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Face from a distant past, haunting in its seeming modernity of makeup and hair styling in addition to its beauty-- above: Melva Frances Cornell, photograph by Albert Witzel, 1929. An actress with a c.v. of Broadway hits like Fifty Million Frenchman (1929, songs by Cole Porter,)(her NYC stage shows found here LINK) and the films The Devil's Circus and Movietone Follies of 1929 which name-checked Stepin Fetchit and burlesque queen Dixie Lee in its cast, Cornell had been born in swank Santa…

We had a hauntingly beautiful weekend here at the Quill. Saturday we celebrated our sweet grand girls very first birthday with a house full of family, a home cooked meal, followed by cake, ice cream, and of course presents. Beautiful memories scurried around the room amid the swirl of brightly shredded gift wrap, entangling themselves with the here and now like the curly ribbon dripping from the packages.While cameras were clicking and conversation hummed through the air it was hard not to…

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GOTHIQUE BY STAN STEINER STYLINGPHOTO : NIKOL ENEVOVA

This all started with a single post by my lovely friend: This hauntingly beautiful photo evoked a somber mood. It’s a sea of wooden, stone, and metal crosses, some piled one upon another. Why…

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