#helen sewell

[cosmonautroger]

Helen Sewell, 1952

[thefugitivesaint]

Helen Sewell (1896-1957), ''A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfincher's Age of Fable'', 1942 Source

[uwmspeccoll]

Milestone Monday

On this day, October 30, 1811, Jane Austen’s (1775-1817) Sense and Sensibility was published anonymously as written “by a Lady.” Austen's brother negotiated the printing with publisher Thomas Egerton who agreed to publish the book on commission at Austen’s financial risk. With presumed great relief, Sense and Sensibility received favorable reviews and the first printing of 750 copies sold out in 1813. A second printing was run later that year, and the novel has been in continuous publication ever since.  

In honor of Sense and Sensibility’s publication anniversary, we’re looking at both of the Special Collections copies! The first was published in 1856 by Richard Bentley (1794-1871). Bently purchased the copyrights to Austen’s work after her death and began publishing her novels as part of his Standard Novel Series in 1833. He hired illustrator Ferdinand Pickering (c. 1811-1882) to create an engraved frontispiece as illustration for each novel. This was the first time Austen’s work was released in collected editions and the first time her novels were illustrated.  

Sense and Sensibility has since been illustrated many times over, shedding a contemporary light on Austen’s characters, including our second holding published by the Limited Editions Club. Limited Editions Club printed 1,500 copies of Sense and Sensibility in 1957 for its members. It includes a contemporary introduction by novelist Stella Gibbons and distinct pen and ink illustrations by Caldecott Medal honoree Helen Sewell. The edition was designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by him at the Spiral Press in New York. Our copy is from the collection of long-standing LEC member Austin Fredric Lutter of Waukesha, Wisconsin.   

View other Milestone Monday posts here.

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[downthetubes]

B7 Comics “Hancock - The Lad Himself” launched at London’s Museum of Comedy

B7 Comics “Hancock - The Lad Himself” launched at London’s Museum of Comedy

B7 Comics limited first edition of Hancock – The Lad Himself got a special launch at London’s Museum of Comedy last night, attended by the graphic novel’s creators, writer Stephen Walsh and artist Keith Page,alongside celebrities such as comedian Jon Culshaw, and actors John Altman and Kevin McNally. B7 Media’s Helen Quigley, preceded on stage by a brief appearance by Andrew Mark Sewell,…

[lostfunzones]

Midnight Sun, 1952.

Helen Sewell.

[kwebtv]

The Man in the High Castle - Amazon Prime Video - January 15, 2015 - November 15, 2019

Science Fiction Drama (40 episodes)

Running Time: 45 - 70 minutes

Stars:

Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain

Rupert Evans as Frank Frink (seasons 1–3)

Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake (seasons 1–3)

DJ Qualls as Ed McCarthy (seasons 1–3)

Joel de la Fuente as Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Nobusuke Tagomi (seasons 1–3)

Rufus Sewell as John Smith

Brennan Brown as Robert Childan (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1)

Callum Keith Rennie as Gary Connell (season 2)

Bella Heathcote as Nicole Dörmer (seasons 2–3)

Chelah Horsdal as Helen Smith (season 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2)

Michael Gaston as Mark Sampson (season 3; recurring season 1; guest season 2)

Jason O'Mara as Wyatt Price, also known as Liam (season 3–4)

Frances Turner as Bell Mallory (season 4)

A complete list of cast members

[worldsandemanations]

Midnight Sun, 1952. Helen Sewell.

[ladyaislinn]

Interview, people.com

Rufus Sewell Says He 'Struggled' Being Cast as the Bad Guy But Jokes It 'Suited the Shape of My Face' (Exclusive)

The 'Diplomat' star tells PEOPLE that, for "a long period" in his career, "I would be sent a lot of, if not evil, kind of stoic and silent personages"

Rufus Sewell doesn’t think he has the swag of a lot of the bad guys he’s played.

