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If we take it as a given that BC was inspired by TGG, would you say that the source particulars was healthier? Ginevra ("Geneva"/"Juniper") as depicted in Wint
by gsf_emergency 1y ago
If we take it as a given that BC was inspired by TGG, would you say that the source particulars was healthier? Ginevra ("Geneva"/"Juniper") as depicted in Winter Dreams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge
>He gained the trust (and the faith) of its people through the outdoorsman skills he acquired in his hunting life.
(One of those rare gods whose father was more mortal-- thus giving credit to the age-old wisdom of marrying up? (Veblen! GOLF! Elite Hillbillies!))
[Recent moves, however, remind that imbecility/juvenility could make particularly effective feints. Pay ever more attention to health!]
- 082349872349872 1y agoDexter Green may be on a different side of the law from Bobby Quine and Jay Gatz, but not only does Ginevra add a note of autobiography, with regard to the end of DG's caddying* days there's always FSF's resignation: "...I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp." * TIL Jordan Baker was modelled on "the fairway flapper" friend of Ginevra's EDIT: I'm not sure if Hubert is a wise choice to be the patron saint of opticians (being famous for a visual aberration, after all?)
- gsf_emergency 1y agoSir,-- did you confuse FSfG with WCF? (TIL- need to compare with the influence of Estelle Oldham https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleoldhamfaulknerspendings/ https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleo... ) Ahaha I do wonder what 2 cents in today's genius-bucks (aka the Stag Standard?) would be E: not reminded of St Benjamin pointing St Luke at Dagobah? U: Alpaida seems to have been more interesting (along Genevan lines) than writers (& st Lam) made of her U2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report
- gsf_emergency 1y agoU3: 4 more stragglers after frontpageD+6! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677
- 082349872349872 1y agoOops! Indeed I had confused them. St Benjamin and St Luke imply that Tatooine, instead of a trinity, has a "Big Four": the father, the two suns, and the holy ghost...
- gsf_emergency 1y agoHaha. Noted: opportunity to reference GoF not taken.