Cryptoquote Spoiler – 10/30/17

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.”   —   Mary Shelley

(Clearly, this is a line from Frankenstein.  Was this Bud Abbott’s line, or Lou Costello’s?  Maybe it was the Wolfman’s, or Dracula’s.  Okay, so I’m just kidding.  But, so many of my cultural references do come from movies and television.  I’m not proud of it, but I’m not going to try to pull the wool over your eyes either.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 09/29/15

Reginald Easton painted this miniature portrait of Mary Shelley, on a flax coloured background. It incorporates a circlet backed by blue, the same seen in the Rothwell painting and a shawl. (Seymour, Mary Shelley, p 543) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”   Mary Shelley

(I can attest to this.  It’s been a month and a week since our Ginger suddenly died.  Me, and my family, are still trying to deal with the pain.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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