Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Mario Batali, on reading:
Reading is a key feature in the life of every
single successful person I have ever met.
- Mario Batali.
- Mario Batali.
Recommended reading - Scenes from the Life of Bohemia
Scenes from the Life of Bohemia
Scènes De La Vie De Bohême
by Henri Murger.First published 1849.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0359742505
ISBN-13: 978-0359742509
ISBN-13: 978-0359742509
Description:
The inspiration for
Puccini’s great opera La Bohème, Henri Murger’s episodic story of
the bohemians of mid-19th century Paris is a lively, eccentric and amusing
narrative – it is presented here with the original 33 drawings. Less a novel
and more a series of entertaining encounters, Murger’s work constructs a
picture of artistic community and madcap association – aspiring painters,
musicians and writers, all with strange stories to tell. Though struggling with
poverty, the bohemians are blessed with occasional good fortune; eccentric but
monied clients, or jobs landed by sheer luck and opportunistic panache. More
than this however is the abiding theme of bonhomie between the young
associates; all share the same dream – recognition and money for their creative
endeavours – and are bound together by their place of meeting and low social
standing. The café where the group gather to socialize serves as the genesis
for several plotlines; here the protagonists commiserate and collaborate in
equal measure.
Born on this day – August Derleth:
Credits:
A Collector of Stones (1946); A
Corner for Lucia (1953); A Dinner at Imola (1929); A Boy's Way (1947); A Cloak
From Messer Lando (1934); A Gentleman from Prague (1944); A Knocking in the
Wall (1951); A Little Knowledge (1948); A Matter of Faith (1934); A Matter of
Sight (1930); A Praed Street Dossier (1968); A Room in a House (1950); A Thin
Gentleman with Gloves (1943); A Traveler in Time (1953); A Wig for Miss DeVore
(1943); Across the Hall (1930); After You, Mr. Henderson (1940); Alannah
(1945); Altimer's Amulet (1941); An Elegy for Mr. Danielson (1933); An Eye for
History (1975); An Occurrence in an Antique Shop (1929); And You, Thoreau!
(1944); Any Day Now (1938); Atmosphere of Houses (1939); August Derleth's Eerie
Creatures (2009); Balu (1949); Bat's Belfry (1926); Baynter's Imp (1943);
Beachheads in Space (1952); Beyond the Threshold (1941); Beyond Time and Space
(1950); Birkett's Twelfth Corpse (1933); Bishop's Gambit (1947); Blessed Are
the Meek (1948); Bramwell's Guardian (1940); Bright Journey (1940); By Rocket
to the Moon (1965); Carousel (1945); Century Jumper (1953); Clark Ashton Smith:
Master of Fantasy (1974); Colonel Markesan (1934); Colonel Markesan and Less
Pleasant People (1966); Columbus and the New World (1957); Come to Me! (1941);
Compliments of Spectro (1941); Concord Rebel: A Life of Henry D. Thoreau
(1962); Consider Your Verdict (1937); Country Growth (1940); Country Matters
(1996); Country Poems (1956); Countryman's Journal (1963); Dark Mind, Dark
Heart (1962); Dark Things (1971); Dead Man's Shoes (1946); Death by Design
(1953); Death Holds the Post (1936); Dwellers in Darkness (1976); Emerson, Our
Contemporary (1970); Empire of Fur (1953); Evening in Spring (1941); Far
Boundaries (1951); Father Marquette and the Great Rivers (1959); Feigman's
Beard (1934); Fell Purpose (1953); Ferguson's Capsules (1966); Forest Orphans:
Carl Marty and His Animal Friends (1964); From Other Worlds (1964); Gangster
Stories (1930); Glory Hand (1937); H.P. Lovecraft And His Work (1963); H.P.L.:
A Memoir (1945); Habitant of Dusk (1946); Halloween for Mr. Faulkner (1959);
Harrigan's File (1975); Hawk on the Wind (1938); He Shall Come (1929);
Headlines for Tod Shayne (1942); Here on a Darkling Plain (1940); Here, Daemos!
(1942); In Lovecraft's Shadow (1998); In Re: Sherlock Holmes – The Adventures
of Solar Pons (1945); In the Left Wing (1932); Incubus (1934); Innsmouth Clay
(1971); Invaders from the Microcosm (1953); Ithaqua (1941); It's a Boy's World
(1948); Jacksnipe Over (1971); Journals (Sac Prairie Saga); Just a Song at
Twilight (1930); Kingsridge 214 (1949); Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square (1944);
Lamplight for the Dark (1941); Land of Gray Gold (1954); Land of Sky Blue
Waters (1955); Lansing's Luxury (1942); Laughter in the Night (1932);
Lesandro's Familiar (1936); Logoda's Heads (1939); Lonesome Places (1962);
Lovecraft and "The Pacer" (1959); Man and the Cosmos (1935); Man
Track Here (1939); Mara (1948); Mark VII (1954); McElwin's Glass (1943);
McGovern's Obsession (1937); McIlvaine's Star (1952); Melodie in E Minor
(1929); Mischief in the Lane (1944); Miss Esperson (1962); Mr. Ames' Devil
(1942); Mr. Berbeck Had a Dream (1935); Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (1968); Mr.
