Hist & HistFict & Western Neo-noir Writer-DARK RANGE SERIES, BAD OLD DAYS OF COLORADO and MORE. Interests: hist. preservation, mourning jewelry, storms.
Denver, CO
Joined June 2015
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The making of many books is without limit
And much study is a wearying of the flesh. (Eccl. 12)
#FolkyFriday. Illustration by Michael Fitzgerald for Sheridan Le Fanu's story Carmilla. Le Fanu predated Dracula by about 25 years. Interesting psychological #ghoststories.
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This is the skeleton of William Burke, who was hanged on this day in 1829. Along with his partner William Hare, he murdered at least 16 people to sell to anatomists for dissection. In 2022 I carried out conservation work on his remains
#FolkloreSunday - One of Henri Fuseli's paintings - The Debutante at the Tate...1807. These women might be high class prostitutes/courtesans. The woman sewing, appears tethered by a lead round her neck. Swiss-born, spend most of his life in the UK. #paintings #PainterOfTheNight
Old mustanger cabin in REMOTE Colorado. #ColoradoHistory #MoffatCounty
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when i say im omw, this is what i mean
ALT A watercolor of a rabbit holding a spear and riding atop a giant snail with a saddle and reins
Gosh - trying out "X" - formerly known as twitter, and my post won't load! Regardless...if this works...this is the gravesite of Marie Contassot - murdered prostitute. #Denvehistory #ColoradoHistory #WildWest
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There is something waiting for us at the edge of the woods, and it is our fate to meet it.
—Clarissa Pinkola Estés
art by Christian Schloe
#ofdarkandmacabre #bookchatweekly
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out for a stroll, netherlands, ca. 1500
ALT A medieval painting of a creature comprised of a nun's head and two feet with an owl nesting atop its head
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the 800 year old borgund stave church in norway. the entire church, including the nails used in its construction, is made out of wood.
ALT a weathered wooden church with many gables sitting among graves on a lush green hill, in front of a foggy forested landscape
#FolkloreSunday Queen Anee's Lace - At the center of the flowerhead, is a tiny cluster of dark red flowers, like someone pricked their finger while working lace. Queen Anne (1702-1714) lost 17 children of her children, and sewed to comfort herself.
Here's an article I did a while back - the Headless Horseman is more than a #Halloweentale, but has roots in #history #Americanhistory #AmericanRevolution #AmHist
On the way home from @Western_Writers Conference in Rapid City - stopped by this roadside point of interest. Must go back to this part of Nebraska again soon. #Nebraska #WildWest
#FolkloreThursday Will-O-the-Wisp and Snake by Hermann Hendrich - Romanticism style. The streaks of light, also called “ignis fatuus,” Latin for “foolish fire”. Not sure what the snake adds...but OK....#FolkloreThursday
"Ramblers" in #GoldenColorado approx. 1890.
#ColoradoHistory. The Old Golden Courthouse which was on Washington. Golden sure has changed...a lot!!
@FolkloreThursday - On an art kick lately. "Three Living and Three Dead" 15thC.
3 noblemen suddenly come across 3 corpses, in varying states of decay, but still animated. The dead admonish them to consider the transience of life and to improve their behavior before too late.
