#diarists

[a-moon-whisperer]

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934

[a-moon-whisperer]

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

[comtedemoney]

Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and diarist died Friday at age 99. Although he won the Pulitzer for an orchestral work, he was most cele

[don-simon]

The natural sin of diarists is self-importance, for they presume that their lives are worth turning into narrative.

John Mullan, professor of English at UCL

[bisexualdiarist]

If i shut my phone when you approach me and start talking to me, it's not because i don't want you to look (i mean i don't want you to look either way) but because i am giving you my attention and placing my phone aside so that i can listen to you.

If i am on my phone, I'm rude. If i put it aside, I'm being secretive.

[cheshirecat-rabbit]

Why are rich people so weird?

From Business Insider lady to money diarists, the strangest humans on the planet keep telling us about their days.

It strikes me that these pieces — think of them as “books of hours for successful sociopaths” — are attempting to perform a similar function. On a certain level, they’re trying to get us to look at the lives they describe and get us to think: yes, you really could live like this! You really could have it all, you could be rich and fit and thin and transport your serene glow constantly between San Francisco and Palo Alto, if only you… well, to put this point frankly: if only you conformed to the demands of capitalism as effectively as this person is doing.

The good life should be about escaping this nonsense, not making it the guiding principle of everything you do.

In summary then:

Key wins: have figured out that the grotesqueness of the Edwards piece is derived from the realisation of just how far our conception of the good life, and that of the people who govern us, diverge.

Challenges: Economic system filters into every aspect of our life, constant sense of precarity unlikely to be alleviated soon, may have just burned all remaining bridges at HSBC.

[dr-archeville]

On February 14, 1775, Janet Schaw, a noted colonial diarist, arrived in Brunswick from the Caribbean.

Born near Edinburgh, Schaw left for the New World in October 1774, beginning her diary, which would later be published as Journal of a Lady of Quality, the day after setting sail.  After making brief stops in Antigua and what’s now St. Kitts, Schaw and her brother set sail for North Carolina.

Though only planning to make a brief stop in North Carolina, they stayed in Brunswick for about a month and then left for a family plantation near Wilmington.  As the American Revolution began to heat up in late 1775, Schaw and her family fled to a British warship and then back to Europe.

Schaw would’ve been likely forgotten if not for her Journal, which is considered an excellent portrayal of pre-Revolutionary North Carolina from a Loyalist perspective.  The journal is often used by scholars because Schaw’s candid observations depict aspects of 18th century life that many other sources do not.

This Day in NC History: Scottish Tourista Visits NC

[julianbeachwriting]

A month ago, I had to write to an old friend to ask him for £1,000 he has owed me for a while. I have erected a wall of silence. He can keep it, but I do not like having the piss taken out of me in that sort of way. Three years ago I gave an old friend £500 and he hasn't spoken to me since and, in fact, he doesn't even come into the Coach and Horses any more. Just think of how many people you could get rid of with £1 million.

Jeffrey Bernard | Low Life