I thought you’d say that! 😂

Perfect! Great photo.

@celinecamps.bsky.social !

So many ways to play this one.

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Oh the silks you could have worn in Handel operas!

Presumably introduced by Donne's b-in-law Sir Thomas Grymes, a creditor of Alleyn's; the dean and the former actor argued over the settlement for two years after the marriage; ultimately Alleyn settled on Constance the lease of a Southwark brothel, The Bell, Barge, and Cock. #earlymodern

SO wish I could be there!

Good point. I am tempted instead to generate one myself and go through it with them to show / explain where and how it's wrong.

Yes! This has made my day. Thank you.

OMG Jen. THE NUT TREE. Pilgrimage site of my childhood, every time we went to SFO to collect a grandmother. Almost mythical resonance! And nearby do you remember the Milk Barn, with the cow-jumping-over-the-moon sign? Back in the day when CA license plates were black and gold . . .

Thank you. It was a cheeky question, well aware of the gap between it and your piece; I appreciated that your reply was pitch-perfect, being the good writers that you are.

Very wise! They take a good four days otherwise.

Needed it now to soak fruit for black cake in rum for a month; an innovation prompted by friend who likes it so much she gave me Laurie Colwin’s book to be sure I do.

So far so good. But worried.

Did you ask whether the number of birds killed by free-roaming cats were part of these colleges’ sustainability policies?