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Stave off mind-hunger with books, movies and food; heliotrope into museums & mountains. Who dat!

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 3d

#HenryVIII_2025 Week 4 begins 10/8-

"...commoners such as Cromwell & above all Wolsey...become 'great' men, provoking the enmity of the dukes.... At some level, Shakespeare--son of a provincial glover who had close links with butcher's business--is reflecting upon his own extraordinary rise." RSC

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 3m

Loving the subtleties in this play.

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 5m

Happy you had the time!

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 8m

#HenryVIII_2025 Day 24, 10/10- Act V s1 to line 92 "KING HENRY VIII. Charles, good night. [Exit Suffolk. Enter Sir Anthony Denny.]"

Location. The royal court, London.
Enter Gardner, Bishop of Winchester, a Page with a torch before him, mete by Sir Thomas Lovell.

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David Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 23h

Katharine

Spirits of peace, where are ye?
#HenryVIII_2025
Act IV s2 (83)

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@karinj.bsky.social @karinj.bsky.social · 23h

#Rachelcusktogether 'He began to ask me questions, as though he had learned to remind himself to do so, and I wondered what or who had taught him that lesson, which many people never learn.' So true.

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 22h

Yay, you're here! Knew you'd connect with Outline. 👌

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

FYI. An Irish bloke cannot join the US armed forces unless he has a green card. (Crazy how young 17 sounds yet laws are such.)

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto.

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

She's more tactful and considerate than some Norwegian male writers we know. 🙄

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of living in small spaces, especially in Manhattan, how to expand beyond the 425 sf. In addition to spending lots of time in cafes, bars, museums & parks!

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of living in small spaces, especially in Manhattan, how to expand beyond the 425 sf. In addition to spending lots of time in cafes, bars, museums & parks!

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemimeli.bsky.social · 1d

actual size and to be accommodating a full orchestral assembly, brass, strings and all.“

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemimeli.bsky.social · 1d

#RachelCuskTogether
Outline (54)

„It was, perhaps, a form of discipline, almost of asceticism, a temporary banishing of the self and its utterances - in any case, Clelia's symphonies in their serried ranks predominated. When you put one on, the apartment instantly seemed to grow ten times its

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely chapter 🖋️

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

"And in fact it was obvious, from certain features in her apartment, that she regarded writing as a profession worthy of the greatest trust & respect.
. . .
The room itself was quite small & dark. Yet there was nothing you really needed that wasn't there."

Ch.3 #RachelCuskTogether #Outline Exactly.

Matisse, The Silence Living in Houses 1947

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

KATHERINE.
O my good lord, that comfort comes too late,
'Tis like a pardon after execution:
That gentle physic given in time had cured me,
But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.
How does his highness?

Act IV s2 #HenryVIII_2025 Does your edition drop "Queen" too?

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

#HenryVIII_2025 Day 23, 10/9- Act IV s2 from line 89 "KATHERINE. Spirits of peace, where are ye? Are ye all gone?" to end of scene,

KATHERINE.
The lay me forth: although unqueened, yet like
A queen and daughter to a king inter me.
I can no more. [Exeunt]

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

I read Wolf Hall a few years back; the other 2 are on the shelves. My mom and I are going to watch it now - available on PBS for free, I think.

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Possible?

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Love this detail, especially as I studied architecture as an undergraduate. Thanks!

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemimeli.bsky.social · 2d

GRIFFITH

Those twins of learning that he rais'd in you,
Ipswich and Oxford; one of which fell with him,
Unwilling to outlive the good that did it

William Shakespeare
#HenryVIII_2025
IV,2,58-60

Wolsey’s Gate in Ipswich

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Miss Mainwaring @miss-mainwaring.bsky.social · 2d

So why would the coronation attract so many women? Romance, intrigue? Fascination with a “love story?” Fantastic image of all the pregnant women!

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christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting and unusual detail to include in this play!

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 2d

"No matter how busy you are, no matter how many kids and commitments you have, if there's passion you find the time."

"That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up."

#RachelCuskTogether #Outline Love the story of Julia Glass (?) writing in 15 min. snatches, w/ kids.

christina500 @christina500.bsky.social · 2d

GRIFFITH.
Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues
We write in water. ...
. . .
Though from a humble stock, undoubtedly
Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one:
Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading

Act IV s2 #HenryVIII_2025 #Wolsey adieu

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