#Maurice Dodd

[bullet-prooflove]

If I may ask, i wanna know your thoughts on how much the guys of SVU would moan during sex, and maybe if they talk dirty or not🤭🤭🤭

Mike Dodds - I feel Mike is a grunter, he loves having you on top, his hands on your hips holding you in place as he fucks up into you, his face buried in your throat. His grunts get louder, more drawn out as he gets closer. When he comes it's a loud strangled sound in your ear with ragged breathing as he smiles against your jaw.

Joe Velasco - Joe is a talker, when he gets his hands on you he can't help but run his mouth. He tells you how good you look for him, how amazing you feel under his hands, how beautiful you are for him. When he's with you he's fully engaged, it's whispers and low mumbles into your heated skin. Thumb ghosting over your cheek as he murmurs against your skin in both English and Spanish.

Terry Bruno - I feel like out of everyone he is the quietest. It's heavy breathing and intense intimate looks. When he does talk it's to praise you, tell you drive him crazy. When he comes it's like the sound is torn out of him, a choked noise that erupts from his chest. In the aftermath Terry talks, he tells you how much he loves you, he adores you, how happy he is to be with you.

Mike Duarte - Mike is full on from the get go. He's an enthusiatic lover, talkative and groaning. He wants you to know what you do to him, how he feels for you, he wants no doubts in your mind. He wants you to know how much he enjoys you so he's loud, he's verbal and he loves you.

[thebeautifulbook]

THE LIFE OF THE BEE by Maurice Maeterlinck. (New York: Dodd Mead, 1901) Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Translated by Alfred Sutro.

source

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Summer break and I'm kinda sorta missing F1 so here are the UK number one songs when drivers got their first Grand Prix win. Enjoy 😊

Giuseppe Farina (1950 British GP - 13th May), Juan Manuel Fangio (1950 Monaco GP - 21st May) & Johnnie Parsons (1950 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart

Lee Wallard (1951 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill

Luigi Fagioli (1951 French GP - 1st July) & Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1951 British GP - 14th July) - Nelson Eddy & Jo Stafford - With These Hands

Alberto Ascari (1951 German GP - 29th July) - Hoagy Carmichael - My Resistance Is Low

Piero Taruffi (1952 Swiss GP - 18th May) - Nat 'King' Cole - Unforgettable

Troy Ruttman (1952 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Jo Stafford - Ay-Round The Corner

Bill Vukovich (1953 Indy 500 - 30th May) & Mike Hawthorn (1953 French GP - 5th July) - Frankie Laine - I Believe

Maurice Trintignant (1955 Monaco GP - 22nd May) - Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise

Bob Sweikert (1955 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

Stirling Moss (1955 British GP - 16th July) - Alma Cogan - Dreamboat

Luigi Musso (1956 Argentine GP - 22nd January) - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

Pat Flaherty (1956 Indy 500 - 30th May) & Peter Collins (1956 Belgian GP - 3rd June) - Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love

Sam Hanks (1957 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Andy Williams - Butterfly

Tony Brooks (1957 British GP - 20th July) - Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

Jimmy Bryan (1958 Indy 500 - 30th May) - Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now

Jack Brabham (1959 Monaco GP - 10th May) - Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Rodger Ward (1959 Indy 500 - 30th May) & Jo Bonnier (1959 Dutch GP - 31st May) - Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I

Bruce McLaren (1959 US GP - 12th December) - Adam Faith - What Do You Want?

Jim Rathmann (1960 Indy 500 - 30th May) - The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

Phil Hill (1960 Italian GP - 4th September) - The Shadows - Apache

Wolfgang Von Trips (1961 Dutch GP - 22nd May) - Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound

Giancarlo Baghetti (1961 French GP - 2nd July) - Del Shannon - Runaway

Innes Ireland (1961 US GP - 8th October) - The Shadows - Kon-Tiki

Graham Hill (1962 Dutch GP - 20th May) - B Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker

Jim Clark (1962 Belgian GP - 17th June) - Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

Dan Gurney (1962 French GP - 8th July) - Mike Sarne & Wendy Richard - Come Outside

John Surtees (1963 German GP - 4th August) - Elvis Presley - Devil In Disguise

Lorenzo Bandini (1964 Austrian GP - 23rd August) - Manfred Man - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Jackie Stewart (1965 Italian GP - 12th September) - The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Richie Ginther (1965 Mexican GP - 24th October) - Ken Dodd - Tears

Ludovico Scarfiotti (1966 Italian GP - 4th September) - The Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Pedro Rodriguez (1967 South African GP - 2nd January) - Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home

Denny Hulme (1967 Monaco GP - 7th May) - Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

Jacky Ickx (1968 French GP - 7th July) & Jo Siffert (1968 British GP - 20th July) - Equals - Baby Come Back

Jochen Rindt (1969 US GP - 5th October) - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime... Mon Non Plus

Clay Regazzoni (1970 Italian GP - 6th September) - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

Emerson Fittipaldi (1970 US GP - 4th October) - Freda Payne - Band Of Gold

Mario Andretti (1971 South African GP - 6th March) - Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump

Peter Gethin (1971 Italian GP - 5th September) - Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting

Francois Cevert (1971 US GP - 3rd October) - Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1972 Monaco GP - 14th May) - T-Rex - Metal Guru

