What I’m currently reading: War and Peace!
My debut into Russian Literature and what a banger to start on. Can’t wait to meet all 600 characters over 350+ chapters
What do we think about this translation? I picked this to keep the French but not the bumpy PV reading.
My pride and joy
Nude in Grass by Yves Edgard Muller D'escars (1876-1958)
He was a pupil of Lefebvre, Robert-Fleury, Constant and Bouguereau at the Académie Julian in Paris. He exhibited at the French Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome… and now he is in my living room
Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,
Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay
To change your day of youth to sullied night;
And all in war with Time for love of you,
As he takes from you, I engraft you new
O Thou Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world, what Thou bearest in Thy blessed hands and feet I cannot bear; take it all away. Hide me in the depths of Thy suffering love, mold me to the image of Thy divine passion.
@MikeDiplockre
If it were a feat of great athleticism and bravery that would be one thing, paying tribute to the ones that have come before and the ones that failed. The only brave are the Sherpas that carry the burden of the asses who pay exorbitant amounts to just play pretend
“Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?"
"No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of."
"Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.”
Okay I have a wide rib cage so I think that is what is throwing me off. I love it so much. I like the bigger size for more room and comfort. This is my perfect dress
Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quæsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum júbeas grege numerári. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Left an offering to Hecate for her feast last night at the end of my driveway as a crossroads. This morning I saw two crows, a doe, and a buck in that same spot. I’ve never seen a deer in my yard before, ever.
“Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
I held merms at gunpoint last night and forced her to watch twilight since she hasn’t ever watched it.
She canceled our plans today I think she is avoiding my next plot to tie her up & watch new moon