tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post688583610478847824..comments2024-03-28T11:42:33.305+00:00Comments on Dolores Delargo Towers - Museum of Camp: Perennial pansy, hardiest of bloomsJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-26469001391535220412021-05-22T11:46:28.036+00:002021-05-22T11:46:28.036+00:00Remarkable, isn't it? JxRemarkable, isn't it? JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-80470928828076867552021-05-22T10:23:34.449+00:002021-05-22T10:23:34.449+00:00I love the poem but had no idea that it was writte...I love the poem but had no idea that it was written so long ago !Madam Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697235864401310471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-6927289086468616882021-05-20T07:55:15.289+00:002021-05-20T07:55:15.289+00:00The poem certainly never received the type of prur...The poem certainly never received the type of prurient attention that Radclyffe Hall got, that's for certain. There is, of course, a possibility that it - much like E.M. Forster's <em>Maurice</em>, which didn't go to print until half a century after it was written - was not published until more "enlightened" times... JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-54035408772718965802021-05-20T03:58:42.504+00:002021-05-20T03:58:42.504+00:00The "proper" majority probably deemed it...The "proper" majority probably deemed it Fiction or Fancy and promptly filed it far away from the depths of their brains. (They didn't think too much on it.)ProximaBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905210742039040093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-36763663196657833142021-05-19T10:23:38.765+00:002021-05-19T10:23:38.765+00:00I don't have a car, but I can relate nonethele...I don't have a car, but I can relate nonetheless. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-19785039083783326692021-05-19T02:14:50.408+00:002021-05-19T02:14:50.408+00:00D'Arcy still keeps a rakish-looking car
And st...D'Arcy still keeps a rakish-looking car<br />And still behaves the way he did at twenty.<br /><br />I can relate... just saying. Kizzes.uptonkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17711022625137627672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-22566836182505906482021-05-18T19:35:21.631+00:002021-05-18T19:35:21.631+00:00Indeed. Unfortunately, the legacy of centuries of ...Indeed. Unfortunately, the legacy of centuries of religion(s), class and political conservativism (with a small "c" - there's been just as much prejudice on the Left as there has on the Right) in all cultures will not easily go away. <br /><br />Here's to D'Arcy Honeybunn, and all in his wake! Survivors. Jx<br /><br />PS Thanks, once again, for pointing me in the direction of this gem. My favourite line (which I must use some day): <em>"Do come and help us fiddle while Rome burns!"</em>Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-85571273463673863772021-05-18T19:25:07.811+00:002021-05-18T19:25:07.811+00:00Sad, isn't it, that this world is still so hat...Sad, isn't it, that this world is still so hateful? dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-27804265555999917902021-05-17T21:07:50.361+00:002021-05-17T21:07:50.361+00:00"The true artist never grows old. He is never...<em>"The true artist never grows old. He is never too old to feel the charm of divine beauty."</em> - Francois Delsarte<br /><br />JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840804598109638376.post-26480808637172488712021-05-17T20:26:02.362+00:002021-05-17T20:26:02.362+00:00"A thing of beauty is a boy forever"--Ca..."A thing of beauty is a boy forever"--Carl Van Vechten.Eric in Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16235224704241295461noreply@blogger.com