Ronnie Peterson (1973 French GP - 1st July) - Donny Osmond - Young Love

Peter Revson (1973 British GP - 14th July) - Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me

Carlos Reutemann (1974 South African GP - 30th March) - Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero

Niki Lauda (1974 Spanish GP - 28th April) - Abba - Waterloo

Jody Scheckter (1974 Swedish GP - 9th June) - Ray Stevens - The Streak

Jose Carlos Pace (1975 Brazilian GP - 26th January) - Pilot - January

Jochen Mass - (1975 Spanish GP - 27th April) - Mud - Oh Boy

James Hunt (1975 Dutch GP - 22nd June) - 10CC - I'm Not In Love

Vittorio Brambilla (1975 Austrian GP - 17th August) - The Stylistics - I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

John Watson (1976 Austrian GP - 15th August) - Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Gunnar Nilsson (1977 Belgian GP - 5th June) - Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It

Jacques Laffite (1977 Swedish GP - 19th June) - The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go

Alan Jones (1977 Austrian GP - 14th August) - Brotherhood Of Man - Angelo

Patrick Depailler (1978 Monaco GP - 7th May) - Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon

Gilles Villeneuve (1978 Canadian GP - 8th October) - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights

Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1979 French GP - 1st July) - Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?

Rene Arnoux (1980 Brazilian GP - 27th January) - The Specials - Too Much Too Young

Nelson Piquet (1980 US GP - March 30) - The Jam - Going Underground

Didier Pironi (1980 Belgian GP - 4th May) - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

Alain Prost (1981 French GP - 5th July) - The Specials - Ghost Town

Riccardo Patrese (1982 Monaco GP - 23rd May) - Madness - House Of Fun

Patrick Tambay (1982 German GP - 8th August) & Elio De Angelis (1982 Austrian GP) - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Keke Rosberg (1982 Swiss GP - 29th August) & Michele Alboreto (1982 Caesers Palace GP) - Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Ayrton Senna (1985 Portuguese GP - 21st April) - USA For Africa - We Are The World

Nigel Mansell (1985 European GP - 6th October) - Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love

Gerhard Berger (1986 Mexican GP - 12th October) - Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins

Thierry Boutsen (1989 Canadian GP - 18th June) - Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

Alessandro Nannini (1989 Japanese GP - 22nd October) - Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That's What I Like

Michael Schumacher (1992 Belgian GP - 30th August) - Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer

Damon Hill (1993 Hungarian GP - 15th August) - Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own

Jean Alesi (1995 Canadian GP - 11th June) - Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody

Johnny Herbert (1995 British GP - 16th July) - Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom

David Coulthard (1995 Portuguese GP - 24th September) - Simply Red - Fairground

Olivier Panis (1996 Monaco GP - 19th May) - Gina G - Ooh Ahh... Just A Little Bit

Jacques Villeneuve (1996 European GP - 28th April) - George Michael - Fastlove

Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1997 San Marino GP) - Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor

Mika Hakkinen (1997 European GP - 26th October) - Aqua - Barbie Girl

Eddie Irvine (1999 Australian GP - 7th March) - Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough

Ruben Barrichello (2000 German GP - 30th July) - Craig David - 7 Days

Ralf Schumacher (2001 San Marino GP - 15th April) - Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long?

Juan Pablo Montoya (2001 Italian GP - 16th September) - DJ Otzi - Hey Baby

Kimi Raikkonen (2003 Malaysian GP - 23rd March) - Gareth Gates ft The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky

Giancarlo Fisichella (2003 Brazilian GP - 6th April) - Room 5 ft Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

Fernando Alonso (2003 Hungarian GP - 24th August) - Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul - Breathe

Jarno Trulli (2004 Monaco GP - 23rd May) - Frankee - F.U.R.B (F U Right Back

Jenson Button (2006 Hungarian GP - 6th August) - Shakira ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

Felipe Massa (2006 Turkish GP - 27th August) - Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Deja Vu

Lewis Hamilton (2007 Canadian GP - 10th June) - Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella

Robert Kubica (2008 Canadian GP - 8th June) - Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain

Heikki Kovalainen (2008 Hungarian GP - 3rd August) - Dizzee Rascal ft Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me

Sebastian Vettel (2008 Italian GP - 14th September) - Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

Mark Webber (2009 German GP - 12th July) - Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor

Nico Rosberg (2012 Chinese GP - 15th April) - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Pastor Maldonado (2012 Spanish GP - 13th May) - Rita Ora ft Tinie Tempah - R.I.P.

Daniel Ricciardo (2014 Canadian GP - 8th June) - Ed Sheeran - Sing

Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP - 15th May) - Drake ft Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

Valtteri Bottas (2017 Russian GP - 30th April) - Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson - Symphony

Charles Leclerc (2019 Belgian GP - 1st September) - Ed Sheeran ft Stormzy - Take Me Back To London

Pierre Gasly (2020 Italian GP - 6th September) - Cardi B ft Megan Thee Stallion - WAP

Sergio Perez (2020 Sakhir GP - 6th December) - Ariana Grande - Positions

Esteban Ocon (2021 Hungarian GP - 1st August) - Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

Carlos Sainz Jr (2022 British GP - 3rd July) - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

George Russell (2022 Brazilian GP - 13th November) - Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Lando Norris (2024 Miami GP - 5th May) & Oscar Piastri (2024 Hungarian GP - 21st July) - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

And yes, I've created a Spotify playlist for these tunes 😊😊

[rockislandadultreads]

Read-Alike Friday: African Europeans by Olivette Otele

African Europeans by Olivette Otélé

Africans or African Europeans are widely believed to be only a recent presence in Europe, a feature of our ‘modern’ society. But as early as the third century, St Maurice—an Egyptian— became the leader of a legendary Roman legion. Ever since, there have been richly varied encounters between those defined as ‘Africans’ and those called ‘Europeans’, right up to the stories of present-day migrants to European cities. Though at times a privileged group that facilitated exchanges between continents, African Europeans have also had to navigate the hardships of slavery, colonialism and their legacies.

