Our Lady of Hot Sauce

Happy #MothersDay from the goats @BiltmoreEstate. #snuggletime #avl #avlent

Lovin life at #bigloveavl. #avl #avlent

Retired #belgian #draft #horse @BiltmoreEstate. #avl #avlent

Dining out for life @StormAsheville #avleat #avldrink #dotherightthing

Condiments lined up for inspection @TAP_Asheville. #avleat #picklelove

Happy Groundhog Day!

todaysdocument:

The Groundhog goes on strike in Clifford Berryman’s “The Ground Hog Up to Date” 02/02/1909

(via National Archives at Forth Worth on Facebook)

todaysdocument:

Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and approved by President Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865, the 13th Amendment would be ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.  It abolished slavery in the United States and provides that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

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Italian Festa. Circa 1912 street festival in New York’s Little Italy.

Dove sta San Gennaro? Che bello!

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The Jersey Shore circa 1905. On the beach, Atlantic City.

Down the REAL shore.

And here are the rest of Mr. Henry Miller’s work commandments. I need to pay close attention to no. 10 today. 

“Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.”

—

Henry Miller

Taken from Henry Miller On Writing. Available at IndieBound. 

Angel overlooking the Tevere.