Marly Youmans's Blog, page 17
January 6, 2019
Epiphany card for passers-by--
"The Adoration of the Magi or The Epiphany is a triptych oil painting on wood panel by the Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, executed around 1485-1500.[1] It is housed in the Museo del Prado of Madrid, Spain." Public domain. Wikipedia files.
The Magi--Gentiles drawn by the call of light--offer their gifts. The gold, highest metal on the chain of being, suggests the baby's high
The Magi--Gentiles drawn by the call of light--offer their gifts. The gold, highest metal on the chain of being, suggests the baby's high
January 1, 2019
Literary kickoff to 2019--
Christmas Eve tree with a weird blue haze--why?Michael's camera mysteries....
On the very first day of the year,
on the eighth day of Christmas,
on the Feast of the Holy Name...
I am signing away a two-year option on my novel Catherwood to Toronto director Bill G. Taylor and producer Coral Aiken. As one does at the start of a new year...
Good luck to them. And now they have through the last
On the very first day of the year,
on the eighth day of Christmas,
on the Feast of the Holy Name...
I am signing away a two-year option on my novel Catherwood to Toronto director Bill G. Taylor and producer Coral Aiken. As one does at the start of a new year...
Good luck to them. And now they have through the last
December 29, 2018
At the threshold of years: a few resolutions
Caspar David Friedrich, A Dreamer
Wikipedia Commons
Эрмитаж
Merry 5th day of Christmas and Happy New Year,
with some thoughts, hopes, and plans for the coming year...
Turn in two final book manuscripts.
Continue running the Christ Church Cooperstown women's group another year--next up, a book discussion about the curious medieval document, The Cloude of Unknowyng
Wikipedia Commons
Эрмитаж
Merry 5th day of Christmas and Happy New Year,
with some thoughts, hopes, and plans for the coming year...
Turn in two final book manuscripts.
Continue running the Christ Church Cooperstown women's group another year--next up, a book discussion about the curious medieval document, The Cloude of Unknowyng
December 24, 2018
Besançon Christmas
Happy Christmas Eve...
Joseph tends the baby (i.e. the teeny-weeny Word or Logos)
while Mary reads the Word;
the pure and impure animals are joined in the pen,
and the ass is munching on Joseph's halo!
From the 15th century Besançon Book of Hours.
French, vellum.
Joseph tends the baby (i.e. the teeny-weeny Word or Logos)
while Mary reads the Word;
the pure and impure animals are joined in the pen,
and the ass is munching on Joseph's halo!
From the 15th century Besançon Book of Hours.
French, vellum.
December 15, 2018
Revelator, etc.
PICS
Have to admit that I was surprised by the huge numbers of people who wanted to weigh in on what my author picture should be... so many bossy, nosy, imaginative, funny people, particularly via facebook but also in other places. So here is another chance if you feel like being a smart-aleck or keen-eyed or wise judge: Marly at 65 board. I need one for a novel, one for a book of poems.
Have to admit that I was surprised by the huge numbers of people who wanted to weigh in on what my author picture should be... so many bossy, nosy, imaginative, funny people, particularly via facebook but also in other places. So here is another chance if you feel like being a smart-aleck or keen-eyed or wise judge: Marly at 65 board. I need one for a novel, one for a book of poems.
December 6, 2018
Laptop gave up the electronic ghost last night. Hoping fo...
Laptop gave up the electronic ghost last night. Hoping for mechanical resurrection in a week or thereabouts. Until then, read a book! xo
November 27, 2018
Book-and-birthday headshots...
Here are some possible book jacket headshots taken by my daughter on my Thanksgiving (every seven years!) birthday last Thursday. She likes the unsmiling one best... What would you pick (given the basic materials of over-the-hill moi, of course)? It's the naked-face (bit of lipstick) and undyed-hair of me. You can see my flying eyebrow in all three. Editor John Wilson once told me that half my
November 13, 2018
The Rollipoke News no. 8: Secrets and Glimmerglass Film Days
A mystery photo from The Rollipoke News, no. 8
All you Rollipokers, the newsletter goes out today... with some news about a ms. of formal poems, a forthcoming poetry book, a forthcoming novel, and a film option. And an account of the frolicsome past weekend with filmmakers, film subjects, and a photographer. If you're not on the list of subscribers and would like to be, look in the right-hand
All you Rollipokers, the newsletter goes out today... with some news about a ms. of formal poems, a forthcoming poetry book, a forthcoming novel, and a film option. And an account of the frolicsome past weekend with filmmakers, film subjects, and a photographer. If you're not on the list of subscribers and would like to be, look in the right-hand
November 6, 2018
Shop. Vote. Don't forget to be human.
After the Election. Ink on archival panel card, 5" x 7."
© 2017 Mary Boxley Bullington, all rights reserved.
See more of Mary's work here.And if you are going to be in or near Roanoke this fall,be sure and attend her open studio!
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Read the preface (nobody does, when it's a book!)
I'm not paying the least attention to whose ideas are best in my singular, possibly eccentric mind
© 2017 Mary Boxley Bullington, all rights reserved.
See more of Mary's work here.And if you are going to be in or near Roanoke this fall,be sure and attend her open studio!
* * * * *
Read the preface (nobody does, when it's a book!)
I'm not paying the least attention to whose ideas are best in my singular, possibly eccentric mind
October 28, 2018
Washington's "Letter to the Hebrew Congregations of Newport, Rhode Island"
tourosynagogue.org
Nearly thirty years have passed since I visited Touro Synagogue; I was packed full of life at the time, younger, nearly nine months pregnant with my first child. This morning I heard (hat tip to Fr. Dane Boston) part of George Washington's letter to the Jewish congregation at Touro and found it beautiful and moving. Touro still holds its precious letter from George
Nearly thirty years have passed since I visited Touro Synagogue; I was packed full of life at the time, younger, nearly nine months pregnant with my first child. This morning I heard (hat tip to Fr. Dane Boston) part of George Washington's letter to the Jewish congregation at Touro and found it beautiful and moving. Touro still holds its precious letter from George
