Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Josephine Edna O’Brien: (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024). Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. August is a wicked month.        

Anthony Visconti: (Brooklyn, New York, 24 April 1944). American musician and music producer. In his early days, he sometimes played in the background. His best-known work is his collaboration with David Bowie, with whom he worked from 1969 until Bowie’s death in 2016. He also produced Moody Blues, T. Rex, Mary Hopkin, Thin Lizzy, Ralph… Lees verder Tony Visconti

Donald Grant Mitchell: (April 12, 1822 – December 15, 1908). American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer, and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day.

Edward Blair: No information available. The August sun is pouring on the land. His scorching rays and vegetation stands, beseeching to the skies for showers again, and being answered like the prayers of men.

Antoine Arnault: (born 4 June 1977). French businessman who is the vice-chairman and CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the second child and eldest son of billionaire Bernard Arnault, who controls LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The Arnault family is one of the wealthiest in the world. The west coast of Corsica on a… Lees verder Antoine Arnault

Melanie Gideon: American author of the novels, Did I Say You Could Go, Valley of the Moon and Wife 22, as well as the memoir The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After. Her books have been translated into 30 languages. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the… Lees verder Melanie Gideon

Montesquieu or in full Charles Louis de Secondat: Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (Château de La Brède near Bordeaux, France, 18 January 1689 – Paris, France, 10 February 1755), whose full name is also often shortened to Charles de Montesquieu, was a French philosopher and magistrate. He is considered one of the founders… Lees verder Montesquieu

In August, an inescapable blanket of heat settled over Paducah ( Kentucky, US ), the last gasping breath of summer roaring its weight out over the populace.

Cecelia Ahern: (Dublin, September 30, 1981) is an Irish writer. Ahern is the daughter of former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and Miriam Kelly. Her older sister, Georgina, is married to Westlife’s Nicky Byrne. Ahern is currently in a relationship with David Keoghan. In 2000, she was a member of the Irish pop group Shimma,… Lees verder Cecelia Ahern

Victoria Erickson: American author, poet, and founder of world-renowned creative writing workshops and immersions. The scope of Victoria’s writing work runs wide from energy healing using the tool of written language to international poetry retreats to hundreds of online creative workshops teaching thousands of students how to find their “genius” in writing and flow state.… Lees verder Victoria Erickson