Nature rarer uses yellow

Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets,--
Prodigal of blue,

Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.

  --Emily Dickinson

6:41:58 PM     

Transoms

5:38:18 PM     

Remedies

I love old books and one in particular that I found at a yard sale a few years ago, is one of the most fascinating.  Originally published in 1904 and reprinted in 1910 with a forward written by Bishop Samuel Fallows, the book is titled Know Thyself or Nature's Secrets Revealed.  It was directed "to the boy, girl, young man, young woman, husband, wife, father and mother, also timely counsel, help and instruction for every member of every home".   There were numerous contributors to the book, physicians, psychologists, sociologists, and educators, all in a common call for social purity and temperance.  It is filled with all manner of advice on child-rearing, etiquette, marriage and health issues faced in the late 1800's and early 1900's. 

My! How times have changed....

Naturally, being written by so many doctors, there is a large portion of the book devoted to medicine -  diseases, cures and prescriptions.  Before what we know now as "modern medicine" these homeopathic cures included such things as laudanum, chloroform, belladonna, and creosote.  Not to mention rum and whiskey...

Here are two prescriptions copied word for word:

For sleeping draughts:  
Bromide of Potash, 20 grains
Syrup of Orange, 1/2 drachm.
Water to an ounce
  Two or three tablespoons to be taken at bedtime.

Stimulant:
Antimonial Wine, 5 drops
Carbonate Ammonia, 5 grains
Tincture of Lemon, 20 drops
Water to an ounce
  Two tablespoons to be taken every three hours with a powder of Citric Acid, 10 grains.

   oh, and one more.....

For impotence, sexual debility, gleet and self-abuse (yep..)
Tincture Gelsemii, 1-1/2 drachms.
Tincture Belladona, 2 drachms.
Brom. Potasii, 4 drachms.
Aqua Destill, q.s. 2 ounces
  Dose: Teaspoonful three times a day.

5:09:34 PM     

All the Donuts Have Names That Sound Like Prostitutes

For truly unique ecards, one of my favorite sites is Brainwrench.  Cards that make you think...themes ranging from Emily Dickinson in a Vacuum to Donuts & Prostitutes. 

1:02:40 PM     

Highways. Airplanes. Butterflies. Consuming. Passions. Decisions. Adventures. Pain. Pleasure. Explorations. Poetry. Music. Sex. Tinker. Gypsy. Loss. Love. Excitement. Tenderness. Knowing.

11:34:53 AM     

The Lennon Task

She claims to be literally connected to John Lennon....

"Across the Universe, John Lennon was expressing the very same that I had started to hear, see and feel. Light shining around him, laughter enticing him, images of broken light...it really hit me there and then for the first real time. John Lennon had really become a part of my life! A viable communicative being of light that sang from his soul into mine, now 16 years after his death."   

"I am duty bound to bring this to you. I have an obligation to John Lennon. I have an obligation to my own soul. A triadic bond made at a soul level for only one purpose...to help others." 
     ---quoted from Lynn Cousino Saldanha's Lennon Task

Ok then..

10:32:26 AM