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This person’s screen name is an excellent portmanteau too …

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Photo of Algernon Swinburne with Contemporaries at Oxford, 1850’s

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Unknown photographer. Albumen print. Swinburne is seated, fourth from left in the photo with one hand placed over the other.

From Wikipedia: “Algernon Charles Swinburne with nine of his peers at Oxford, ca. 1850s (James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Albert Venn Dicey, Thomas Hill Green, Sir Thomas Erskine Holland, John Warneford Hoole, George Rankine Luke, Aeneas James George MacKay, John Nichol, Joseph Frank Payne, Algernon Charles Swinburne)”

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“To the Pack,” Carl Zimmermann

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Oil on canvas.

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“Give me a few days of peace in your arms.”

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“Give me a few days of peace in your arms. I need it terribly. I’m ragged, worn, exhausted. After that I can face the world.”

— Henry Miller, in a letter to Anais Nin, featured in A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953

Source for both quote and artwork: Byron’s Muse on WordPress

“The Embrace” (“Umarmung,”) Wilhelm List, circa 1905

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“Peace” Mural, photo by Marko Kafé, 2012

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Less than a month after Independence Day, the monarchs have returned.

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My backyard’s all aflutter with them.

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Variant Cover to “Catwoman” #48, Sozomaika, 2022

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DC Comics. Card stock variant.

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“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of a lover.”

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