ADVICE FROM A SWAN
Eat the candles, not the cake. To ensure success, collect hedgehogs. If you seek a lake, journey not to an opera house.
Eat the candles, not the cake. To ensure success, collect hedgehogs. If you seek a lake, journey not to an opera house.
He wove a sash of chocolate He wove a sash of ice When asked to choose which one to wear He said, ‘They’re both so nice. I’ll wear them stuck together with a paste made out of rice.’ And off he went down the lane trotting like a collie He paused beside a prickly bush […]
May all the serpents of the Nile encroach upon your dignity.
The man who gave no offense rarely emerged from his hiding place for fear he might somehow upset a random stranger met on the street. With this thought foremost in his mind, he set forth only when in direst need between 2 and 3 in the morning to visit refuse bins in search of edible […]
Framed and displayed on the wall by the piano was Ladd’s beloved map of Glendale autographed by Nita Naldi.
Alan Ladd’s favorite thing was: a. the Sunkist orange crate he always hauled with him to stand on when he had to appear taller than his leading lady. b. skittering up the walls of buildings like a human fly. c. a cracked blue cereal bowl. d. a map of Glendale autographed by silent film star […]
Eel Skins With Onions Halibut Chunks With Dredged Paste Gristle In Aspic
The hands of Alvin Peplow, perceiving that Peplow slept, uncoupled themselves from his wrists, as was their nightly custom, and exited the bed chamber. They spidered sideways down the hall in a state of hurrying glee. In a trice they had opened the front door and scuttled down the steps into the abandoned late night […]