American writer.
Born: 10 January 1889 Flandreau South Dakota, US
Died:
November 1971, Newton, Masschusetts, US.
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Cold and snowy February does seem slow and trying, very. Still, a month made gay by Cupid never could be wholly stupid.
Meaning 📖💘: The quote says: February feels cold, slow, and heavy, but because of Valentine’s Day (Cupid), the month is never completely gloomy. Themes: contrast between winter gloom and the uplifting power of (romantic) love and small pleasures. Author 🖋️:Most common attribution: Louise Bennett Weaver. She was an American writer/editor of early 20th-century cookbooks/household books (including the popular “Bettina” books), often in collaboration with Helen Cowles LeCron.Note of confusion: sometimes the name is shortened to “Louise Bennett,” which may remind people of the Jamaican poet Louise Bennett-Coverley (“Miss Lou”). That is a different person.Origin 🗂️: The phrase circulates as a short monthly verse / epigraph for “February” and is frequently linked to Louise Bennett Weaver online. Likely context: one of the “Bettina” books (e.g., “A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (With Bettina’s Best Recipes),” 1917) or related editions in which months/menus are introduced by short verses. Exact first printing/page citation is difficult to provide without inspection, since variants of the line circulate and quote sites rarely cite a source page. Source text and translation 🌐: Common English version: “Cold and snowy February does seem slow and trying, very trying. Yet a month made gay by Cupid never can be quite dreary.”Variants and notes ✍️: Variants occur with or without “quite” and with minor punctuation differences. The word “gay” in the original here means “cheerful/gay” (old-fashioned usage).
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
