'It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas though they know in their hearts it is older than Bethlehem and Babylon, older than Memphis and mankind.'
(H.P.Lovecraft - The Festival)
Whatever you believe in, however you choose to celebrate the festive season and wherever you will be; I wish you a very happy and peaceful time with family and friends over the holiday period. If...
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soultry:
Your so rad!! Happy holidays to you 🤗
My friends and I celebrated the Winter Solstice by dancing the sun up at dawn this morning...
This is me doing an 'all join in' dance with two little friends of mine...
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The hand-written draft of 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'... A complete scan courtesy of Brown University!
Follow this link to see the whole document... https://repository.library.brown.edu/viewers/readers/portfolio/bdr:310436?height=800
One Santa gig leads to another as they say... This time with a better fitting costume!
The highlight of the session this time was chatting to a beautiful little downs syndrome girl who came in to see me after the grotto had officially closed. She'd been too shy to come in with her brother and sister earlier in the evening, but I noticed she kept
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lovesick:
santa babyy <3
soultry:
Awww that's awesome! High five Santa!Â
I guess it's already known to anyone living in NYC, but this place looks really cool. Seems to have lots of events going on that would appeal to SG site members and I'm definitely heading there next time I visit the Big Apple!
Go check it out at: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftNYC/?fref=ts
So there's this community event in our village and I'm sat in a grotto hastily made out of blankets, quilt covers, tinsel and Christmas lights, wearing a naff old Santa costume that didn't fit properly and feeling rather silly. I grab a cup of tea and a biscuit just before we open and almost regret having volunteered for the job. My elf assistant takes a...
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soultry:
So perfect!!! I volunteer all over doing face painting and reading stories! It's fun to engage with children and you feel so happy in the moment just like they are!!Â
'The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing...
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moon_beast:
Sent in a note to author, sculptor and anthropologist, Robert Hayward Barlow, who was appointed by Lovecraft to be the executor of his literary estate.
Note... None of these pictures are my own and full credit goes to the original photographers!
Druids lead the procession from the village to the festival site.
The Green Man and his entourage.
A tree of fire.
More trees of fire.
Jack Frost.
A mysterious band.
Fire performers.
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moon_beast:
These are pictures from the Fire Festival I was telling you about @8ball2!
8ball2:
Wow @moon_beast great job this is amazing!!!
This is St John's Roman Catholic Church that stood on Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1875 until its demolition in 1993. It was Lovecraft's inspiration for the brooding church that so intrigued, writer and painter, Robert Harrison Blake in 'The Haunter of the Dark', written in 1935.
You can still visit the site of the church which is now a small park.
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soultry:
Sexy knight! You still have this ensemble?Â
moon_beast:
Alas, no @soultry... Â It was army issue and I had to hand it back to the quartermaster when I retired from the Cohort!