Bon Mots

Intrepid journalist. Kitchen enthusiast. Composter. Cycling fan. Unapologetically Midwestern. Sorry. Has been here this whole time

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Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932)

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Magic of water, Kobe, Japan, 1951 - by Koji Takashima (1937), Japanese

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Ballerinas standing on window sill in rehearsal room at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Life, 1936

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The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Utah, December 1, 1937

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Mexico Weekly Ledger, Missouri, November 20, 1879

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a well-read woman in a disorderly way

Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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The Cecil Whig, Elkton, Maryland, August 20, 1870

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Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, June 27, 1921

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Chicago Tribune, Illinois, November 25, 1900

“What is the matter?” “I was just thinking.” “How stupid.”

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Allen County Journal, La Harpe, Kansas, June 11, 1925

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The Boston Weekly Globe, Massachusetts, May 29, 1889

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"Throw everything out of your mind. Read a little, sleep. The world will still be here when you wake up, and there'll still be everything left to do."

- James Baldwin

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The Galena Evening Times, Kansas, January 18, 1900

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Sammy Davis Jr. dances across Madison Avenue. New York City. 1959. By Burt Glinn

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Frida Kahlo, 1949. Antonio Kahlo. Gelatin silver print.

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The Washburn Review, Kansas, November 14, 1923