion designer, couturier, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, based in Mumbai, India. He founded the label Manish Malhotra. And has been in the film and fashion industry for three decades.

Having begun at an early age, he has styled and designed thousands of movies and won many awards. Stated as the king of couture, Manish Malhotra is one of the best fashion designers in India, known for opulent lehengas that every girl wants to own!

Today, he is one of the most prosperous names in Fashion industry But did you know that Manish Malhotra never got formal fashion designing training? Interesting, right? Besides, he is the first person to win Filmfare costume awards in the film Rangeela starring Urmila Mantondkar. A person who never enrolled in any fashion designing course can achieve great height. So can you!

2. Sabyasachi Mukherjee

With 5.4 million followers on Instagram, Sabyasachi Mukherjee is one of the renowned and best Indian fashion designers. Besides, he is also a jewelry designer, retailer, and couturier from Kolkata, India. Coming from a middle-class Bengali Brahmin family, he carved himself into the industry.

He sold his designer merchandise using the label Sabyasachi since 1999i. Sabyasachi’s designs have a perfect blend of old-world charm and contemporary fashion. Bollywood celebrities love the designs of one of India’s most famous fashion designers.

In addition, he earned the title of Grand Winner at the Mercedes Benz Asia Fashion Week in 2003. You can enroll in a fashion designing class in Lucknow and learn about various color theories and design principles.

3. Ritu Kumar

Ritu Kumar is number 3 on our list of top 10 fashion designers in India in 2023. We know her for her designs on natural fabrics and traditional printing and weaving techniques. According to fashion designing training institutes, Ritu Kumar’s net worth is nearly around ₹10 billion.

Her outstanding work earned her Padma Shri award from the Government of India in 2013. Ritu has designed clothes for celebrities such as Princess Diana, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Madhuri Dixit Nene, etc.

4. Anita Dongre

If you want to be a fashion designer and get into a fashion designing course, Anita Dongre is your person. She is one of the top 10 best fashion designers in India. Known for her sustainable fashion initiatives, she founded and re-branded as House of Anita Dongre. In addition, she launched her jewelry brand, Anita Dongre Pink City.

5. Rohit Bal

Time Magazine also described Rohit Bal as “India’s master of fabric and fantasy”. He began his career with his brother Rajiv Bal until he began his first independent collection in 1990.

He is one of the best fashion designers in India and has received many awards for his creations. After graduating in history from Delhi’s St. Stephen’s College, Rohit Bal began his career as a fashion designer in 1986. His original designs, which combined traditional Indian craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics, helped him become popular in the fashion business.

6. Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani is a great inspiration to fashion designer aspirants all across the globe. He was born and raised in Mumbai and did his fashion designing course at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received Padma Shri in 2012 for his contribution to fashion.

7. Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla

Two of India’s best fashion designers, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, have significantly impacted the business. Since establishing their brand in 1986, they have produced some of the most beautiful and recognizable garments in Indian fashion. They were the first Indian designers to exhibit their designs during the renowned Paris Fashion Week.

8. Masaba Gupta

Indian fashion designer Masaba Gupta, who is young and skilled, has greatly impacted the fashion business. She owns and founded the “House of Masaba” label in 2009. She has established herself as one of India’s top 10 fashion designers.

One of the newest fashion designers to exhibit at Lakme Fashion Week was Masaba Gupta. She has worked with many top celebrities in the country, such as Shilpa Shetty, Sonam Kapoor, and Kareena Kapoor Khan. She received the “Young Designer of the Year” honor in 2014 in Grazia Magazine.

9. Anamika Khanna

Anamika Khanna is one of the top fashion designers in India who has shown her work at Paris Fashion Week. She has worked with various international brands, and her creations have earned positive reviews everywhere.

Many notable honors include the Kingfisher Fashion Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014 and the Elle Style Award for Best Indian Designer in 2005. She has also appeared on several international and Indian top designer lists.

10. Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta is one of the best fashion designers in the country. He has made a significant impact in the fashion industry. Gupta entered the market and launched his label in 2005 and has since become one of the top known designers in the country. Gaurav Gupta’s designs have significantly impacted fashion designing classes in Lucknow.

He has won many awards for his contributions to the fashion industry, including the Elle Style Awards for India Designer of the Year in 2014 and the GQ Men of the Year Awards for Designer of the Year in 2019.

Conclusion

The top 10 Indian fashion designers have significantly influenced the country’s fashion sector. By integrating traditional Indian culture with contemporary aesthetics, these designers have created a new generation of fashion enthusiasts that celebrates the country’s rich cultural history while being up to date with fashion trends. As mentioned above, fashion designers inspire thousands of students in fashion designing class in Lucknow and all over India.

[yorkshireword]

Off the tippy top of my under-caffeinated Sunday morning head, and with full acknowledgement that some of these will be quite familiar to some of you and to others, they will be totally unheard of: Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head; T. Gertler’s Elbowing the Seducer; anything by Rachel Ingalls, especially Binstead’s Safari; the under-studied Summer by Edith Wharton; Schiaparelli’s Shocking Life and frankly Dior’s autobiography too; all the Jean Rhys (her oeuvre is a must-devour for any aspiring fashion scribe); surely you’ve all read Jane Bowles’s books and collected works?; Rhonda Lieberman’s reader (not fiction but FEELS like it); Fleur Jaeggy’s Sweet Days of Discipline; anything Caroline Blackwood (Caroline is to Elizabeth Hardwick what Eve Babitz is to Joan Didion, only add some horrifying husband-stealing and a famous artist); Diana Vreeland’s autobiography; I don’t understand why no one’s done a big fun thing around Marie Darrieussecq’s Pig Tales and beauty influencers?; Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner; Loer Segal’s Lucinella; and do try to track down a copy of Daisy Fellowes’s Sundays. 

[death-plays-the-sims-4]

What a way to spend your honeymoon.

[krispyweiss]

“Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President” to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

A new documentary about the 39th U.S. chief executive - “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President” - will debut at the Teibeca Film Festival.

Muddy Waters, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, the Allman Brothers Band, Bono and Nile Rodgers are among the musicians who appear in the trailer, suggesting Carter is more about music in general, than rock ‘n’ roll, per se.

Comments from Garth Brooks and Carter himself confirm this.

“I think music is the best proof that people have one thing in common, no matter where they live, no matter what their language is,” Carter says.

Brooks - who calls music “the voice of the heart ... the voice of the soul” - said Carter’s “love for music makes all kinds of sense” because “he’s the president ... who brought it to the office.”

Directed by Mary Wharton, “Rock and Roll President” screens April 15 followed by a performance by Nelson.

“I remain hopeful and believe that music can serve to bring us together as a nation,” Carter said in a statement.

2/19/20

[prismatica-the-strange]

Ok you want ideas I give ideas. How does anne and the gang meet Sherry?

Ah Egg, my dear sweet enabler 💜

Banner by @saradika-graphics | Dividers by @thecutestgrotto | Chocolate (cover) by Mo Mo O'brien

All of Avonlea has been abuzz since the new couple moved into the old Hartman place in mid-November.

Then, two weeks later, when the sweetest smells started coming from the shop downstairs, and an 'opening soon' sign was hung in the window, the children could barely stay quiet enough in class for Mr. Phillips to teach.

Three weeks before Christmas on a Monday afternoon, the snow falls lightly, barely accumulating of the blanket of white from previous nights.

Anne giggles as she catches flakes in her hands. Jerry was busy so she's joined Matthew on a trip to the general store, Marilla sent them for sugar for the baking that comes with the holiday season.

She twirls outside in the flurry before realizing Matthew has gone in without her, and as she hurries to follow him she bumps right into somebody's chest.

"Oh! I-I'm sorry!"

"That's alright," She catches the kind smile behind the words, "It was my fault."

"Oh no I'm the one that wasn't- Oh my, you're eyes are like the sky, they're so blue!"

The woman laughs, her cheeks tinging pink, "Thank you."

