Great Gatsby Moment

Did you know that writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby, was born on this very day, the 24th of September, back in 1896? The things you learn when you're a Hill nerd and spend your day on websites like the Library of Congress...

The Great Gatsby opened my imagination to a world and place in time I hadn't ever dreamed of. Happy Birthday to a writer who so eloquently captured the glamour of the Jazz Age (and the struggles that went with it) that still inspires today...

photo courtesy of Wikipedia

photo courtesy of Life Magazine, February 18, 1926

photos courtesy of the Library of Congress

Loving Frank

The girls are coming over for Book and Bottle(s) next week and we'll be discussing Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. Frank Lloyd Wright's personal life, both fact and fiction, almost rivals the masterpieces he left behind.

Falling Water
Laurel Highlands, PA

A tourist trap perhaps, but breathtaking nonetheless.

Bed Book

An endearing little book was waiting for me at our neighborhood used book store on a very rainy Saturday in the District. While hardly a classic, or even known to anyone but me, the Gardner's Bed-Book (published in 1939) now sits exactly where it belongs.

"This year of Rain. Everyone has been saying (and they said it last year too) that they never saw such a year for rain. Never has there been such a rainy summer. Over those who live in houses where the trees grow close and the bushes thick has come the sadness of monotony. The dismal days were hard to live through. And yet, as some person has said, it is a sure sign that we are over-civilized when we grow afraid of rain."

Now, if I only had a garden...