“I'm not naturally assured,” Sewell, 57, tells PEOPLE. “I actually have a frenetic nervous, people-pleasing disposition. I'm not a cool guy. I'm quite warm.”

Still, the British actor has found himself playing a lot of not-so-angelic characters, including his latest roles as Prince Andrew in Scoop and Hal Wyler in The Diplomat.  

“When I first started working, the kind of roles that I usually did were very, very, very far from me,” Sewell says. “When I left drama school, I'd always played little old men and a hunchback. That's how it made my mark. There was a long period when I would be sent a lot of, if not evil, kind of stoic and silent personages.”

ewell didn’t think those roles played to his strengths, though.

“That category of part didn't actually suit what I was best at,” Sewell says. “But it kind of suited the shape of my face, so I kept my mouth shut. It's only ever been irritating when people who should know better in the industry send me scripts according to something that I really struggled to do.”

The Emmy nominee feels like he started to see a shift after he starred in 1994’s Middlemarch, “where I was playing someone my age who didn't have a hunchback, who wasn't like a pervert or a weirdo or psychopath,” says Sewell, who’s also been the antagonist in Bless the Child, Helen of Troy, The Illusionist, A Knight’s Tale and The Legend of Zorro. “Then people started to see me a certain way, and I just went in the opposite direction for a long time.”

Sewell shares that when he did take on villainous roles, he felt like he “could do something different” with them. “It felt like I was trying to make the best of the same kind of category of part for a long time,” he continues.

The father of two says he found playing Prince Andrew “easier, in a way” than previous roles because “there wasn't any expectation that it was my kind of thing.”

“I think the opposite is often true with parts that I'm casting because of other parts that I've told,” Sewell says. “People might think that things are just what I'm like when really it takes a lot of work.”

Sewell confesses he hasn’t gotten “anywhere near” the kinds of roles he really wants to take on. “I suppose you could say I love it when people think they're miscasting me,” he says. “I really, really enjoyed doing theater and comedy, and Hal has a bit of both. That's why it's so much fun, because it's got a bit of everything.”

Hence why, ahead of the release of The Diplomat’s second season, Sewell says he feels secure in his career for the first time.

“This is the only time, really, that I feel safe during a long-term series,” he adds. “It's only the third show I've ever done that has had a possibility of continuing, the third long-term thing I've ever done. There's an anxiety that you need to keep an eye on the writing because it could change, the voices could change so it makes for periods when you don't sleep in the same way. Now I look forward to getting scripts because I don't care what happens story-wise because I completely trust that what the show is.”

Despite more than 30 years in Hollywood, Sewell says he doesn’t always get recognized while out and about, for which he considers himself “quite lucky.”

“I get recognized a lot in the couple of months after something I'm in has been out, and then it just kind of recedes, which is very nice,” he says. “You get people coming up and saying nice things, but it doesn't really hinder my progress around town. What happens more often, which I always try to be nice about, is when people come up and ask me to tell them where they know me from.”

Sewell can usually guess. “I can often tell if maybe people recognize me as Jasper from The Holiday or if they're gonna recognize me from The Man in the High Castle where I play an American Nazi,” he says. “But most of the time I fail to come up with what they know me from and I send them on their way as in as friendly a fashion as I can. But it doesn't bother me at all.”

In fact, being unrecognizable to many makes it easy for Sewell to enjoy his favorite type of day off: grabbing a coffee and diving into a good book.

“I always have a pile of books that I read one after another. If I did have time off, I like to find little cafes and where I can just sit in the corner,” Sewell, who's currently filming The Diplomat season 3 in New York City, says. “That's why it's quite nice that most people don't recognize me. That's totally fine.”

