“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”
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“There were words in the back of his mind, or in the sea that circled his mind, whose articulation, like his father with the Gaelic, his tongue could flotsam, and he could say them now, if only to himself ... ” ~ At Swim, Two Boys, Jamie O'Neill.
#BookWormSat
Remembering Basil Rathbone on his Birthday, born June 13th, 1892.
#BasilRathbone #BOTD
“Well, no one knows how they're going to be remembered. All we can do is hope for the best. Same thing keeps me travelling. Onwards?”
“Onwards.”
#DoctorWho
The Voodoo Forest by John Blanche for #PhantomsFriday
#phantomsfriday 'A Beautiful Haunting' Reginald Higgins, 1924.
Winchester Mansion is as curious for its peculiar labyrinthine architecture as for its hauntings. Made by the heiress of the Winchester rifle company, construction didn't halt until her death. The ghosts vary in age and gender, going to doors, through walls. #PhantomsFriday
#WyrdWednesday
The Hanged Man (1895) by Eça de Queiroz and The Cannibals (1868) by Álvaro do Carvalhal are memorable macabre stories. They can be found translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa as part of the Dedalus Books of Fantasy series.
Supposed to have been at this earlier, unfortunately didn't work out.
#Reading #SciFi
Published earlier this week 'Rhymes With Orange' from Hilary Price and Rina Piccolo. These two always make me smile.
#PhantomsFriday
Jacques Cousteau's "The Silent World" ( Le Monde du silence) a 1956 French documentary co-directed by Cousteau and Louis Malle. Winner of the Palme d'Or in 1956. It would have been Jacques Cousteau's birthday today.
#French #Film #50s #JacquesCousteau
