#hannah harrison

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*tear* Birthday Letter

“[translating the Bible] has also contributed greatly to support me in the trial I had to undergo by the Removal of Mrs. Thomson who departed this life in Septr. last after a long & gradual decline. Mr Dickinson also is gone with whom I have had a long & intimate friendship & with whom I promised myself the pleasure of spending some week in the Spring. In short I seem to be like an old tree stript [sic] of its folliage [sic] standing in a forest with very few of its own age & growth about it. However I have this to comfort me that there is a plentiful supply of thriving saplings & well grown timber trees to occupy my room & fill up my space when I fall.”

Charles Thomson to Thomas Jefferson, February 24, 1808

Y’all-

This letter-

I can’t-

The entire thing is philosophical but this one part in particular is the most heart-wrenching. At this time in Charles Thomson’s life, he had practically no one left. Hannah, his wife, had died in September of 1807 and John Dickinson had just died on February 14 (Valentine’s Day baby at its peak). Additionally, Thomson had no relatives (that’s a long story for another day) and most of the people he had known for quite some time were either dead or lived great distances away which, in Thomson’s condition by this point, were not worth travelling for. So, Thomson basically became isolated and stayed in his house.

Another aspect that makes this a real tear-jerker are the last 2 sentences quoted above. Thomson compares himself to an old tree and he describes new “thriving saplings & and well grown timber trees”. I see this as something I mentioned in another post: Thomson was a symbol of a past time that has little life left. With this being said, the inclusion of the new, younger trees proves to me that Charles Thomson had hope for the nation. Which just makes me even more sad because by this point, I think Charles Thomson knew he was dying.

Also, you might wonder why I call it the “Birthday Letter”. That’s because Charles Thomson decided to stab me in the heart even further by writing this on my birthday (many years before I was born but same date in the calendar year).

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Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

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AFI's 100 Greatest American Films Of All Time 97. Blade Runner (1982)

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damn dex

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Blade Runner publicity pic.

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one random hannah montana plotline that has lived in the back of my mind for years is that canonically she's the star of the indiana jones franchise?? like that was brought up in multiple episodes. they renamed the character indiana joanie. genuinely take a second and imagine a world where they announce a sixth indiana jones movie, but they're like 'unfortunately Harrison Ford is officially too old. so we're replacing him with TAYLOR SWIFT!' seriously imagine that

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Siempre enamorado de la atmósfera de Blade Runner.

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Thunderbolts [2025]

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More of the Marvel panel

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Marvel marks 85 years with Thunderbolts, Daredevil, Red Hulk first looks (exclusive) (X)

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Harriton House

Harriton is the estate Charles Thomson lived in after he retired from public office. The house was his father-in-law’s estate and was where Thomson’s wife, Hannah, was born and raised. Once Thomson died, the property was given to Hannah’s son-in-law’s granddaughter (that’s a lot of words I apologize). When Charles Thomson owned the property, it was a working farm that raised different fruits. Additionally, Thomson was an avid bee keeper and experimented with crop rotation.

Read more + Sources:

Black at Bryn Mawr

Harriton House

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Blade Runner

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Blade Runner | 1982

Director: Ridley Scott

Production designer: Lawrence G. Paull / Set decorator: Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer, Thomas L. Roysden and Linda DeScenna

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Scans of the Brazilian magazine "Preview" from September 2017, with Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049 on the cover. There is an article about the movie, an interview with director Denis Villeneuve and a revisit to the original 1982 movie.

This edition of the magazine also has articles about the movies American Made (which I will emphasize in my next post), Mother!, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and the 30th anniversary of Dirty Dancing, as well as Star Trek and a tribute to actor Jerry Lewis, who had just passed away at the time.

BONUS: Two posters with the main protagonists of Blade Runner 2049:

The poster with Rick Deckard stuck on a wall in my room (btw, I'm in love with it!):