[sarahlancashire]

i realised that on my last reblog i forgot some things! also i was forced to omit a few things bc i ran out of tag space oops ("nobody cares, lamorna" - shut up i need to document this correctly)

so let's explain:

saw belinda lang in present laughter (also saw serena evans in that!! and david from cold feet robert bathurst, but he's less important to me); the reluctant debutante (also saw jane asher in it!!); and single spies

old times: met kristin scott thomas, saw lia williams + rufus sewell

the audience: met helen mirren + haydn gwynne (this was also the day when i chased jenny agutter accidentally, and i saw anne reid + stephen tompkinson going through the stage door)

passion play: met sam bond, zoe wanamaker, and lyndsey marshal (she wasn't in the play, she was just there with zoe), saw owen teale

the weir: saw dervla kirwan, met ardal o'hanlon + brian cox

private lives: met anna chancellor

the importance of being earnest: met cherie lunghi + nigel havers

relatively speaking (i went to an ayckbourn play for felicity. this is true love and dedication) met felicity kendal

the national theatre masterclasses: went to penelope wilton + david hare's one, saw them (saw penelope out front beforehand!!), met penelope afterwards

also went to amelia bullmore's masterclass, along w lots of my lovely mutuals 💖; we all met her and talked to her at length

kiss me, kate: saw hannah waddingham

guys and dolls: saw sophie thompson, and phyllida law (her + emma's mother) was in the audience

a damsel in distress: saw summer strallen

mrs. pat: saw penelope keith

oklahoma!: saw josie lawrence (also saw her + paul merton at the comedy store one time)

me and my girl: saw caroline quentin, also matt lucas

fleetwood mac: i've seen them live twice, once with chris mcvie

once there was an event that a choir my mum + i used to be in were invited to sing at, and a lot of the other performers / organisers were famous people: julie graham was one of the organisers, so i saw her, alison moyet was performing (i'd already been to one of her concerts, but not met her yet), so i met her then (she hugged me!!!!) and emma kennedy was there bc she and alf are best friends so i stood near her awkwardly; and caitlin moran was also a speaker so i saw her (backstage and onstage) too; and my mum spoke to her

my mum once won tickets to see a bbc show being filmed, and it happened to be upstart crow (you don't choose what you see, you just get allocated something by the bbc people), so we were on set with david mitchell, liza tarbuck, gemma whelan

i've told the story of being caught in the fire w the new tricks actors + sarah beeny SO many times, but i will tell it again if anyone else wants to hear it

comedians/-ennes i've seen live: ed byrne (twice), alan davies, omid djalili, rich hall (i wasn't that keen on seeing omid or rich but my mum made us all go with her and they were better than i'd expected them to be), zoe lyons, tim vine

and finally: i live in the same town as dave benson phillips (of get your own back, british blue's clues, various other children's television), and he used to be (might still be, for all i know) the next door neighbour of a family friend, so i met him at a party at their house once as a child

[supernova-hq]

mod, mwfc?

jessie mei li, devon terrell, dev patel, james norton, jung je-won, cengiz coşkun, idris elba, eysteinn sigudarson, arnas federavicius, djimon hounsou, andy on, ben barnes, vincent regan, peter capaldi, oscar isaac, gustaf skarsgard, sam heughan, clive standen, jordan patrick smith, paapa essiedu, travis fimmel, kingsley ben-adir, jeff bridges, david schuetter, adrian lester, kuang tian, howard charles, santiago cabrera, ewan mitchell, luke pasqualino, sam retford, henry cavill, park hae-joon, hakim kae-kazeem, zach mcgowan, rufus sewell, alexander dreymon, aishwarya rai, akwaeke emezi, alec butler, alex blue davis, amanda hale, amita suman, amiyah scott, anna popplewell, anne hathaway, annie segarra, angelica ross, asia kate dillon, asli orcan, astrid berges-frisbey, baris alpaykut, brian michael smith, candis cayne, david corenswet, david gyasi, elcin sangu, elisa lachowski, elliot fletcher, eva dedova, fan bing bing, farah zeynep abdullah, freddie fox, freida pinto, gemma chan, gong li, gregg chillin, hailie sahar, hari nef, heida reed, helen mccrory, howard charles, indira varma, hugo speer, janice wu, jay chou, joanne whalley, kaitlyn alexander, laith ashley, lashana lynch, lea seydoux, leo wu, liniker, li qin, liu yifei, lucy liu, luke arnold, madeleine madden, mahesh jadu, maria doyle kennedy, medalion rahimi, michelle hendley, mikkel folsgaard, nicky endres, nico tortorella, nicola coughlan, nicole maines, olly alexander, parisa fitz henley, patti harrison, pedro pascal, peter gadiot, remy hii, richard armitage, rose leslie, ruth wilson, sam claflin, santiago cabrera, ser anzoategui, tamla kari, ushan cakir, wang kai, yamatso yu, yang yang, yuliya aug, yuliya snigir, zhang ting.

