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Emily Dickinson Poem: Will there really be a morning?

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Emily Dickinson was loving, kind, and a bit of a prankster. “Will there really be a morning” is a poem she wrote on the back of a cake recipe. A cake recipe?! What if it hadn’t been found? I learned about this while looking up the poem and ran across Hidden Kitchens produced by The Kitchen Sisters. Their series featured the story of Emily and the poem on NPR’s Morning Edition which we can listen to below. BLACK CAKE: EMILY DICKINSON’S HIDDEN KITCHEN ON NPR’S MORNING EDITION Posted by The Kitchen Sisters on Dec 27, 2016 in Hidden Kitchens, Hidden World of GirlsListen to the podcast about Dickinson’s black cake recipe and her life at the below link to their podcast. http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/black-cake-emily-dickinsons-hidden-kitchen/ Will there really be a morning? by Emily Dickinson Will there really be a “Morning”?Is there such a thing as “Day”?Could I see it from the mountainsIf I were as tall as they? Has…

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Ten Good Things January and February for Me

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Ten good things I’ve experienced end of January and half of February are here. I was making an effort to post about five things every week, but I’ve fallen down on the job. Time to get back up. I’m hoping anyone reading my good things will record theirs either in a journal or post. We need happy things these days as we move forward in 2021. Photo Credit: Laurie Williamson (his mom) Spike Williamson is my buddy. Known him for at least 7 years or so. He’s feisty and will act like you’re meeting for the first time every time you see him outdoors. However, if you go into his house and sit on a sofa, he’s your best friend, especially if belly rubs are included. His mom, Laurie, and I walk once or twice a week. It’s kept us sane and active during this neverending pandemic. There are days…

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Georgia Gilmore Created History with the Club from Nowhere

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Georgia Gilmore was not a name that I was familiar with when thinking of the Civil Rights movement. I stumbled into her story while following podcast links about secret kitchens. Searching for one topic invariably leads me to another that fascinates me. I discovered the Hidden Kitchens series and their presentation on Mrs. Gilmore’s significant contribution to the Civil Rights movement, specifically the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was a creator of The Club from Nowhere – a group of women from Montgomery, Alabama, who baked pies, cookies, and cakes and sold them on street corners and through salons to raise money for the boycott. The name was chosen, so if questioned, members could honestly say the money came from “nowhere”. Her love of food and the connections it brought to people, along with her strong spirit, changed history. “You cannot be afraid if you want to accomplish anything. You got…

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Night Walk Poem by Sylvia Plath

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By Sylvia PlathOctober 4, 1958 Flintlike, her feet struck such a racket of echoes from the steely street,tacking in moon-blued crooks from the black stone-built town, that she heard the quick air ignite  its tinder and shake a firework of echoes from wall to wall of the dark, dwarfed cottages.But the echoes died at her back as the walls gave way to fields and the incessant seethe of grasses  riding in the full of the moon, manes to the wind, tireless, tied, as a moon-bound seamoves on its root. Though a mist-wraith wound up from the fissured valley and hung shoulder-high  ahead, it fattened to no family-featured ghost, nor did any word body with a namethe blank mood she walked in. Once past the dream-peopled village, her eyes entertained no dream,  and the sandman’s dust lost lustre under her footsoles. The long wind, paring her person downto a pinch of flame, blew its burdened whistle in the whorl of her ear, and, like a scooped-out…

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Gothic Valentine’s Day Gift Box

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This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Poe in Wonderland will earn a small commission for the referral at no cost to you. A dark, gothic heart-shaped Valentine’s box is THE thing I never knew I needed until now. Miranda from Spooky Little Halloween tweeted about this item she discovered from Etsy’s MeandAnnabelLeeShop, and I fell in L-O-V-E. Available on Etsy today.Click here to purchase. Heart Shaped Box | Black Goth Valentine Chocolate Box | Gothic Anniversary Gift | Anti Valentine’s Day | Skull and Raven Skull w/ Bat Wings Click here to purchase. MeandAnnabelLeeShop $56.00+ A Valentine Heart Shaped Chocolate Box Upcycled with some Gothic flare!The Ultimate Gothic Valentine Gift! …. or Anti-Valentine!!Perfect as an Anniversary or Wedding gift too!Heart-Shaped Cardboard “Valentine” Box has been painted, recovered in decorative papers, trimmed with fringe, and decorated with a wooden skull, and a Raven…

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The Lake by Edgar Allan Poe

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The LakeEdgar Allan Poe – 1809-1849 In youth’s spring it was my lotTo haunt, of the wide earth a spotThe which I could not love the less,So lovely was the lonelinessOf a wild lake, with black rock bound,And the tall pines that tower’d around. But, when the night had thrown her pallUpon that spot, as upon all,And the mystic wind went byMurmuring in melody -Then – ah then I would awakeTo the terror of the lone lake. Yet that terror was not fright.But a tremulous delight – A feeling not the jewelled mineCould teach or bribe me to define -Nor Love – although the Love were thine. Death was in that poison’d wave —And, in its gulf, a fitting graveFor him who thence could solace bringTo his lone imagining -Whose solitary soul could makeAn Eden of that dim lake. https://youtu.be/3OKdS85iPo4 You might enjoy our post Evening Star Written by Edgar Allan…

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Delicious Dessert Bar for Two

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Valentine’s Day is almost here! If you’re looking for ideas for the two of you and want something homemade, Sarah at ThatLemonadeLife.com has a deliciously easy post about setting up a dessert bar. She planned hers around the winter holidays but emphasizes this dessert bar can be changed up for any occasion. We heartedly agree so we’re happy to include it on our blog. Sarah has wonderful posts about home decor, recipes, lifestyle articles, and more. Please visit and support her work! How to Set Up an Easy Dessert Bar by Sarah at ThatLemonadeLife.com Have you heard of dessert bars before? I’ve seen them at big parties and always thought what a great idea! A dessert bar is basically a big smorgasbord of different desserts for people to choose what they want. But what’s also great about dessert bars, is that you can make them as big or as small…

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Raven Girl Performed by The Royal Ballet

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This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Poe in Wonderland will earn a small commission for the referral at no cost to you. Raven Girl is a children’s book written by Audrey Niffenegger about a postman who falls in love with a raven. The Royal Ballet in London performed the story in 2013, and oh how we would have loved to have seen it! A dark fairytale about a raven and the wonders of the world? Check! Ballet? Check! Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven.So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child―an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body.Excerpt from Raven Girl https://youtu.be/AGfax8Y2I5g Sarah Lamb on Wayne McGregor’s Raven…

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Creating a Valentine’s Day Centerpiece

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I love creating centerpieces around my house. All over my house on end tables, coffee tables, and bookcases, you’ll find vignettes arranged with stacked books, candles and candle holders, pictures, key pieces. Vignettes can be arranged on any surface, however, a centerpiece is the focal point or center of a table. Creating centerpieces is one of my favorite hobbies. Holidays are the most fun. In an upcoming post, I’ll cover how to do these step by step along with tablescapes. Here’s my current Valentine’s Day design. I used a round metal and wood tray I searched high and low for and found at a local At Home store. I’d originally hunted it down for a Thanksgiving centerpiece but have since used it for Christmas and Valentine’s. St. Patrick’s Day will probably be next. Candle holders are my big love so I included 3 of varying sizes in different finishes for…

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