Olivette Otele uncovers the long history of Europeans of African descent, tracing an old and diverse African heritage in Europe through the lives of individuals both ordinary and extraordinary. This hidden history explores a number of questions very much alive today. How much have Afro-European identities been shaped by life in Europe, or in Africa? How are African Europeans’ stories marked by the economics, politics and culture of the societies they live in? And how have race and gender affected those born in Europe, but always seen as Africans?

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock

We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the "Old World" encountered the "New", when Christopher Columbus “discovered” America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others —enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders—the reverse was true: they discovered Europe.

For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse—a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times.

From the Brazilian king who met Henry VIII to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the mestizo children of Spaniards who returned “home” with their fathers; from the Inuit who harpooned ducks on the Avon river to the many servants employed by Europeans of every rank: here are a people who were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalized, but whose worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilization.

The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself.

Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.

[vtgbooks]

Vintage MAURICE DODD The Perishers Storybook British Comic Strip Dennis Collins

[virallyfeeds]

Perishers - 27th January 2023

Perishers originally ran from 1959 to 2006. The strip is still so popular today that we decided to reprint the best of the strips by Maurice Dodd and Dennis Collins

[downthetubes]

Comics Christmas Presents Past: The Perishers

Comics Christmas Presents Past: The Perishers

Long-running Daily Mirror newspaper strip “The Perishers”, created by writer Maurice Dodd and artist Dennis Collins had a number of merchandise spin-offs – including books, an animated series – and jigsaws, too, often a Christmas gift of yesteryear for loyal fans. Not to be confused with the Swedish indie band of the same name, the long-running strip, first published between 1959 and 2006, was…

[prideknights]

Say Their Names

Day 1 of Tumblr’s #ActsOfPride campaign:

These are the black trans lives we have lost due to violence in the United States since 2009. Sadly, this is most likely not a complete list as many of the souls we have lost go unreported or were misgendered. They will not be forgotten.