[cronenburger]

Midnight Sun, 1952. Helen Sewell

H/t Mordecai on Twitter

[kingbryancroidragon]

Favourite Performances from the 2003 Miniseries "Helen of Troy"

Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon, although he is villainized beyond belief, he still feels like a real person to me, not like a cardboard demon.

Daniel Lapaine as Hector, literally the only Hector besides John Shrapnel I did not find average at best. I found Harry Andrews average at best, I found Jacques Bergerac average at best, I found Eric Bana average at best, like their performances could have been done by literally anyone else and it would come out the same, something you don't get from Daniel Lapaine and John Shrapnel, they are fantastic performances only they could give.

John Rhys-Davies as Priam, the performances given by the actors playing Priam are typically fantastic and John is no exception.

Stellan Skarsgard as Theseus, there have been many great portrayals of Theseus and sure, this is a kinder portrayal than he would have been in that stage of life, but it feels like this is actually Theseus come to life.

Emilia Fox as Cassandra, she does a really good job and it must be in the blood since her father Edward Fox is also a fantastic actor.

Richard Durden as Tyndareus, literally the only screen portrayal of Tyndareus I've ever seen, so it isn't like there is much to choose from, but even then he does a great job with what screen time he has.

Jim Carter as Pirithous, I've always loved his work, he's in one of my favourite movies and he gives a great performance with what little screen time he has.

Overall, it is strange. I always take the Achaean side, but here I find myself taking the Trojan side, probably because out of individuals on the Trojan side, more of the best performances in the miniseries come from those on the Trojan side rather than on the Achaean side, out of my favourite performances, Agamemnon is the only Achaean who was involved in the war.

[brookston]

Holidays 3.30

Holidays

Benediction de Los Animales (Blessing of the Animals; Mexico)

Check For Change In Every Coin Return You Pass Day

Demilitarization Day of Åland (Finland)

Festival of Reality Fabrication

Golf Course Day

Grass Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day

Hairy Bitter Cress Day

"I Am In Control" Day

International Laundry Folding Day

Jeopardy Day

Land Day (Palestine)

Limited Liability Day

National Badminton Day [also 3.22]

National Becca Day

National Dining Car Day

National Doctors’ Day

National Fitness Recovery Day

National Julia Day

National Pencil Day

National Victoria Day

National Virtual Vacation Day

National Wendy Day

Newman Day (a.k.a. Newman's Day, 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.) [Kenyon College] (also 4.24 & Friday nearest 1.26)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Semana Santa begins (until 4.1; Nicaragua)

Shab e-Barat (Night of Records; Bangladesh)

Sicilian Vespers Day

Smoking Ban Day (NYC; 2003)

Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

Take A Walk In the Park Day

Torrents Day

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

World Bipolar Day

World Marbles Day

World Own Nothing Day

World Perspective Day

World TB-303 Appreciation Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Hot Chicken Day

National Hot Dog Day [also 3rd Wednesday of July & 9.10]

Turkey Neck Soup Day

World Idli Day (India; UK)

5th & Last Saturday in March

Brothers’ and Sisters’ Day [Last Saturday]

Earth Hour (turn off your lights for 1 hour @8:30 pm local time) [Last Saturday]

Global Sisterhood Day [Last Saturday]

Start That Book [Last Saturday]

Support Women Artists Now Day [Last Saturday]

