"These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers & alchemists of our 20th Century" - Miguel de Unamono Super vexed 21st Century sociologist *93*
NYC
Joined December 2016
- Tweets179K
- Following1.5K
- Followers1.8K
- Likes209K
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
You can donate here to help protect Ukrainians from Russian drone attacks. Please do so if you can.
u24.gov.ua/sky-defense
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
In the medieval legend of King Arthur, Merlin sometimes uses magical disguises to arrange meetings or conceal identities. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's account, he transforms Uther Pendragon's appearance into that of Gorlois so Uther can enter Tintagel and approach Igraine. #MythologyMonday
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Hugh Laurie, Mayim Bialik, James Acaster, Dawn French, Alan Davies, Lily Tomlin, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Miriam Margolyes are among the hundreds of prominent voices who have signed the Declaration on the Abolition of Trophy Hunting.
✍️ Sign the petition:
bit.ly/abolish-trophy-huntin…
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Trick or treating may have evolved from 'souling', a custom in which poor people would go around the neighbouring houses on holy days asking for food & drink. Many soulers were masked - a way to, literally, save face when asking for charity. #MythologyMonday #folklore #Halloween
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
A Feral Pigeon trying desperately not to offend... 😉😁
Taken recently at Apex Park in Somerset. 😊🐦
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Should I sit in the sun or go beg for treats...? That's the question. Happy #Monday everybody🤍🖤🤍Milo ☀️ #CatsOfTwitter
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Morning all, @frome_maude here, welcoming you to this week’s theme of:
CATS, DOGS & OTHER FAVOURITE FURRIES OF THE DARK HALF
Bring your posts to the hashtag #FolkloreSunday for a repost. See you soon!
Maude xx
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Life Lately:
I'm either taking a nap… going to take a nap...
waking up from a nap... getting ready to take a nap... recovering from taking a nap…
thinking about naps… getting some things ready for my nap...
or thinking about where and when I will take my next nap.
ALT Jinx the green eyed tabby bobtail cat snoozing on her arm, one paw extended above her cheek The other curled by her side
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
#SpookySunday 🌼
Tonight, will your true love visit your dreams?
October 18 is St Luke’s Day, traditionally associated with love divination—a chance to glimpse the person you would marry.
An old charm called for marigold flowers, a sprig of marjoram, thyme and a little wormwood. These were dried before a fire, powdered and sifted through fine linen, then simmered with a little virgin honey and white vinegar.
Before sleeping, the hopeful dreamer anointed her stomach, breasts and lips with the mixture and repeated three times:
“St Luke, St. Luke, be kind to me,
In dream let me my true love see!” 😶🌫️
She was then to fall asleep, when, according to the belief, her future husband would appear in her dreams. 🌙
Flowers, whispered words and a glimpse of love yet to come…
Source: T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-lore of Plants (1889), Chapter IX, “Plants and the Dream-World.”
#StLukesDay #Folklore 💘#31DaysOfHalloween 🎃
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Wonderland in 1925, with two very different Alices sharing the same book.
mflibra.com/products/1925-do…
This large-format Donohue edition keeps Tenniel’s forty-two familiar drawings, but adds a bright colour frontispiece and pictorial endpapers by D. E. Saunders, giving Alice a distinctly 1920s look. The burgundy cloth binding is especially appealing, with a vivid colour panel gathering Alice, the White Rabbit, the Duchess, the Mad Hatter and other Wonderland favourites together on the cover. A wonderfully decorative American Alice, familiar enough to feel like home and different enough to make you look twice.
#BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #AliceInWonderland #LewisCarroll #JohnTenniel #DESaunders #VintageAlice #IllustratedBooks #ChildrensClassics #AntiquarianBooks #RareBooks #BookCollectors
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Get this: Abdul El-Sayed is a cat dad. Also, welcome to the cool cats club Socks and Yoda. @AbdulElSayed 💙💙💙💙
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
Cucho invited me to climb and play in the rooftops, but this was all I was able to do to oblige him☝️😻 Happy #Caturday dear friends, I hope you are having a nice and peaceful day with your loved ones. Thank you for being here with us and our cats 🐱💖
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
A kitten in Gaza! Thank you for the good work you do, Nate. And give that cutie a chin scratch for me.
claudia kowalchyk retweeted
A cat named Samson perched atop a stone gargoyle at Knightshayes Court, Devon, UK, exemplifying Victorian Gothic architecture. The building was designed by architect William Burges and constructed in the late 1860s. Photo by National Trust.
via Fat Cat Art #Caturday
