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The Grandmother will tell you what Pushkin sees.
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There is a cat sitting at a window.
He has been sitting there for some time — long enough that the...
Detail of a painting from the limestone walls of the Tomb of the Diver. The tomb and its artwork is associated with Classical Greek culture which flourished in Magna Graecia during antiquity. From the North Wall of the Tomb of the Diver in...
A Second Skazka, as Told by the Same Grandmother, Who Has Not Yet Finished
You thought I was done, children.
I was not done.
Pour the tea. Sit closer to the fire. What I have to tell you now is not about Laura Doomerova the Terrible, the...
Gustave Moreau (1826–1898), Jupiter and Semele (detail) (1895), oil on canvas, 212 x 118 cm, Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.
As an opera lover, I keep noticing a persistent irony: the gods who once structured entire civiliz...
The Choice of Hercules, by Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931n.
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Skeptic, progressive Democrat, anti-racist, anti-MAGA, anti-fascist, secular humanist, movie and opera buff. Board Member at The Freethought Society. Former Editor Kurtz Institute.
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