She is my favorite author

I am obsessed with Jane Austen. I have read and reread Persuasion for years. I have a very tattered copy of Mansfield Park from my freshman year of high school, and Emma and Pride & Prejudice are among my beloved books that move with me from city to city. I imagine Jane to be most like the character of Emma, keenly causing trouble wherever she went, but with nothing but the best intentions. I feel very close to Miss Austen. I, too, have been known to sacrifice the joy of love for myself, while working tirelessly for the happiness of others. And then, 5 years ago, I met my Mr. Darcy, if you will. He is lovely. He calls me Lizzy. Thank you, Jane. For countless hours of adventure and amusement... and for my Mr. Darcy.




Jane Austen
Biography

Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on 18 July 1817.
As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.

It's Halloween time again!!!

Seems like an easy enough DIY. Just don't let your neighbors see you making it. They might get the wrong idea.

This just makes me laugh.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.