"Miss you've got six more hags here!" The shopkeep calls after her and her smile fades slightly.

"I'm just going to make a couple trips I can't-"

"Do you need help?"

"Oh, that's alright, hun, it's just across the street."

"I don't mind!"

Anne spends the next day regaling the other kids of what she had seen inside the new shop. The equipment she had seen, the shelves upon shelves of ingredients.

The smells alone were enough to set her imagination ablaze.

And of course she went on and on about the owner, her elegant, frilly aprons and treats she hand made already out on display.

"Oh you should have seen it! There were so many scrumptious smells! Sweet chocolate, bitter coffee, and floral lavender!" She grins at her friends, looking ponderously at her sandwich, "It makes things such as sandwiches seem incredibly mundane."

Marilla is unsure about the new shop, the idea of excessive sweets seeming far to frivolous to spend their hard come by money on. But there is no stopping Matthew when it comes to spoiling Anne.

Due to all the talk amongst the kids, the shop is nearly swamped with the residents of Avonlea.

The young man behind the counter looks frazzled as he puts together a purchase for the Barry's.

"Can you just give me a moment? I think I need another set of hands."

"Of course- Minnie May! Stop that this instant!" Eliza snaps at her younger daughter when she presses her face up against the glass case.

"Ah, the Cuthberts," William smiles at them, "This place is a mad house, isn't it?"

"It surely is... something," Marilla smiles anxiously. She's still quite wary of strangers since the recent debacle with their boarders.

"Matthew! Marilla! We have to try the lavender chocolate truffles!" Anne exclaims, "They smelled absolutely divine last time I was here!"

"Oh, well... maybe," Matthew nods, knowing full well he'll he walking out with more one just those.

"Okay," the boy chuckles when he comes back, "is there anything else you want?"

"Anne," Diana takes her best friend's arm and pulls her toward the far end if the counter, "Would you do me the honor of sharing a hot chocolate with me?"

"Oh, Anne! You'll ruin your supper!" Marilla calls after them, but it falls on deaf ears as the two giggling girls go up to the counter.

"One please, my father is paying at the register."

"We only have vanilla today, is that okay?"

"Of course!"

"Diana this is Sherry Wharton," Anne tells her, "It's her shop! Sherry, this is my bestest bosom friend, Diana Barry."

"It's a pleasure," Sherry smiles, handing them two cups of hot chocolate.

"Oh, but I only-"

"Anne's is on the house," She grins, "For helping me out the other day. Now, would either of you care for some fresh whipped cream?"

"Anne, Diana!" Ruby runs up to where her friends are sitting at one of the tables in the window, "This place seems magical!"

"I'll have to agree with you there, Ruby. I've never tasted hot chocolate so decadent before."

"And have you seen young man at the register?" The blond continues, "He's quite handsome... Who is he?"

All three of them look back at him and Diana cocks her head, "I'm not sure who he is."

As she says this, Sherry comes out from the kitchen with a tray of sweets.

"Coming behind," She tells him, "These maple crémes seem to be a favorite. We'll have to keep that in mind."

Once she finishes refilling the case she turns to return to the kitchen, but pauses for a moment to kiss his cheek, "Love you, Em."

Ruby squeals and Emmett's cheeks go pink, noticing the attention he's gotten from the girls.

"That was so cute!"

It's a few days later that Gilbert is finally able to drag his new housemate to the shop.

"Oh, come on, Bash, we both know you have a sweet tooth," He teases, "And everyone says the owners are super nice."

"I don't want'a be out here in all this snow, Blythe!" Bash grumbles "It's freezing! I don't know how you survive it!"

"Hello there, welcome to Wharton Chocolate and Confections," Sherry calls over her shoulder when the bell above the door dings. She's out from behind the counter, putting out more chocolate bars.

"Anne was right, this place smells fantastic!"

Gilbert starts looking around, going right for the saltwater taffy.

"My goodness," She pouts when she turns to see Bash, "You poor thing, you look frozen to the bone!"