World Day for the End of Fishing [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 30 (Last Week)

NanoDays (Last Weekend in March - 1st Weekend in April) [thru 4.7]

Independence & Related Days

Alaska sold to the U.S. (by Russia; 1867)

15th Amendment Day (Effective; 1870)

Texas (Re-Admitted to the Union; 1870)

New Year’s Days

Iranian New Year [Continues 13 Days with bonfires, eggs & mirrors]

Festivals Beginning March 30, 2024

Brew Woo (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Edinburgh International Science Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) [thru 4.14]

Elberta German Sausage Festival (Elberta, Alabama)

Great American Barbecue & Beer Festival (Chandler, Arizona)

Helen Trout Tournament (Helen, Georgia)

UniCon, a.k.a. Baltic Comic Con (Tallinn, Estonia) [thru 3.31]

Van Wert on Tap (Van Wert, Ohio)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 4 (Pagan)

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Anna Sewell (Writerism)

Celebration of the Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi (Mesopotamian; Day 10 of Akitu)

Dabucuri Mirtis, (Initiation Rites of the Young Men; to Jurupari, South American Guarani/Tupi God)

Dana Plato Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Day of Bau (Goddes of Healing; Mesopotamian, Sumerian)

Feast of Janus and Concordia (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Bast (Cat Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Festival of Renenutet (Ancient Egyptian Harvest Festival)

Festival of Salus (Roman goddess of health, prosperity & public safety)

Francisco Goya (Artology)

Galen (Positivist; Saint)

John Climacus, the Scholastic (Christian; Saint)

Magha Puja Day (Buddhism)

Mamertinus of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Maria Restituta Kafka (Christian; Saint)

Nuin (Ash Tree; Celtic Book of Days)

Osburga (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Pagerwesi (Festival to San Hyang Pramesti Guru, god of teachers and creator of the universe; Bali)

Paul Verlaine (Writerism)

Poke Things with a Pencil Day (Pastafarian)

Poke Things with a Stick Day (Pastafarian)

Quirinus of Neuss (Christian; Saint)

Ram Navami (Rama’s Birthday; Hinduism)

Regulus (or Rieul), Bishop of Sculls (Christian; Saint)

Sacred Union of the God and Goddess (Mesopotamia; Everyday Wicca)

Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)

Tola of Clonard (Christian; Saint)

Tom Sharpe (Writerism)

Vincent Van Gogh (Artology)

Zak (Muppetism)

Zozimus, Bishop of Syracuse (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Saturday before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Black Saturday (Philippines)

Easter Saturday (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles)

Holy Saturday

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [37 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 89 [24 of 72]

Premieres

Alice in Wonderland or What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1966)

Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation, by E.H. Gombrich (Art Book; 1960)

Beauty Shoppe (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1936)

Beetlejuice (Film; 1988)

Bitches Brew, by Miles Davis (Album; 1970)

Blades of Glory (Film; 2007)

The Calico Dragon (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1935)

Candida, by George Bernard Shaw (Play; 1894)

Chariots of Fire (Film; 1981)

Everybody Wants Some! (Film; 2016)

The Eyes Have It (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Fairly OddParents (Animated TV Series; 2001)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Film; 1984)

Hippydrome Tiger (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

I’m Mad (WB Animaniacs Cartoon; 1994)

It’s My Party, recorded by Lesley Gore (Song; 1963)

Jeopardy (TV game Show; 1964)

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1967)

The Lost City of Z (Film; 2016)

Meet the Robinsons (Animated Film; 2007)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York Art Museum; 1880)

Moon Knight (TV Series; 2022)

Old Mother Hubbard (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)

Orphan Black (TV Series; 2013)

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Dictionary; 1989)

Popeye for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1956)

Robinson Gruesome (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1959)

Romancing the Stone (Film; 1984)

Scrappily Married (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1945)

Sign o’ the Times, by Prince (Album; 1987)

Sinfonia da Requiem, by Benjamin Britten (Symphony; 1941)

