Band of Wild Petticoats

After almost four full months of silence I am finally back on the horse, firmly in the blogging saddle, grasping the reigns of recreational ...

My dog and I, almost 10 years ago, walking into the Pacific Ocean.  Today was my dog Buju's 10th birthday. This is a significant mil...

Matteo da Milano (active 1492-1523) - Getty The sturdy vellum pages of pre- and early- modern manuscripts will likely prove capable of o...

Allegory of Spring by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482 Spring is nearly upon us. To celebrate: e.e. cummings and Renaissance paintings featuri...

Orpheus and Eurydice by Sir Edward John Poynter (19th century) The last couple of posts ( here , here , and here ) have dealt with the w...

Detail from Masaccio's painting of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve in the Brancacci Chapel The many star-crossed lovers of yesterday...

Tristan and Iseult by Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922) Yesterday's post  began a discussion on the curious intersection of love an...