Love Chic Lifestyle posted: " My thoughts behind my look for the 'the art of self expression' I explain some key brands to pay attention to and my thoughts of the beauty genre. Part 1 Part 2 art #beauty #truemeaning #authenticity #proud #everyoneisbeautiful #showcasebeauty"
hitandrun1964 posted: "I just read Blue Nights, by Joan Didion. It's about what she went through and how she felt, as her adult daughter was dying. You get that I said it's about her daughter dying, right? Her husband died one year before. Joan Didion is a recognized auth"
I just read Blue Nights, by Joan Didion. It's about what she went through and how she felt, as her adult daughter was dying.
You get that I said it's about her daughter dying, right? Her husband died one year before. Joan Didion is a recognized author, among other things. Her husband was also a famous author. Because of that, some of her friends are also famous. How could they not be?
Now here's the thing...some of the one star reviews said she was "name dropping," and "whiny." They said things as if she was on an "ego trip" and get this...one person said the book was "depressing."
I'm sorry, am I missing something? Did the reader think the book was going to be a comedy?
Having gone through what she went through, in reverse order, I can understand what she was saying.
Maybe the review writers never lost a child, or a husband. Maybe they have, but perhaps they didn't care. Whatever the reason, Didion hasn't been well herself, for years. I just thought she deserved a break.
A lot of people don't know what it's like to spend months in a hospital room, every single day, waiting for something to happen. It's horrific, absolutely exhausting, as well as terrifying.
Blue Nights is a book about loss. Not only of a child but of one's own youth. She wrote about what it was like to lose your abilities and confidence. To be afraid of falling, of not being able to remember things. To know that you'll never be able to wear red 4" heels again. Meaning that you have to acknowledge that you'll never be able to be yourself again. Not in the way you knew yourself to be. As I said, Didion hasn't been healthy for a very long time. Still, she persists.
Dan Antion posted: " If you missed the notification of the update (yesterday) from Norm Frampton, I invite you to follow this link to catch up. Several people commented last week that I had gotten nice photos of the gardens of the Butler McCook Homestead, even thoug"
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If you missed the notification of the update (yesterday) from Norm Frampton, I invite you to follow this link to catch up.
Several people commented last week that I had gotten nice photos of the gardens of the Butler McCook Homestead, even though the museum is closed. The reason I was able to do that is because the Casimir Pulaski Mall runs alongside the McCook homestead. In addition, the park also spans the Amos Bull House, another historic home in Hartford. The two homes share a large lot in the city, and they share in the generosity of the McCook family.
According to CTLandmarks.org – The Amos Bull House – one of four remaining 18th-century buildings in Hartford houses CTL's administrative offices, archives and essential program and community education space. However, in 1968, the house was threatened with urban renewal-related demolition. To avoid that fate, it was the first building in Connecticut placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A city-wide preservation effort began and through the generosity of Frances McCook, the endangered Amos Bull House was moved to the rear of the Butler-McCook property and renovated. It is currently attached to the carriage house of the Butler McCook Homestead.
One of the few 18th century structures remaining in the city of Hartford, this building is reported to date from 1799 and to be a unique example of a town house of the period. Originally it stood at the sidewalk line, before being moved back in the early part of this century to its present position at the rear of a narrow lot. Less than 30 feet across the facade, it was planned to occupy a restricted city frontage, and the absence of original windows on the sides at the first two floors indicates closely abutting structures on neighboring lots.
The following information is from the nomination form. The first owner, Amos Bull, resided in the building and by 1791 was advertising in the local newspaper his business in dry goods and a wide assortment of such items as window glass, glue, whalebone, and metals, largely imported from Europe. He offered the property for sale in 1820, but before parting with it he opened a "reading academy" that imparted also arithmetic, geography, and other useful and necessary subjects. By 1887 the property housed a business dealing in furnaces, ranges, and plumbing, which occupied it more than thirty years, to be followed by various interests including an automobile dealer and finally a restaurant. It has been vacant for several years.
As for General Pulaski, he was a hero during the US Revolutionary War. There were over 300,000 Polish immigrants to Connecticut, and there are many statues, churches, and monuments to famous Polish people throughout the state of CT. At one end of the narrow Pulaski Park, it the Polish National Home, a gathering place for people of Polish decent. The base of the statue of General Casimir Pulaski is inscribed with his answer when asked why he came from Poland to join our revolution,
I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it…
General Casimir Pulaski
"I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it…" —General Casimir Pulaski
This little park borders the Butler McCook Homestead.
Looking west in Pulaski Mall. The homestead is on the left.
The Butler McCook gardens are on the other side of that fence on the left.
The Amos Bull House as seen from Pulaski Mall.
The Amos Bull House.
The side of the Amos Bull house.
The side door of the house now faces the Prospect St, the street parallel (to the east) of Main St
This is the back of the house. You can see that windows were removed at some point.
The Amos Bull House in 1968. The arched windows had been added and the door had been moved to the center at some point.
The Amos Bull house. restored to its original configuration.
The house, in 1968 when it was facing Main Street at being slated for demolisoin in the name of Urban Renewal.
The first building in Connecticut added to the National Registry – endangered in 1968 but in much better shape today.
The restored front of the Amos Bull house. The arched windows have been replaced with windows like in the original house.
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Brian D. Butler posted: " Many years ago, when I took my first big European trip, I managed to stretch my travel budget by traveling at night by train. More often than not, I simply tried to sleep in a regular compartment, however when the trip was long, such as Vienna to Venice"
Many years ago, when I took my first big European trip, I managed to stretch my travel budget by traveling at night by train. More often than not, I simply tried to sleep in a regular compartment, however when the trip was long, such as Vienna to Venice, I would splurge on a sleeper bunk in a four couchette comaprtment. There's nothing like the thrill of going to sleep in Paris and waking up in Amsterdam. Sadly, during the 21st century most railway lines did away with sleeper carriages and night trains. But a new French start-up has announced plans for a network of overnight services out of Paris from 2024.
Midnight Trains is planning to offer a stylish and affordable alternative to intercity European flights and a greener way to travel with "hotels on rails". The scheme aims to connect the Paris to 12 other European destinations, including Rome, Barcelona, and Berlin.
Within a few years, Midnight Trains hopes provide night trains to at least a dozen destinations between 500 and 900 miles from Paris, including cities in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Denmark.
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