Spitfire (Film; 1934)

Springtime for Thomas (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)

Spy Kids (Film; 2001)

The Story of Art, by E.H. Gombrich (History Book; 1950)

TableTop (Web Series; 2012)

Ten Pin Terrors (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)

Tom Thumb (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1936)

Today’s Name Days

Amadeus, Dodo (Austria)

Amadeus, Bogoljub, Leonard, Zosim (Croatia)

Arnošt (Czech Republic)

Quirinus (Denmark)

Pille, Sibülle (Estonia)

Usko (Finland)

Amédée (France)

Amadeus, Diemut (Germany)

Zalán (Hungary)

Amedeo (Italy)

Ilgmaris, Ilgmars, Larisa, Nanija (Latvia)

Ferdinandas, Gvidonas, Meda, Rusnė, Virmantas (Lithuania)

Holger, Olga (Norway)

Amelia, Aniela, Częstobor, Jan, Kwiryn, Kwiryna (Poland)

Ioan (Romania)

Vieroslava (Slovakia)

Juan, Zósimo (Spain)

Holger, Holmfrid (Sweden)

Adin, Adon, Adonia, Adonis, Amada, Amadea, Amadeus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 90 of 2024; 276 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 21 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 20 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 20 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 30 Green; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 March 2024

Moon: 74%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Archimedes (4th Month) [Avicenna]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

Week: Last Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 10 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.30

Holidays

Benediction de Los Animales (Blessing of the Animals; Mexico)

Check For Change In Every Coin Return You Pass Day

Demilitarization Day of Åland (Finland)

Festival of Reality Fabrication

Golf Course Day

Grass Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day

Hairy Bitter Cress Day

"I Am In Control" Day

International Laundry Folding Day

Jeopardy Day

Land Day (Palestine)

Limited Liability Day

National Badminton Day [also 3.22]

National Becca Day

National Dining Car Day

National Doctors’ Day

National Fitness Recovery Day

National Julia Day

National Pencil Day

National Victoria Day

National Virtual Vacation Day

National Wendy Day

Newman Day (a.k.a. Newman's Day, 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.) [Kenyon College] (also 4.24 & Friday nearest 1.26)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Semana Santa begins (until 4.1; Nicaragua)

Shab e-Barat (Night of Records; Bangladesh)

Sicilian Vespers Day

Smoking Ban Day (NYC; 2003)

Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

Take A Walk In the Park Day

Torrents Day

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

World Bipolar Day

World Marbles Day

World Own Nothing Day

World Perspective Day

World TB-303 Appreciation Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Hot Chicken Day

National Hot Dog Day [also 3rd Wednesday of July & 9.10]

Turkey Neck Soup Day

World Idli Day (India; UK)

5th & Last Saturday in March

Brothers’ and Sisters’ Day [Last Saturday]

Earth Hour (turn off your lights for 1 hour @8:30 pm local time) [Last Saturday]

Global Sisterhood Day [Last Saturday]

Start That Book [Last Saturday]

Support Women Artists Now Day [Last Saturday]

World Day for the End of Fishing [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 30 (Last Week)

NanoDays (Last Weekend in March - 1st Weekend in April) [thru 4.7]

Independence & Related Days

Alaska sold to the U.S. (by Russia; 1867)

15th Amendment Day (Effective; 1870)

Texas (Re-Admitted to the Union; 1870)

New Year’s Days

Iranian New Year [Continues 13 Days with bonfires, eggs & mirrors]

Festivals Beginning March 30, 2024

Brew Woo (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Edinburgh International Science Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) [thru 4.14]

Elberta German Sausage Festival (Elberta, Alabama)

Great American Barbecue & Beer Festival (Chandler, Arizona)

Helen Trout Tournament (Helen, Georgia)

UniCon, a.k.a. Baltic Comic Con (Tallinn, Estonia) [thru 3.31]

Van Wert on Tap (Van Wert, Ohio)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 4 (Pagan)

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Anna Sewell (Writerism)