He looks at her confused when she waves him over to the counter.

"Here," She hands him a cup of fresh hot chocolate, "Warm yourself."

He reaches for his money but she stops him.

"I'll have none of that. Please," She smiles.

"It's easier just to take it," Emmett says, coming out of the backroom and setting a basket of chocolatebars on the counter, "She does this all the time."

"Thank you," Bash nods, taking the warm mug in his still shaking hands. e laughs when Gilbert drops a heavy bag of taffy on the counter, "You think you got enough there? Are you stocking up for a reason, Blythe? I don't think the shop is gonna run out."

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would u pls adopt rhea she needs a good maternal figure thank you goodnight

“Do I need to have Julian work something up, or do you think we just shake on it?” @rheaprince

[ofallingstar]

List of books I read this year

Crush by Richard Silken

The Essential Brendan Kennelly by Brendan Kennelly

Upstream by Mary Oliver

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by H.D. Lawrence

The Year of the Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh

In the Woods by Tana French

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by W.B. Yeats

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Pygmalion by George Bernand Shaw

Parallax by Sinéad Morrisey

When All Is Said by Anne Griffin

In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Paradise Lost by John Milton

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé

On Palestine by Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé

House of Many Ways by Dianne Wynne Jones

Spells: New and Selected Poems by Annie Finch

A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The Vanishing Half by Bret Bennett

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

Metamorphoses by Ovid

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

Howards End by E.M. Forster

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

Salomé by Oscar Wilde

La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils

A Little Larger Than The Entire Universe: Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates

Horseradish by Lemony Snicket

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Night Shift by Stephen King

Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

The Entity by Frank De Felitta

The Complete Grims' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Roses of May by Dot Hutchison

First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson

Dream Work by Mary Oliver

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Below are some of my favorite love-related quotes, most of which make me think of Le Gris now.

I feel like writing some blurbs/concepts for him, so you can send me a quote (and any other idea you have along with it) and we can indulge in our mutual Le Gris appetites <3

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“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

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“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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“I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”

Possession by A.S. Byatt

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”We are asleep until we fall in love!”

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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“He sweeps her hair back from her ears; he swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years.”

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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“We’ve loved each other so long I’ve never been a man and not loved her.”

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

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“She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she’s not even aware of. She is like a trap set by nature - a sweet perfumed rose in whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She instills grace in every common thing and divinity in every careless gesture. Venus in her shell was never so lovely, and Diana in the forest never so graceful as my Lady when she strides through Paris!”

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

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“Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.”

Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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“She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I don’t know what she was - anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted. I was swallowed up in an abyss of love in an instant. There was no pausing on the brink; no looking down, or looking back; I was gone, headlong, before I had sense to say a word to her.”

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

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“I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.”

Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

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“I would love to say that you make me weak in the knees but to be quite upfront and completely truthful you make my body forget it has knees at all.” 

Love Language, Chasers of the Light by Tyler Knott Gregson 

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“The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.”

The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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"Each time you happen to me all over again." 

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton  

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“You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell; what I mean is, that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me. You could draw me to fire, you could draw me to water, you could draw me to the gallows, you could draw me to any death, you could draw me to anything I have most avoided, you could draw me to any exposure and disgrace. This and the confusion of my thoughts, so that I am fit for nothing, is what I mean by your being the ruin of me. But if you would return a favorable answer to my offer of myself in marriage, you could draw me to any good – every good – with equal force.”

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

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“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you.”

Persuasion by Jane Austen

[smalltownfae]

Book Recs Ask Game: 1, 8, 9, 15, 20, 35, 43, 45, 49, 52, 59, 71, 86, 92, 108, 117, 118, 125, 131, 132, 133, 135 (of course, you don't have to answer them all, just the ones that particularly interest you!)

So many! Thanks :D

I will try to answer them all. I like a challenge that doesn't hurt me ahah

1. a book that is close to your heart

I can only pick one??? "Fool's Errand" by Robin Hobb. It brings me so much peace, joy and sadness. It feels like a warm hug and a slap in the face at the same time and I love it for that.