Caprice Curry, 31 - Killed January 17, 2009 Jimmy McCollough, 34 - Killed April 14, 2009 Foxy Ivy, mid 30s - May 23, 2009 Christopher Jermaine Scott, 36 - Killed July 1, 2009 Beyonce (Eric) Lee, 21 - Killed July 26, 2009 Tyli’a Mack, 21 - Killed August 26, 2009 Dee Green, 25 - Killed October 26, 2009 Toni Alston, 44 - Killed April 3, 2010 Chanel (Dana A. Larkin), 26 - Killed May 7, 2010 Sandy Woulard, 28 - Killed June 21, 2010 Victoria Carmen White, 28 - Killed September 8, 2010 Stacey Lee aka Stacey Blahnik, 31 - Killed October 11, 2010 Tyra Trent, 25 - Killed February 19, 2011 Marcal Camero Tye, 25 - Killed March 8, 2011 Miss Nate Nate, 44 - Killed June 13, 2011 Lashai Mclean, 23 - Killed July 20, 2011 Shelley Hilliard, 19 - Killed October 23, 2011 Chassity Nathan Vickers, 32 - Killed November 17, 2011 Githe Goines, 23 - Killed December 29, 2011 Crain Conaway, 47 - Killed January 17, 2012 Deoni Jones, 23 - Killed February 2, 2012 Coko Williams, 35 - Killed April 4, 2012 Tyrell Jackson, 23 - Killed April 4, 2012 Paige Clay, 23 - Killed April 16, 2012 Brandy Martell, 37 - Killed April 29, 2012 Tracey Johnson, 40 - Killed July 5, 2012 Tiffany Gooden, 19 - Killed August 14, 2012 Dewayne “Deja” Jones, 33 - Killed August 26, 2012 Kendall Hampton, 26 - Killed August 29, 2012 Evon Young, 22 - Killed January 1, 2013 Cemia “CeCe” Dove, 23 - Killed March 27, 2013 Kelly Young, 29 - Killed April 3, 2013 Ashley Sinclair, 30 - Killed April 11, 2013 Fatima Woods, 53 - Killed May 30, 2013 Jock Maurice McKinney, 50 - Killed 12 July, 2013 Diamond Williams, 31 - Killed July 14, 2013 Domonique Newburn, 31 - Killed August 20, 2013 Islan Nettles, 21 - Killed August 20, 2013 Artegus Konyale Madden, 37 - Killed September 1, 2013 Terry Golston, 44 - Killed September 6, 2013 Eyricka Morgan, 26 - Killed September 24, 2013 Brittany Stergis, 22 - Killed December 5, 2013 Kandy Hall, 40 - Killed June 3, 2014 Yaz'min Shancez, 31 - Killed June 19, 2014 Tiffany Edwards, 28 - Killed June 26, 2014 Mia Henderson, 26 - Killed July 16, 2014 Aniya Parker, 47 - Killed October 3, 2014 Ashley Sherman, 25 - Killed October 27, 2014 Gizzy Fowler, 24 - Killed November 12, 2014 Lamar Edwards, 20  - Killed January 9, 2015 Lamia Beard, 30 - Killed January 17, 2015 Ty Underwood, 24  - Killed January 26, 2015 Yazmin Vash Payne, 33 - Killed January 31, 2015 Taja Gabrielle DeJesus, 36 - Killed February 1, 2015 Penny Proud, 21 - Killed February 10, 2015 Keyshia Blige, 33 - Killed March 7, 2015 London Chanel, 21 - Killed May 18, 2015 Ashton O’Hara, 25 - Killed July 14, 2015 India Clarke, 25 - Killed July 2, 2015 Shade Schuler, 22 - Killed July 29, 2015 Amber Monroe, 20 - Killed August 8, 2015 Kandis Capri, 35 - Killed August 11, 2015 Elisha Walker, 20 - Killed August 13, 2015 Kiesha Jenkins, 22 - Killed October 6, 2015 Zella Ziona, 21 - Killed October 15, 2015 Veronica Banks Cano, mid 30s - Killed February 19, 2016 Maya Young, 25 - Killed February 21, 2016 Demarkis Stansberry, 30 - Killed February 27, 2016 Kedarie Johnson, 16 - Killed March 2, 2016 Shante Isaac, 34 - Killed April 10, 2016 Keyonna Blakeney, 22 - Killed April 16, 2016 Tyreece Walker, 32 - Killed May 1, 2016 Mercedes Successful, 32 - Killed May 15, 2016 Goddess Diamond, 20 - Killed June 5, 2016 Deeniquia Dodds, 22 - Killed July 13, 2016 Dee Whigam, 25 - Killed July 23, 2016 Skye Mockabee, 26 - Killed July 30, 2016 Rae'Lynn Thomas, 28 - Killed August 10, 2016 T.T. Saffore, mid-20s, Killed September 11, 2016 Crystal Edmonds, 22 - Killed September 16, 2016 Jazz Alford, 30 - Killed September 23, 2016 Brandi Bledsoe, 32 - Killed October 12, 2016 Noony Norwood, 30 - Killed November 5, 2016 India Monroe, 29 - Killed December 21, 2016 Mesha Caldwell, 41 - Killed January 4, 2017 JoJo Striker, 23 - Killed February 8, 2017 Jaquarrius Holland, 18, - Killed February 19, 2017 Keke Collier, 24 - Killed February 21, 2017 Chyna Gibson, 31 - Killed February 25, 2017 Ciara McElveen, 21 - Killed February 27, 2017 Alphonza Watson, 38 -Killed March 22, 2017 Kenne McFadden, 27 - Killed April 9, 2017 Chay Reed, 28 - Killed April 21, 2017 Brenda Bostick, 59 - Killed April 25, 2017 Sherrell Faulkner, 46, Died May 16, 2017 Ava Le'Ray Barrin, 17 - Killed June 25, 2017 Ebony Morgan, 28 - Killed July 2, 2017 TeeTee Dangerfield, 32 - Killed July 31, 2017 Jaylow McGlory, 29 - Killed August 4, 2017 Kiwi Herring, 30 -Killed August 22, 2017 Kashmire Redd, 28 - Killed September 4, 2017 Derricka Banner, 26 - Killed September 12, 2017 Candace Towns, 30 - Killed October 31, 2017 Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, 31 - Killed November 27 2017 Brandi Seals, 26 - Killed December 13, 2017 Celine Walker, 36 - Killed February 4, 2018 Tonya Harvey, 35 - Killed February 6, 2018 Phylicia Mitchell, 46 - Killed February 23, 2018 Amia Tyrae, 28 - Killed March 28, 2018 Sasha Wall, 29 - Killed April 1, 2018 Nino Fortson, 36 - Killed May 13, 2018 Gigi Pierce, 28 - Killed May 21, 2018 Antash’a Devine Sherrington English, 38 - Killed June, 2018 Diamond Stephens, 39 - Killed June 18, 2018 Cathalina Christina James, 24 - Killed June 24, 2018 Keisha Wells, 50s - Killed June 24, 2018 Sasha Garden, 27 - Kille July 19, 2018 Vontashia Bell, 18 - Killed August 30, 2018 Dejanay Stanton, 24 - Killed August 30, 2018 Shantee Tucker, 30 - Killed September 5, 2018 Londonn Moore, 20 - Killed September 8, 2018 Ciara Minaj Carter, 31 - Killed October 3, 2018 Regina Denise Brown, 53 - Killed October 10, 2018 Tydi Dansbury, 37, Killed November 26, 2018 Keanna Mattel, 35 - Killed December 7, 2018 Dana Martin, 31 - Killed January 6, 2019 Jazzaline Ware, 34 - Killed March 25, 2019 Ashanti Carmon, 27, Killed March 30, 2019 Claire Legato, 21 - Killed April 15, 2019 Muhlaysia Booker, 23 - Killed May 18, 2019 Michelle “Tamika” Washington, 40 - Killed May 19, 2019 Paris Cameron, 20 - Killed May 25, 2019 Chynal Lindsey, 26 - Killed June 1, 2019 Chanel Scurlock, 23 - Killed June 5, 2019 Layleen Polanco, 27 - Killed June 7, 2019 Zoe Spears, 23 - Killed June 13, 2019 Brooklyn Lindsey, 32 - Killed June 25, 2019 Denali Berries Stuckey, 29 - Killed July 20, 2019 Kiki Fantroy, 21 - Killed July 31, 2019 Pebbles La Dime Doe, 24 - Killed August 4, 2019 Bubba Walker, 55 - Killed July 2019 Tracy Single, 22 - Killed July 30, 2019 Bee Love Slater, 23 - Killed September 1, 2019 Bailey Reeves, 17 - Killed September 2, 2019 Ja’Leyah-Jamar, 30 - Killed September 13, 2019 Itali Marlowe, 29 - Killed September 20, 2019 Brianna “BB” Hill, 30, Killed October 13, 2019 Yahira Nesby, 33 - Killed December 19, 2019 Monika Diamond, 34 - Killed March 18, 2020 Nina Pop, 28 - Killed May 3, 2020 Tony McDade, 38 - Killed May 27, 2020