Celebration of the Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi (Mesopotamian; Day 10 of Akitu)

Dabucuri Mirtis, (Initiation Rites of the Young Men; to Jurupari, South American Guarani/Tupi God)

Dana Plato Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Day of Bau (Goddes of Healing; Mesopotamian, Sumerian)

Feast of Janus and Concordia (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Bast (Cat Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Festival of Renenutet (Ancient Egyptian Harvest Festival)

Festival of Salus (Roman goddess of health, prosperity & public safety)

Francisco Goya (Artology)

Galen (Positivist; Saint)

John Climacus, the Scholastic (Christian; Saint)

Magha Puja Day (Buddhism)

Mamertinus of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Maria Restituta Kafka (Christian; Saint)

Nuin (Ash Tree; Celtic Book of Days)

Osburga (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Pagerwesi (Festival to San Hyang Pramesti Guru, god of teachers and creator of the universe; Bali)

Paul Verlaine (Writerism)

Poke Things with a Pencil Day (Pastafarian)

Poke Things with a Stick Day (Pastafarian)

Quirinus of Neuss (Christian; Saint)

Ram Navami (Rama’s Birthday; Hinduism)

Regulus (or Rieul), Bishop of Sculls (Christian; Saint)

Sacred Union of the God and Goddess (Mesopotamia; Everyday Wicca)

Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)

Tola of Clonard (Christian; Saint)

Tom Sharpe (Writerism)

Vincent Van Gogh (Artology)

Zak (Muppetism)

Zozimus, Bishop of Syracuse (Christian; Saint)

Christian Liturgical Holidays

Saturday before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Black Saturday (Philippines)

Easter Saturday (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles)

Holy Saturday

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [37 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 89 [24 of 72]

Premieres

Alice in Wonderland or What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1966)

Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation, by E.H. Gombrich (Art Book; 1960)

Beauty Shoppe (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1936)

Beetlejuice (Film; 1988)

Bitches Brew, by Miles Davis (Album; 1970)

Blades of Glory (Film; 2007)

The Calico Dragon (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1935)

Candida, by George Bernard Shaw (Play; 1894)

Chariots of Fire (Film; 1981)

Everybody Wants Some! (Film; 2016)

The Eyes Have It (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Fairly OddParents (Animated TV Series; 2001)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Film; 1984)

Hippydrome Tiger (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

I’m Mad (WB Animaniacs Cartoon; 1994)

It’s My Party, recorded by Lesley Gore (Song; 1963)

Jeopardy (TV game Show; 1964)

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1967)

The Lost City of Z (Film; 2016)

Meet the Robinsons (Animated Film; 2007)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York Art Museum; 1880)

Moon Knight (TV Series; 2022)

Old Mother Hubbard (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)

Orphan Black (TV Series; 2013)

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Dictionary; 1989)

Popeye for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1956)

Robinson Gruesome (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1959)

Romancing the Stone (Film; 1984)

Scrappily Married (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1945)

Sign o’ the Times, by Prince (Album; 1987)

Sinfonia da Requiem, by Benjamin Britten (Symphony; 1941)

Spitfire (Film; 1934)

Springtime for Thomas (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)

Spy Kids (Film; 2001)

The Story of Art, by E.H. Gombrich (History Book; 1950)

TableTop (Web Series; 2012)

Ten Pin Terrors (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)

Tom Thumb (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1936)

Today’s Name Days

Amadeus, Dodo (Austria)

Amadeus, Bogoljub, Leonard, Zosim (Croatia)

Arnošt (Czech Republic)

Quirinus (Denmark)

Pille, Sibülle (Estonia)

Usko (Finland)

Amédée (France)

Amadeus, Diemut (Germany)

Zalán (Hungary)

Amedeo (Italy)

Ilgmaris, Ilgmars, Larisa, Nanija (Latvia)

Ferdinandas, Gvidonas, Meda, Rusnė, Virmantas (Lithuania)

Holger, Olga (Norway)

