...and the world will be at your feet.
Hello. I'm writer Antoinette Beard/Sorelle Sucere. Welcome to my blog, which is dedicated to all the loving, intelligent, brave, wise, strong, gentle, kind, sweet-and-geeky, humble-and-patient, --- whether they have hands, paws, hooves, wings, fins, or even, --- yes, flippers, --- and to all eager readers and hard-working authors, everywhere.
Meanwhile...
I love all creatures. I consider them, all of them, to be sentient beings... I write thrillers, fantasy, mysteries, gothic horror, romantic adventure, occult, Noir, westerns and various types of short stories. I also re-tell traditional folk tales and make old fairy tales carefully cracked. I'm often awake very early in the morning. A cuppa, and fifteen minutes later I'm usually writing something. ;)
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
They say...
But, me... I just want to save all the animals.
While the world drives you crazy, ...
...there's someone waiting impatiently to heal you and make you happy.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
When life gives you a hundred reasons to break down and cry,...
...show it that you have a million reasons to smile and laugh. Stay strong.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Friday, December 23, 2022
"The Night The Animals Talked," --- sweet old animated Christmas film...
...Precious and rare old film... 💖😍💖
Part 2, above
Part 1, above
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Were The Roaring 20s really that wild???...
For instance, ten years earlier women were wearing their skirts down to their ankles in 1910 and their hair uncut, maybe to their hips. Then, in 1920 skirts were tight and above the knees, --- hair bobbed, cut off at the ears... Then, there was Prohibition, --- from 1920-1933, a time when many average citizens of the United States broke the law. Prohibition also directly led to the rise of Organized Crime. I can hardly believe that lawmakers and other groups who encouraged no-drinking would think that making alcohol illegal would stop people from imbibing. REALLY... Did They expect folks not to drink a little wine or beer in their parlors, or maybe more than a little???
Above, from "Legends Of The Fall,"--- Tristan thinks about going into bootlegging: "Good money in bootlegging, if you know what you're doing."
Above, "What It Was Like To Be A Bootlegger".
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
From, --- "The Velveteen Rabbit"...
"Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But, these things don't matter at all. Because once you are real you can't be ugly. Except, to people who don't understand."
And, if you remember the story... The Velveteen Rabbit was thrown outside onto the lawn to be burned because the poor toy had been hugged by the boy all during his bout with a contagious disease. But, a good faerie was listening and watching... The kind faerie transformed the faithful toy into a real rabbit and made him immortal. Years passed. The now live rabbit lived happily in the backyard, doing all the things that live rabbits do. Then, one day, the boy, all grown up, noticed the rabbit peacefully eating grass... He said, --- "How strange. Doesn't that rabbit look like my old bunny toy?" Because, you see, the rabbit had markings, like the seams of a stuffed toy, on his fur.
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Josephine's Roses...
Josephine Bonaparte, Empress Of The French, loved her roses. She had beautiful rose gardens at her estate, Malmaison. When British General Wellington came through the area he gave orders that Josephine's roses were not to be harmed. The hardened old soldier appreciated great beauty. Some of Josephine's roses have endured till today. We have their descendants.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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