All of them should still be here with us today.

Say their names.

[heaveninawildflower]

More illustrations by Edward J. Detmold taken from ‘News of Spring and Other Nature Studies’ by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Published 1917 by  Dodd, Mead.

Gerstein - University of Toronto

archive.org

[mamabearcat]

picnic baskets: what’s your favorite picture book?

Oh @superpixie42, you've done it now. I can't just choose one.

If I could choose a dream job (and I'm trying to work my way towards it) it would be as a children's book writer/illustrator. So, you're gonna get a list. With pictures. We own all these books and love them.

Where the Wild Things Are by American author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. Because who doesn't love Max. Everyone wishes they could go apeshit and cause a wild rumpus now and then.

Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd, a New Zealand author/illustrator. She also wrote the Hairy Maclary series. Because not only is every page beautifully illustrated, I get to say the phrase 'rapscallion cat' when I read it. I can recite this book like a poem, because all three of my girls requested it so often.

Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, Aussie author, and illustrated by Bruce Whatley. It's very amusing to read, and the illustrations of Wombat are adorable.

Possum Magic, written by Mem Fox, an Aussie icon of children's literature, and illustrated by Julie Vivas. It's a very whimsical book, and the illustrations are beautiful. Mem Fox books take up a lot of space on our shelves. Can also recommend Koala Lou, Wilfred Gordon Mcdonald Partridge, Hattie and the Fox, and Harriet You'll Drive me Wild.

The Lost Thing by Aussie writer/illustrator Shaun Tan. I love all his work. He draws inspiration from so many eclectic areas, and doesn't dumb down ideas for children. Sometimes things end slightly uneasily - just like in real life, everything moves on with no fanfare.

Once Tashi Met a Dragon by Anna and Barbara Fienberg, Aussie authors, illustrated by Kim Gamble, Aussie illustrator who sadly passed away in 2016. There are heaps of Tashi books. We don't have them all, but this one my youngest daughter's favourite Tashi book because dragons. And Tashi gets to ride on a white tiger. Enough said.

There is a Bird on Your Head! by author/illustrator Mo Willems. Anyone who has kids knows who Mo Willems is. We love his Elephant and Piggie books. Now my youngest reads this one to me, and cracks herself up the whole way through.

A Lion in the Night by New Zealand author/illustrator Pamela Allen. Another book I can recite. It was hard to choose just one of her books, because we have so many - 'I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit', 'Mr McGee and the Biting Flea', Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread', 'Who Sank the Boat?', 'Inside Mary Elizabeth's House' and 'Shh Little Mouse'. I adore her illustration style.

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Sometimes, you see an author and illustrator just click, and they become the dream team. That's these two. The Gruffalo is probably their more well known book, and we also have that, and every other book they've worked on together. But this one is my favourite. It has everything - found family, said found family working together to overcome a 'big bad', magic and a happy ending. Another one I can recite. Let's not mention that I even wrote an InuKag poem based on this book.

So there you go. A very long list that I spent way too long on and will probably only interest @superpixie42 and myself 😂Happy bedtime reading!

[papermoonloveslucy]

THAT NEVER HAPPENED!

February 20, 1948-1975

~FEBRUARY 20, 1948~

Hedda would lose that bet! The role of Billie Dawn in the Los Angeles production of “Born Yesterday” went to Jean Parker.  Lucille Ball did not do the Garsin Kanin comedy on Broadway or appear in the 1950 film. After the play was a hit, Holliday was insistent that she would never do the film, so casting gossip began. Although Hopper notes the role had been promised to Rita Hayworth, Holliday was eventually talked into recreating her Broadway success. It’s a good thing she changed her mind, because the role won her an Oscar. When Holliday left the Broadway cast the role was filled by Jan Sterling, who shortly afterward married the male star, Paul Douglas. Douglas would eventually team with Ball in “Lucy Wants A Career” in 1958. Later, Holliday would sing about Lucille Ball in the stage and screen musical “Bells Are Ringing”  (1956 & 1960). 