Amelia, Aniela, Częstobor, Jan, Kwiryn, Kwiryna (Poland)

Ioan (Romania)

Vieroslava (Slovakia)

Juan, Zósimo (Spain)

Holger, Holmfrid (Sweden)

Adin, Adon, Adonia, Adonis, Amada, Amadea, Amadeus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 90 of 2024; 276 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 13 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 21 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 20 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 20 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 30 Green; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 March 2024

Moon: 74%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Archimedes (4th Month) [Avicenna]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

Week: Last Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 10 of 31)

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[honey-minded-hivemind]

Some books and plays I have read that are older than me oand/or were written before I was born:

Plays:

• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

• The Tempest by William Shakespeare

• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

• Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Fairy Tales and Fables:

• The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Most Incredible Thing by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Frogs and the Ox;Belling the Cat;The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse;The Fox and the Grapes;The Wolf and the Crane;The Lion and the Mouse;The Crow and the Pitcher; The Fox and the Stork;The Fox and the Leopard;The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing;The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat;The Lion's Share;The Wolves and the Sheep;The Ass in the Lion's Skin;The Farmer and the Snake; They Dog and the Oyster;The Wolf and the House Dog;Three Bullocks and a Lion; The Vain Jackdaw and His Borrowed Feathers;The Dogs and the Fox;The Farmer and the Cranes; and The Goose and the Golden Egg... by Aesop

• The Frog King; Cat and Mouse Partnership; The Story if the Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was; The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids; Faithful John; Little Brother and Little Sister; Rapunzel; The Three Little Mean in the Wood; Hansel and Gretel; The Three Snake-Leaves; The White Snake; The Fisherman and His Wife; The Valiant Little Tailor; Cinderella; The Riddle; The Mouse, The Bird, and the Sausage; Mother Holle; The Seven Ravens; Little Red Cap; The Singing Bone; Clever Hans; The Wedding of Mrs. Fox; The Robber Bridergroom; Godfather Death; The Juniper Tree; The Six Swans; Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty); Little Snow White; Rumpelstiltskin; The Golden Bird; The Dog and the Sparrow; Frederick and Catherine; The Two Brothers; The Queen Bee; The Three Feathers; The Golden Goose; The Twelve Hunters; The Three Sons of Fortune; The Wiof and the Fox; The Fox and His Cousin; The Water Nixie; Brother Lustig; The Fox and the Geese; The Poor Man and the Rich Man; The Raven; The Peasant's Wise Daughter; Stories about Snakes; Hans the Hedgehog; The Three Brothers; Ferdinand the Faithful; One-eye, Two-eyes, and Three-eyes; The Shoes that Were Danced To Pieces; Iron John; The Lambkin and the Fish; The Lord's Animals and the Devil's; The Old Beggar Woman; Odds and Ends; The Sparrow and His Four Children; Snow White and Rose Red; The Wise Servant; The Glass Coffin; The Griffin; The Peasant in Heaven; The Bittern and Hoopoe; The Owl; Death's Messengers; The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle; The Drummer; The Ear of Corn; Old Rinkrank... written/retold by the Brothers' Grimm

The 1800s- late 1930s set books:

• Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard

• The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

• White Fang by Jack London

• Call of the Wild by Jack London

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Edgar Allan Poe Works I've Read:

• The Raven; a poem

• Annabel Lee; a poem

• Lenore; a poem

• To Helen; a poem

• The Black Cat; a short story

• The Cask of Amontillado; a short story

• Ligeia; a short story

• The Masque of the Red Death; a short story

• Morella; a short story

• The Pit and the Pendulum; a short story

• The Premature Burial; a short story

• The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether; a short story

• The Tell-Tale Heart; a short story

Oldie But Goldies; Everything Else Thst is Older Than Me That I've Read:

• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

• Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; and The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis

• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

• Redwall by Brian Jacques

• Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

There is a lot I've probably read but don't remember, but these are the literatures I can remember that are older than me, or were made before I was born, that I have read😊