8. a book you finished in one sitting

"The Empress of Salt and Fortune" by Nghi Vo. It had to be really short for me to finish in one sitting.

9. your favourite book of 2020

I can't pick, but I did make this video. It's a tie between "Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson, "A Little Hatred" and "The Trouble with Peace" by Joe Abercrombie.

15. a book rec you really enjoyed

"Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones (rec by @monpetitrenard) and "Silver in the Wood" by Emily Tesh (rec by @logarithmicpanda)

20. a book that got you out of a reading slump

I... have no idea. I have a bad memory and can't even remember the last time I had a reading slump so... sorry. But, finding a new favorite author always gets me into the mood for reading their entire bibliography and doesn't allow for reading slumps. In that way, "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld" by Patricia A. McKillip fits.

35. a book featuring the found family trope

"Raybearer" by Jordan Ifueko. I just wish there was more about every member of that found family, but oh well.

43. a book that you have read more than three times

You're making me realize that I seldom reread a book more than twice so far... The first volume of "Monster" by Naoki Urasawa is the first thing that comes to mind.

45. a book featuring the friends to lovers trope

Tawny Man trilogy oh well, "Royal Assassin" counts because Molly and Fitz were friends before. I am sad that I am not remembering any other examples though... just shows how rare it is. It's especially rare that it's done in a way I like it. Even this one I mentioned is not. "Wildwood Dancing" by Juliet Marillier also sort of counts ahah

49. a book featuring the bed-sharing trope

Fitz and the Fool in "Fool's Quest" by Robin Hobb XD I must stop mentioning this series...

52. a popular book/series that you love

Seriously? XD The one I apparently can't stop mentioning, but also the First Law series by Joe Abercrombie and, for standalone books, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.

59. a book about city life

"In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami has the Tokyo night life as a setting, but it's not pretty. I wonder why this is the only book I can remember for city life...

71. your favourite LGBTQ+ fiction

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "The Raven and the Reindeer" by T. Kingfisher.

86. a book with an insane plot twist

"Pandora Hearts" by Jun Mochizuki. I called out some of the twists, but I thought they were all amazing.

92. a book about a redeemable villain

The Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E. Schwab sort of fits. I can't remember many books about redeemed villains...

108. a book with a small town setting

Does a village work? Because I can only remember "Chocolat" by Joanne Harris and "The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christie.

117. your favourite anthology

It's actually a collection of "ghost" stories translated in portuguese. It's called "Histórias de Fantasmas" (Ghost Stories) and includes "The Open Window" by Saki, "Afterward" by Edith Wharton, "The Ghost" by Catherine Wells, "Mr. Tallent's Ghost" by Mary Webb, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Nr. 17" by E. Nesbit, "The Voice of God" by Winifred Holtby and "A Spirit Elopment" by Clotilde Graves.

118. your favourite short story collection

"The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury but I have to reread it since I read it long ago and I have no idea if I will love it as much now. "The Women of Brewster Place" by Gloria Naylor is one I read recently and I am sure I like a lot though :D

125. your favourite autumn read

I think gothic literature is great to read in autumn and some halloween themed book xD I am just going to say the Witches' books by Terry Pratchett. Those are fun and fitting.

131. tag somebody with whom you would want to buddy read a book

@monpetitrenard we have some books in common that we both want to read. We did it before and will do it again maybe XD

132. who is your favorite person to go to for book recs?

Hmmm I don't have just one person. Well, you and the person tagged above because you both have tastes similar to mine. Some years ago it was this booktuber and I just noticed she has some new videos now omg!! Thank you for asking this ahahah She was the one that made me find Robin Hobb and we used to have other favorite books in common.

133. a book that you came across randomly and fell in love with

"Solanin" by Asano Inio. I read it at the perfect time in my life (early 20s).

135. recommend any book you like!

Is it supposed to be one you haven't read? Because I have no idea what you haven't read ahah I recommend "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke because I didn't mention it here yet and it's really good and really short.