~SEPTEMBER 20, 1949~

J. Arthur Rank, a British film distributor and producer, never made a film titled “The Man Without Clothes”.  So whether Lucille said “yes” or Desi found any “PAs” (Personal Appearances) was moot.  The story about Lucy not being allowed to enroll at UCLA is probably apocryphal. In the 1970s Lucy would give lectures on comedy at UCLA. 

~FEBRUARY 20, 1950~ 

Sadly, no such production was ever mounted by Ferrer. After “Dream Girl”, Lucille did not appear in another stage play until 1960′s “Wildcat” on Broadway.  It is likely that Ferrer wanted Ball for the role of Lily Garland, played on screen in 1934 by Lucy’s friend, Carole Lombard.  He was slated to direct, but may have also acted opposite Ball.  

The role that Bacall turned down was eventually given to Claire Trevor. The film was based on material by Damon Runyon and would have been Lucy’s third trip to Runyonland after “The Big Street” and “Sorrowful Jones”.  The picture was indeed delayed and didn’t begin filming until June 1952, and was not released until 1954.  By that time, Lucille had put films on hold to pursue television and motherhood. She would eventually team with Kaye to great success on the small screen. As a side note, the newspaper misspells the title of Ball’s film with Eddie Albert; she’s no Lady, she’s a Girl!

~FEBRUARY 20, 1954~

This quick column-filler is wishful thinking.  There is no record of the Arnaz family summering in Spain. 

~FEBRUARY 20, 1959~

Partly true - Lucy did chat with Da Costa but the vehicle ended up being a musical comedy, not a serious play.  Lucille did began “Wildcat” in 1960 - but only just - December.  Da Costa, however, opted out, having just been stung by the failure of his musical “Saratoga”.  

~FEBRUARY 20, 1960~

Here’s something that actually DID happen the way it is described here, but not as it was first planned. Maurice Chevalier had appeared with Lucy and Desi on “Lucy Goes To Mexico” (October 1958) so he probably thought of it as a reciprocal favor - but Mama Ball had other ideas! Turns out Lucy’s withdrawal had motivations previously unknown! 

~FEBRUARY 20, 1964~

Every year at contract negotiation time, performers say they are not returning - and they usually do. “The Lucy Show” was actually only supposed to last one season - to boost profits for Desilu and help CBS’s sagging ratings. Having done that - Lucy was in the driver’s seat and the series lasted four more seasons. 

Same year - different column! Most sources say it was Vance who was looking to leave the show and becoming a full-time resident back East with her husband John Dodds. However, during contract negotiations stories often change to suit the outcome!    

Vance stayed with the series through the end of season three in 1965. She made occasional guest appearances after that.  

~FEBRUARY 20, 1965~

After signing on for season three in 1964, Ball decided to go for enough episodes for syndication and easily signed on for a fourth and fifth.  However, the format change had nothing to do with Lucy becoming a dress designer - she moved to California!  Vivian Vance left the show and the actors playing her children were written off.  

~FEBRUARY 20, 1966~

This is more of ‘what might have been’!  Dark horse Dinah Shore swooped in and took the title of Fashion Champ from Lucille!  

~FEBRUARY 20, 1967~

This much-talked about project was a passion of Lucy’s. She even had a script drafted.  But Gleason was hard to pin down - and the film (or video) never was made.  Lucy did get to play Russell on a TV special, however.  But without Gleason. 

~FEBRUARY 20, 1974~

Gleason may have had more time on his hands, but he did neither project.  He did, however, make time to do a Lucille Ball TV special titled “Three for Two” in 1975.

~FEBRUARY 20, 1975~

The ‘Answer’ is correct - there were no plans and no such film was ever made.  Although the fact that this question was submitted a year after “Here’s Lucy” ended (and pre-internet!) means that there must have been some talk about it at some point.   

[bullet-prooflove]

Coming Up This Week: 23/1/2023

Monday 23rd: Complicated - Connor Rhodes x Reader - Connor has a really bad day.

Tuesday 24th: Weak - Peter Stone x Reader - Peter thinks you make him weak.

Wednesday 25th: Past Mistakes Part 7: Sharing - Mike Duarte x Reader - Mike's surprised by who is waiting for him in the parking lot.

Thursday 26th: WITSEC!Will Part 2: Phoenix - Will Halstead x Reader - Will thinks over everything that's happened.

Friday 27th: Vacation Days (NSFW) - Terry Bruno x Reader - You and Terry finally spend some time away together in the aftermath of the whistleblowing scandal.

Saturday 28th: Before (NSFW) - Mike Dodds x Reader - It's the first time since the shooting.

Sunday 29th: Distance Series Part 3: Homeward - Will Halstead x Reader - You make a critical decision regarding your case and your relationship.

[thebeautifulbook]

NEWS OF SPRING by Maurice Maeterlinck. (New York: Dodd Mead, 1917) Illustrated by Edward Detmold.

source

[mannlibrary]

Spider life

From: Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Spider. Dodd, Mead, 1919.

