The Aethereal Cat: The Curious Meanderings of a SouthernGothic Gentleman
Come, let us stroll with the cat.
The Aethereal Cat: The Curious Meanderings of a SouthernGothic Gentleman
Come, let us stroll with the cat.
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And so, the year departs us!
2023 comes to a lugubrious cessation. It is an annual tradition to share P.B. Shelley’s thoughts upon the closing of the year, though they be mournful. Yet all is not dark as the new year is imminent and here at…
Tennyson
“Still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs as in a dream. Dimly I could descry the stern black bearded kings with wolfish eyes, waiting to see me die.”From “The Lady of Shallot by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Upon…
Alas! Today in History June 23, 1611
There was some disappointed to be had that winter of 1610. The weather was brutal and the men realized they had not reached their goal of finding the Northwest Passage which would enable European trade with China by way of…
The Green Bottle
Items, objects that we use everyday become artifacts after their purpose has been fulfilled. The things may have some great importance in our lives or a temporary one like a bottle which is cast off after its importance is expired.These…
Aye! It Be A Linstock!
Aye Matey! It be a linstock! One might ask, “but what is a linstock?”. If you are familiar with some popular pirate films, you will have seen one in the hand of a pirate captain about to fire a cannon…
SouthernGothic and the Senora climb the St. Augustine Light
We are here on the lower gallery of the Saint Augustine light. It is mid morning and though the sun brings some warmth, the wind cuts through us in chilled bursts.Despite the wind, the weather is clear and visibility only…
Alas! Today in History April 14, 1912
There is much ado about the Titanic on this 110th anniversary of its destruction and the lives lost with it.Here at the Aethereal Cat, we are not immune to that panoply but, we love cats. She was stationed on the…
Quotes for the day:
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Visualizing the Gothic
You see before you a painting exhibited by Henry Fuseli at the Royal Academy in 1783. Stylistically it is typical, to some extent, of what you would expect of the late 18th century.The subject makes it unique. Convention dictated known…