Book review: The Face in the Frost
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Time Capsule: 1820
January 1820: 190 years ago this month, the John Keats poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was first published. The five stanzas that make up the well-known verse include such lines as:
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Goreyana: The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt
Notes from Goreyana about The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt:
I own the original watercolor artwork for the cover portion of the dust jacket. This watercolor is very painterly with its stormy night sky, and I really like the use of opaque watercolor for the snow and lightning. The touch of red in Johnny's jacket plays nicely against Mr. Gorey's "mushroom colors" in the rest of the painting.