Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Gail Mazur: (born 1937). American poet born and raised in Massachusetts. She has published seven books of poetry, and They Can’t Take That Away From Me (2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry. Late February and the air’s so balmy, snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then the… Lees verder Gail Mazur

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky: (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986). Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery and preoccupation with nature and… Lees verder Andrei Tarkovski

Carlos Castaneda: (Cajamarca, 25 December 1925 – Los Angeles, 27 April 1998). American writer and anthropologist of Peruvian descent who wrote a number of books about his relationship with and apprenticeship with an Indian magician called Don Juan Matus. The books contained many supernatural phenomena and magic but also detailed explanations of this Don Juan’s… Lees verder Carlos Castaneda

Adyashanti: Meaning ‘primordial peace’. (born Stephen Gray on October 26, 1962). American former spiritual teacher and author from the San Francisco Bay Area who offered talks, online study courses, and retreats in the United States and abroad. He is the author of numerous books, CDs and DVDs and, together with his wife Mukti, is the… Lees verder Adyashanti

Viktor Emil Frankl: (Vienna, 26 March 1905 – Vienna, 2 September 1997). Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, but became best known as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, a form of existential analysis, also called the Third Viennese School of psychotherapy. His book The Meaning of Existence (published in 1978 as a translation… Lees verder Viktor Frankl

Fraser’s Magazine: English magazine first published in February 1830 by Hugh Fraser. William Magginn, formerly involved with Blackwood’s Magazine, was editor. Early contributors to the magazine included such big names as Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Makepeace Thackeray and William Harrison Ainsworth. The magazine ceased to exist in 1882. The publisher Longmans,… Lees verder Fraser’s Magazine

Thomm Quackenbush: (December 14, 1980, Cold Spring, NY). American author of speculative fiction including his Night’s Dream series. He lives and teaches in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. Anything, after we returned from vacation, was a hot autumn day, taunting me with promises of February snow piles.        

Shirley Hardie Jackson: (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965). American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories. February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful… Lees verder Shirley Jackson

Lotto Boyzz: R&B and rap duo from Birmingham, UK. February came like this. She’s marching with her friend called April. May you never look like it June and July, oh mama.

Shannon Wiersbitzky: American author of children’s books. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, raised everywhere and currently living in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA.   When God was making the months, I think February was a mistake, like a burp. There it was, small, dark, and prickly. It had absolutely no redeeming qualities.