It's late October, and our Vaults of Mann focus turns to . . . spiders. Again, you say?! Yes, it’s true, our blog of last October was also creepy spider-focused, and we realize we may be looking a wee bit fixated on arachnids in seeking out our seasonal Halloween thrills. But we've got some good reason. First, of course, we're a life sciences library at a university with a world class entomology department. Second,  we've just opened the new exhibit Arachnophilia  in the Mann Gallery that showcases the work of Cornell arachnologist  Linda Rayor and aims to demonstrate just how fascinating and helpful this much maligned class of animals can be in the web of life on earth. And finally, there’s a happy coincidence: While preparing to celebrate said new installation, we stumbled across a wonderful old book by French science educator and naturalist Henri-Jean Fabre that gives us a look at some great 19th century science writing. No better way, we say, to cast light into the deepening gloom of late fall by sharing some of the lovely sparkle of this fun gem.

In his life time, Henri-Jean Fabre (1823-1915) gained wide renown as an educator, a scientist, and a writer of popular science publications who fervently sought to inspire and engage--rather than intimidate and exclude--a lay audience in the fascinating complexities of insect biology. Between his keen eye for nature study and his lyrical writing, Faber gained the admiration of some great contemporaries, from the likes of Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur to literary giants such as Victor Hugo and Nobel-prize winning Maurice Maeterlinck. Smitten with Fabre's style and philosophy, journalist and literary critic  Alexander Teixera de Mattosand (who also moonlighted as a Fellow in the Zoological Society of London) brought Fabre's science writings to an English and American readership by translating excerpts from Fabre's 11+ volume French-language Souvenirs Entomologiques series and publishing them--the excerpts--as stand-alone English version editions.

Pick up a copy of The Life of the Spider and you won't need more than a few pages to understand Fabre’s popular appeal. What, for example, is not to love about a book that starts with this droll tidbit  on "medical choreography" and the complicated relationship we humans have to the ominous biting wolf spider (more commonly known as tarantula in 19th century Europe)?:  “The Italians have bestowed a bad reputation on the Tarantula, who produces convulsions and frenzied dances in the person stung by her. To cope with ‘tarantism,’ the name given to the disease that follows on the bite of the Italian Spider, you must have recourse to music, the only efficiacious remedy, so they tell us. Special tunes have been noted, those quickest to afford relief. "

For those more interested in robust scientific investigation of actual spider behavior than local spider folklore, continue reading and you’ll quickly also get what you came for. The rest of Fabre’s book presents a close look at Lycosa narbonensis (wolf spider), and other eight-legged creatures--the common garden spider, crab spider, & labyrinth spider among them--found in the sun-scorched hills around Fabre’s home in Avignon, France. Presenting observations  gathered first hand from the field over years, his account educates with carefully documented detail about the hunting, reproductive and early life survival strategies of his spider subjects (e.g. yes, wolf spiders  have a venomous bite that can paralyze and eventually kill small rodents and birds; no, garden spiders do not repair broken webs, but save their energy and silk for creating new ones when existing ones are damaged beyond usefulness). And as he spins out meticulously gathered spider minutiae to his readers, Fabre transfixes with prose that evokes--in its own 19th century style--some of the best in Attenborough-type accounting of nature’s astonishing dramas and quirks.

Fabre likely came to his dedication for bringing science to the people by virtue of his experience as a largely self-taught scientist—born to a poor rural family in the Languedoc region of southern France, his formal schooling was choppy, and much of what he learned in math and science derived from self-study with books borrowed surreptitiously from the classrooms of kindly school masters. Despite these unlikely circumstances, Fabre's intellect, enthusiasm and hard work earned him enough respect to eventually be offered a teaching position as professor of physics and chemistry at the lycée (regional government secondary school) of Avignon, where he complemented his teaching with an indefatigable dedication to scientific research and field biology. In 1866, one of his pioneering investigations—this one related to botany—successfully extracted a coloring agent from the madder plant which was later identified as alizarin and widely adopted as a stain for biological research. Ongoing publication of his explorations of the insect world, via his Souvenirs series steadily earned him a widening reputation extending far beyond southern France.

While a keen observer of nature whose influence Darwin recognized on his own work, Fabre remained a skeptic of Darwin’s theory of evolution—a position that some attribute to his devout Christian beliefs, others to his passion for doing field level study of animal behavior, rather than writing science theory. But while grand theory may not have been Fabre’s thing, his renown as an outstanding entomologist and a science educator remains well deserved. If you’re about to embark on field level study of arachnids of your own, you’ll want to read The Life of the Spider for the tips it gives on things like successfully luring wolf spiders out of their burrows for closer observation. If you’re science communicator, you’ll want to read Fabre's writing for the lovely tone and sense of humor that spices his work so effectively. If you’re a parent, you might consider sharing this gem with your kids, for the lovely enthusiasm for nature discovery it inspires. And it goes without saying, if you want to learn a bit more about spiders and their infamously spook if also alluring ways—especially if you can't quite bring yourself to get up close and personal with a live specimen yourself—this book is for you. It’s a charming and eye-opening read all around—and a pretty good piece of field biology too. 

Sources:

Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Spider. Dodd, Mead, 1919.

