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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Lover’s Eye / Memento Mori Jewellery: Salvador Dali, The Skier Collection & Other Museum Pieces
A “lover’s eye” miniature is a painted miniature of the giver’s eye, presented to a loved one. The notion accompanying this very short lived fad (c.1790 through 1820) was that the eye would be recognizable only to the recipient and … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Death & Culture
Tagged 17 century, 18th Century, 19th century, 20th century, Alemany & Ertman, all-seeing eye of God, Antique Collectors’ Club, Berkshire, brooch, Catholic, Charlotte Jones, clandestine, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. David Skier, Dreweatts of Newbury, England, eye miniatures, Eye of Princess Charlotte, female, funeral, funerary, Ginny Dawes, guillioche, jewellery, jewelry, King, King George V, Lover's Eye, male, memento mori, mistress, mourning, Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert, necklace, New York, Olivia Collings, pendant, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Queen, religion, remember you must die, ring, Royal Collection Trust, Royal Council, UK, vanitas, victorian, wealth, wealthy, wedding
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Trick or Treat? – Cerro Gordo, California & Dr. Swift’s Magic Power
Dr. Swift took advantage of the age of hysteria – ‘are you depressed, irritable, suffering from the usual female ailments?’ – so travelling the US making house-calls, he did go. One area in which Dr. Swift hung his hat … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Arts & Science
Tagged 1860's, 1870's, abandoned, Alabama, arrested decay, California, Cerro Gordo, cure, depression, disease, Dr. R. H. McDonald, Dr. Swift, female hysteria, ghost town, ghost walk, healer, Health, History of Massage, home treatment, hysteria, Los Angeles Times, Louis Sloss, Magical Power of Fine Gentle Massage, mid-quarters, midwife, Munroe County, New York, Sacramento, silver, silver-mining, Turnbull
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Our Fancy – “Something Wicked This Way Comes” Audiobook by: Ray Bradbury
Enjoy Bradbury’s 1962 dark fantasy novel for children – and children at heart – in audio format. It may skip a chapter here and there, (a YouTube user seems to have issues with chapters 3, 8, 10 and 12), but what do … Continue reading
LA MORGUE – the Seine and the slum cast up their nameless offering to the unhallowed alters.
LA MORGUE La Morgue in the heart of Paris. Like a worm in the heart of a rose. Tawdry, shameless and sordid ; a temple of unloved dead. Where the travesty of human life is exalted. Where the Seine and … Continue reading
Great Granny’s Cook Book: For the Cauldron – Frogs’ Legs & Turtles
T’is the Season! Switch your chef’s hat (toque blanche), for something a little more festive… – altered by Hystoria
Sesame Street #847: An Episode Forever Lost
Margaret Hamilton, swooped down onto Sesame Street on February 10, 1976 guest starring as the Wicked Witch of the West. She dropped her broom presumably in flight over the small town where David retrieved it from the street. David did not want … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Social Psychology Experiments
Tagged assessment, Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, CTW Research Department, David, episode #847, experiment, fear, feather duster, lost episode, Margaret Hamilton, Mr. Hooper, Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street, test study, Wicked Witch of the West
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