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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Saturday Salon: Australian Pastel Master, Judy Drew.

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source source source source source source Judy Drew is a contemporary Australian painter (b. 1951) working mo...
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Friday, May 22, 2015

Forgotten Book: SHEIKS AND ADDERS (1982) by Michael Innes

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I am very fond of Michael Innes' Inspector Appleby series of mysteries - some entries more than others. I am also very fond of Mich...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Forgotten Film: THREE HUSBANDS (1950) starring Ruth Warrick, Eve Arden, Billie Burke and Emlyn Williams

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This is one of the stranger movies. It's the sort of thing that purports to be charming and light, with a wink-wink tale to tell abou...
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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Sunday Salon: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY - Celebrating with the work of Montana artist/illustrator and cartoonist Fanny Y. Cory

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I've loved these illustrations of motherhood (as it was once upon a time) since I stumbled over them online a few years ago. They are...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Forgotten Film: TWO O'CLOCK COURAGE (1945) starring Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford

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...though the soon to be more famous Jane Greer (here listed as BetteJane Greer)   is occasionally listed as co-star. But in her lesser ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Saturday Salon: And now for something a little different -The 'Tattooed' ladies and gents of Mimi Kirchner.

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source source source source source source source source source Mimi Kirchner  makes do...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Book Review: HOLIDAY HOMICIDE(1940) by Rufus King. A tale with an oddly familiar detective duo.

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Actually this is a pastiche seemingly  based on our favorite Manhattan-centric detectives , Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. The one and o...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

One or Two of the Many Reasons Why I Love Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Books

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source In CHAMPAGNE FOR ONE (1958) Archie Goodwin states: 'If, to the pass the time, you tried to decide what was the most conc...
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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Saturday Salon, Spring Has Sprung: Flowers in Paint

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French painter Edouard Vuillard , 1906. (1868 - 1940) Swiss painter Cuno Amiet (1868 - 1961) British painter Mary Fedden (...
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