Jean Henri Fabre, French Entomologist, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Jean-Henri Fabre, Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Henri_Fabre

Life of Jean Henri Fabre, the Entomologist, 1823-1910. [s.n.], 1921, 

[idasessions]

Famous Muses & Groupies in Rock Music Pt. 41

MUSE: Ann Moses (full name Ann Marie Moses)

Ann was born on February 3rd, 1947 in Long Beach, CA and grew up in Anaheim, CA with her older brother and their parents, where she wrote for her junior high and high school newspapers. When Ann was still in high school in 1962, one of her first jobs was working at Disneyland. Walt was still active around the park then, and she even got to meet the legendary man himself. A couple years later in 1964, she broke through her journalism career as a freelance writer for the local newspaper Rhythm & News, where she got to interview music icons like James Brown and Jackie Wilson. Through this gig, Ann caught the eye of music publicist Derek Taylor who recommended her to the teen fan magazine Tiger Beat, where she was quickly hired. At the same time, she had just finished a year of junior college at Fullerton College and enrolled at San Jose State. But she ended up choosing the writing gig over school when she realized it would be a fulltime position. Ann worked at Tiger Beat for the next six years (1966-1972), and began as their most frequent contributor before eventually promoted to associate editor and eventually head editor. Simultaneously, she was also co-editor and contributor for Monkee Spectacular magazine for its whole run in 1967-68, and also penned her own column for NME magazine from 1968-71. Throughout her career, Ann met and interviewed many popular music acts and also got a few additional perks, like: attending the Monterey Pop Music Festival in 1967; traveling with the Monkees, the Raiders and the Standells; socializing with the Dave Clark 5, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, the BeeGees and Herman’s Hermits; being in the audience for two Elvis tapings; and co-hosting an episode of “Battle of the Bands” with Bobby Sherman in 1969. Ann even helped participate in the clapping heard throughout the Monkees’ 1967 song ‘Daydream Believer.’ One of her close friends back in the ‘60s was famous LA seamstress Genie Franklyn.

Besides being one of the most recognizable women in 1960s music journalism, Ann also became friends with a lot of the popstars she covered back in the day. The band she was most closely associated with was the Monkees from 1966-68, whom she got to regularly interview and profile on their TV sitcom set, in the recording studio and on tour. The two band members she was friendliest with were Davy Jones and Peter Tork. Ann’s said that one of her favorite memories is when she rode around the Monkees set with Davy on his bike. Peter apparently was the nicest bandmate and was always accommodating whenever she was on set. He also occasionally gave Ann offers to try acid with him, which she always turned down. Around the time Peter left the band in 1968, Ann once visited his house where he allegedly opened the front door completely naked and acted like it was no big deal. (#cringe) This was during the peak of his hippie period, and she doesn’t think of it as a metoo type incident.

When Ann and Peter reconnected in 2013 after a concert, she joked about him offering her acid and he supposedly was like “yeah, I shouldn’t have done that,” lol. (She also mentioned that they kissed on the lips that same reunion, which makes me wonder if they were ever ~more~ than friends, buuut that’s pure speculation on my part because they’re so adorable.) Ann was also one of the first media figures to publicly coin Mike Nesmith as ‘the difficult Monkee,’ for always being a pain to interview and generally dismissive when she was around. He even attempted to make her go away once by saying he’d do one of her interviews if they slept together, which made her go ‘uhhhh.’ Apparently after filming the band’s movie Head (1968), Mike told her that he was difficult to help make her a better reporter, but she didn’t believe him, lol. Ann doesn’t have many stories on Micky, but he did ask for her phone number the day she first met the group, but he never called her, heh.

But wait, that’s not all! Even though Ann always refers to herself as a ~friend of the stars, she also went out with a few of these guys. In 1966, she spent 4th of July with bassist Karl Green of Herman’s Hermits, and they made out in front of fireworks at the end of the night (cute). Later that year she lost her virginity to lead singer/drummer Dick Dodd of the Standells, which she considered a disaster (though she still thinks high of him as a person). Ann’s frequently referred to Maurice Gibb of the BeeGees as her first big love when they were a couple in 1968. But then he became her first heartbreak too when popstar Lulu walked up to her at a party and nonchalantly told Ann that Maurice was leaving with her instead of Ann (what a bish). Also kinda funny he left her for Lulu because Lulu dated Davy for a minute a couple years earlier too. Ann also had a ‘platonic’ date with Harry Nilsson in 1967. Oh, and Roger Daltrey once blatantly asked her if she wanted to go up to his hotel room and she naively responded, “what’s in your room?” (lol)

In the early 1970s, Ann spent most of her time covering young stars like David Cassidy and Donny & Marie Osmond before retiring from journalism and leaving Hollywood for the bay area. Since the ‘70s, Ann switched to working in dentistry, married a computer engineer and raised their two sons near the Rocky Mountains. As of 2019, she and her husband live in Gilbert, AZ. In 2012, Ann revived her interest in writing with her own blog, which then encouraged her to pen her 2017 memoir Meow! My Groovy Life. She also occasionally contributes articles for the website Rocksbackpages.com. Mark her down as yet another mid-20th century chick I’m jealous of.

[downthetubes]

In Memoriam: "Doctor Who" and "Popeye" Comic Artist Bill Mevin

In Memoriam: “Doctor Who” and “Popeye” Comic Artist Bill Mevin

We’re sorry to report the death of comic artist Bill Mevin, who passed yesterday, aged 97. Perhaps best known for his work on TV Comic‘s “Doctor Who” strip and his work on later episodes of “The Perishers” with Maurice Dodd for the Daily Mirror, he had been in hospital for a while.

“Bill was as sharp as a tack right up to the end, bless him,” noted Vworp! Vworp! magazine’s Colin Brockhurston…