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Odd Saint: Valentino
My source is Valentino; The Last Emperor, a recent documentary (Netflix Wonder) about the year leading to the great designer’s retirement. It is a great movie because it lets us peep into the l… more →
Millicent and Carla Fran
Odd Saint: Valentino
Carla Fran wrote 2 months ago: My source is Valentino; The Last Emperor, a recent documentary (Netflix Wonder) about the year leadi … more →
Odd Saints: Daisy Steiner (a la Jessica Hynes)
Carla Fran wrote 3 months ago: Dear Millicent, As a Hulu wonder, I have discovered the Simon Pegg/Jessica Hynes vehicle Spaced. In … more →
Respect the Cock
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Millicent wrote 5 months ago: Dear CF, I learned yesterday that in my city one can legally own no more than 12 chickens. This puzz … more →
A Very Great Company of Radiating Pencils
Millicent wrote 5 months ago: Dear CF, It has always been a great fantasy of mine to draw well. It has also been a great fantasy … more →
Odd Saint: Louisa Trotter, The Duchess of Duke Street
Carla Fran wrote 7 months ago: There are lots of reasons for Gemma Jones’ performance as Louisa Trotter to gain an Odd Saint … more →
Odd Saint: Cordelia Gray
Carla Fran wrote 7 months ago: I just discovered PD James this week while doing my best to lie flat and keep my lungs in my chest ( … more →
Crooked Piece of Man. Or, Odd Saint: Sir Thomas Browne
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Millicent wrote 8 months ago: Sir Thomas Browne was born in 1605 in London’s Cheapside. He went to Oxford, became an apprent … more →
The Massive Continuity of Ducks
Millicent wrote 8 months ago: Dearest CF, I enthusiastically second your nomination of Harriet Vane for Odd Saint, maybe the oddes … more →
Odd Saint: Harriet Vane
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Carla Fran wrote 9 months ago: Dear M., I wasn’t sure whether to title this one to the grand Dorothy Sayers, or to her body o … more →
Odd Saint: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Millicent wrote 11 months ago: Dear Carla Fran, Bravo to Jean-Baptiste! I nominate his English counterpart, one of the oldest Firec … more →
Odd Saint: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Carla Fran wrote 11 months ago: Actually, this fellow was the opposite of a saint. He did a lot of ladies, and a lot of fellows, bu … more →
Odd Saints: Joan Grant
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Carla Fran wrote 1 year ago: When I was young lass, I read all the time, like many young lasses. I still read, but when I was a … more →
Odd Saints
Carla Fran wrote 1 year ago: Dearest, hopefully less beleaguered, Millicent, I offer a new segment for us, the Odd Saints, where … more →
