Secluded Sycamore
@ThatOneSycamore
PhD in literature; Editor of “Lovecraftian Proceedings”; horror, Academia without borders, East Anglia
A thread about St Anne, whose feast is today. In medieval iconography she's depicted as a revered mother and grandmother, with a special focus on her role in her daughter's education.
Today is the feast of St Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary. In medieval art, she is often depicted teaching her little daughter to read. Medieval stained glass from Marsh Baldon, Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, All Souls, Oxford, and Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
Fascinating lines from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1797-98) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on the anniversary of his death. The ‘death-fires’ are often interpreted as St Elmo’s fire, an atmospheric electricity on a ship’s mast or rigging believed to portend disaster.
The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch’s oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge died #OTD in 1834. Gustave Doré illustrates the “death-fires”, possibly St. Elmo’s Fire (witch’s fire) or the phosphorescence of organic decay.
“Then I perceived, what I had never thought, that all these staring houses were not alike, but different one from another, because they held different dreams.” Happy Birthday, Lord Dunsany. Being at the sea and remembering you is pure perfection
I never thought of their adventure (or, rather, tribulations) as of being a cautionary Bergman-esque tale of marital complexities, but rather a story of two people who happened to be married and were going through a dangerous ordeal together newyorker.com/books/page-tur…
Until 1967!..
Woman of the Day is Mistress Blake of Bristol. I don’t know when she was born or much about her but it’s her day because OTD in 1621, Bristol's city fathers paid for a new ducking stool, a device exclusively used for punishing women. 97 years later, Mistress Blake made sure the…
We are having a bit of discombobulated weather at the moment, when it’s scorching hot one hour, and absolutely pouring a few minutes later. Yet it doesn’t mean that you can’t be served your main summer punch, so this evening it’s Pimm’s time again
“We” never started it in the first place. Cooking tasty plant-based meals (all folks from my part of the world do it effortlessly) and “eating clean/going through my Vegan journey” bs are two different things inews.co.uk/news/science/w…
Jane Austen died 208 years ago today at the age of 41. She left us with timeless novels that a legion of followers could devour every word for many generations. We love you Jane Austen! May all her readers experience joy & have their own happy ending ~ JaneAustenLIVES 🌺🩷
Today, on the anniversary of Jane Austen's death (only months away from the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth), we are excited to announce the publication of To Feel Nothing, To Love Nothing (2025), the debut novel by author Olivia Claire Louise Newman. gothickeatspress.com/news-and-annou…
1) скотобаза 2) rage bait 3) ваш вариант (rage baiting скотобаза)
Просто, блять, ходите предсказуемо, и, двигаясь по тротуару, смотрите вокруг себя. 99% аварийных ситуаций, когда я еду на самокате, возникают из-за пешеходов, которые либо резко поворачивают, либо останавливаются, либо не контролируют пространство вокруг себя.
Well, I’d call it “after the Coldplay concert,” I guess
A stunning photo taken by photographer Jacek Stankiewicz. What do you think these birds are arguing about? 😂
Oddly enough, I’ve always thought, albeit with a certain naïveté, that he *might* be real at some point. After all, it all began somehow by the most reliable from all unreliable narrators out there. “Homer is no one. Therefore, he can become anyone.” the-tls.com/classics/greek…
The iconic Kilpeck “Hound and Hare” corbel, a Romanesque marvel that seems to have been created yesterday, but is almost 900 years old 🐶🐰
Gorgeous girl with an infectious smile; haters can proceed to whatever location, full of rocks, suitable for crawling under
Jennifer Love Hewitt is the moment at the 2025 #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer premiere
Никогда не видела этой рекламы (the wrong target audience, methinks), но внезапно захотела жуткую химозную дрянь в пакетиках под названьем «кофе со сливками» из ранней юности; пили обычно в плацкартах во время долгих поездок (о господи)
What is something you thought was fancy as a kid, but in reality it was not? Four words: General Foods International Coffee