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Learning at Home
Writing Journal Posted on18th December 202018th December 2020

Book Announcement – The Bright Report

I’ve been hard at work on my next project, The Bright Report! Since finishing my literary novel before the world went into lockdown, I’ve been […] Read More

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100 Word Stories Posted on30th June 202030th June 2020

Can Do Better

“Can do better.” I built a career upon those words. Everyone, ever-judgeful. They point with hands that have never known brush or quill. They measure […] Read More

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100 Word Stories Posted on30th June 202030th June 2020

Nearly Forgot

Only when they were miles down the road did they realise their mistake. Rodger the bagman looked over to Greg the driver. Their wide eyes […] Read More

Short Stories, Writing Journal Posted on6th April 20206th April 2020

Short Story: Dead On

This is a short story I wrote way back in 2010. It’s probably not very good, but that didn’t really matter to me at the […] Read More

Short Stories Posted on29th January 201817th January 2021

Short Story: Heart Storm

Heart Storm by Marcel M du Plessis Rain filled the café. Droplets fell from the spaces between the ceiling tiles and splattered on the floor. […] Read More

Entries & Topics, Flash Fiction Posted on12th January 201829th January 2018

Flash Fiction Friday Prompt #1

The First Flash Fiction Friday Prompt! This is the first prompt with Calliope’s Prisoner’s weekly flash fiction Friday. Each Friday I will post a topic, […] Read More

Short Stories Posted on31st December 20178th September 2020

Short Story: Jargon

Jargon by Marcel M du Plessis Otto Linton met his killer at the Blue Sky Leadership Training Workshop in Johannesburg. It was held on a […] Read More

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Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884) from WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
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The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
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Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
By Johannes Vermeer - Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
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Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Starting something new
By J. M. W. Turner – The Athenaeum (http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=20906), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1511781
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144

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