Morgana Blue
@MorganaBwrites
Reader (mystery, history, poetry etc), writer, querying, wife, grandma. No porn No DMs #writingcommunity #books #art #bullying #crime #cults #MWA #SinC #AG #ITW
Reading a book can have many benefits - it’s one of the best things you can do for your brain. Reading a beautiful book will multiply the benefits. The importance of beauty for everyday items is greatly undervalued.
Just look at the ornate beauty of this vintage book
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." "The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” ~ Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902-May 21, 1983) Eric Hoffer, a self-taught man, was a writer, longshoreman & philosopher best known for his book on mass…
“Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.” ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir Vase with Flowers by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1881)
HEART: The first human to human heart transplantation was performed in 1967 by the South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. As of June 30, 2018, there were data on 146,975 heart transplants in recipients of all ages. The longest a person…
I had been sitting alone with books, Till doubt was a black disease, When I heard the cheerful shout of rooks In the bare, prophetic trees. ~ And the rooks in the branches laugh and shout To those that can hear and understand: "Walk through the gloomy ways of doubt With the…
"At Any Cost" by New York Post reporters Rebecca Rosenberg & Selim Algar is the best #TrueCrime book I have read in the past 2 years. It deals with murder, sociopathy, greed, obsession, Jewish traditions & the difficult road to justice. @ReRosenberg @selimalgar #books #crime
If you think your marriage is a mess, you're not alone and might want to read "At Any Cost" by Rebecca Rosenberg & Selim Algar, a riveting true crime book about the murder of the beautiful Shele Danishefsky, who had an illustrious career and a husband from hell.
Shakespeare Sunday "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores …" ~ William Shakespeare, A Winter’s Tale (4.4) The Travelling Companions by Augustus Leopold Egg (1862)
Born on July 26 Dorothy Hamill (1956-), figure skater Mick Jagger (1943), best known as the lead singer of the Rolling Stones Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), writer & poet (author of Brave New World) George Bernard Shaw (1956-1960), playwright, writer, poet & activist. His play…
“Art is the mirror through which we see the past.” ~ George Catlin (b. July 26, 1795) George Catlin was a writer, lawyer & painter. His book, My Life Among the Indians, is considered today a primary source about 19th-century Native American cultures. His paintings focus…
“Music is a wonderful example of something that’s in this world but not of this world. Great works of music speak to us from another realm even though they speak to us in ordinary physical sounds.” ~ Roger Scruton Painting: A Private Performance by Pio Ricci (1919)…
Born July 24 John D. MacDonald (1916-1986), writer, best known for his Travis McGee crime novels Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948), writer & painter Amelia Earhart (1897-1939), aviation pioneer & writer (author of 3 bestsellers) Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), writer, poet & playwright,…
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.” ~Alexandre Dumas (born July 24, 1892), The Three Musketeers His novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, is one of my favorite books. There are several excellent film & TV adaptations of this novel. Left: The castle of…
#RoseWednesday Small rose flowering in our garden. Not sure of its name.
I keep receiving DMs. I cannot reply or send DMs and cannot read some (they are truncated or blank) - presumably it is a technical glitch. I usually ignore DMs. Among other glitches, some of the likes and RTs I make disappear.
Sir John Gilbert, July 21, 1817-Oct. 5, 1897, was a painter, illustrator & engraver. “Pictures are consolers of loneliness, and a relief to the jaded mind, and windows to the imprisoned thought; they are books, histories and sermons - which we can read without the trouble of…
Robin Williams didn’t just make us laugh, he made us feel seen.
Robin by Dave Itzkoff is a critically acclaimed biography of actor Robin Williams (July 21, 1951-Aug. 11, 2014), considered one of the greatest comedians ever. “The worst thing in life is not to end up all alone. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel…
Large Flore Still Life in Blue Vase (1914) by Emil Orlik, Czech, July 21, 1870-Sept. 28, 1932
“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.” ~Janet Lane 🤍💛🤍 #APositiveMinute 😎#positivity🌞#cats🐱#quotes 🔖#WritingCommunity✍️
Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography by Suzanne Finstad tells of Natalie (July 20, 1938-Nov. 29, 1981) achieving great fame, starring in hit films such as Miracle on 34th Street and Rebel Without a Cause, and of the abuse, betrayal, and loneliness she endured. One part deals with…