George (1947); Mr. George and Other Odd Persons (1963); Mrs. Bentley's Daughter
(1930); Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind (1942); Mrs. Elting Does Her Part (1939);
Mrs. Lannisfree (1945); Mrs. Manifold (1949); Muggridge's Aunt (1935); Murder
Stalks the Wakely Family (1934); Nellie Foster (1933); New Horizons:
Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow (1998); New Worlds for Old (1963); Night's
Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company (1952); No Future for Luana (1945); No Light
for Uncle Henry (1943); Not Long for this World (1948); Old Mark (1929);
Oliver, The Wayward Owl (1945); Omega (1934); Only Deserted (1937); Open,
Sesame! (1949); Over the Edge (1964); Pacific 421 (1944); Parrington's Pool
(1947); Pikeman (1946); Place of Hawks (1935); Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1937);
Portals of Tomorrow (1954); Potts' Triumph (1950); Prince Borgia's Mass (1931);
Protoplasma (1975); Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight (1948); Psyche
(1953); Red Hands (1932); Rendezvous in a Landscape (1952); Restless is the
River (1939); Return to Sac Prairie (1996); Return to Walden West (1970);
Riders in the Sky (1928); Rind of Earth (1942); Sac Prairie People (1948);
Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus (1956); Saunder's Little Friend (1948);
Scarlatti's Bottle (1929); Selected Poems (1944); Sentence Deferred (1939);
Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall (1953); Shadow of Night (1943); Shane's Girls (aka
Happiness is a Gift) (1948); Sign of Fear (1935); Sleep No More (1944); Some
Notes on H. P. Lovecraft (1959); Someone in the Dark (1941); Something from Out
There (1951); Something in Wood (1948); Something Left Behind (1971); Something
Near (1945); Spawn of the Maelstrom (1939); Still is the Summer Night (1937);
Still Small Voice (1940); Strange Ports of Call (1948); Sweet Genevieve (1942);
Sweet Land of Michigan (1962); Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1969); That Is Not
Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth (2009); The
Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (1955); The Adventure of the Black
Cardinal (1930); The Adventure of the Intarsia Box (1964); The Adventure of The
Orient Express (1964); The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (1953); The
Adventure of the Unique Dickensians (1968); The Ancestor (1957); The Beast in
Holger's Woods (1968); The Bishop Sees Through (1932); The Black Castle (1927);
The Black Island (1952); The Blue Spectacles (1949); The Bridge of Sighs
(1931); The Captain Is Afraid (1931); The Captive Island (1952); The Carven
Image (1933); The Casebook of Solar Pons (1965); The Chronicles of Solar Pons
(1973); The Churchyard Yew (1947); The Closing Door (1950); The Coffin of Lissa
(1926); The Conradi Affair (1928); The Country of the Hawk (1952); The Dark Boy
(1956); The Dark Brotherhood (1966); The Deserted Garden (1929); The Detective
and the Senator (1953); The Devil's Pay (1926); The Disc Recorder (1953); The
Drifting Snow (1939); The Dweller in Darkness (1944); The Ebony Stick (1953);
The Edge of Night (1945); The Elixir of Life (1926); The Extra Passenger
(1947); The Fifth Child (1950); The Figure with the Scythe (1973); The Final
Adventures of Solar Pons (1998); The Gable Window (1957); The Ghost of
Blackhawk Island (1961); The Ghost Walk (1947); The God-Box (1945); The Hills
Stand Watch (1960); The Horror from the Middle Span (1967); The House by the
River (1965); The House In the Magnolias (1932); The House in the Oaks (1971);
The House in the Valley (1953); The House of Moonlight (1953); The House on the
Highway (1929); The House on the Mound (1958); The Inheritors (1929); The
Inverness Cape (1945); The Irregulars Strike Again (1964); The Island Out of
Space (1950); The Keeper of the Key (1951); The Lair of the Star-Spawn (1932);
The Lamp of Alhazred (1957); The Lilac Bush (1930); The Lonesome Place (1948);
The Lost Day (1945); The Lost Path (1952); The Lost Sac Prairie Novels (2000);
The Lurker at the Threshold (1945); The Man on All Fours (1934); The Man on B-17
(1950); The Man Who Rode the Saucer (1951); The Marmoset (1926); The Martian
Artifact (1957); The Mask of Cthulhu (1958); The Maugham Obsession (1953); The
Mechanical House (1954); The Memoirs of Solar Pons (1951); The Metronome
(1934); The Mill Creek Irregulars (1959); The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred
Years (1948); The Moon Tenders (1958); The Narracong Riddle (1940); The Night
Rider (1927); The Night Road (1952); The Night Side (1947); The Night Side
(1947); The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948); The Occupant of the Crypt
(1947); The Odyssey of Janna Meade (1949); The Ormolu Clock (1950); The Other
Side of the Moon (1949); The Other Side of the Wall (1951); The Outer Reaches
(1951); The Owl on the Moor (1928); The Pacer (1930); The Pacer (1930); The Panelled
Room (1937); The Peabody Heritage (1957); The Penfield Misadventure (1954); The
Philosophers' Stone (1928); The Pinkertons Ride Again (1960); The Place in the
Woods (1954); The Place of Desolation (1952); The Portrait (1930); The Prince
Goes West (1968); The Remarkable Dingdong (1954); The Reminiscences of Solar
Pons (1961); The Return of Andrew Bentley (1933); The Return of Hastur (1939);
The Return of Sarah Purcell (1936); The Return of Solar Pons (1958); The River
(1927); The Sandwin Compact (1940); The Satin Mask (1936); The Seal of R'lyeh
(1957); The Second Print (1939); The Seven Who Waited (1943); The Shadow on the
Sky (1932); The Shadow Out of Space (1957); The Sheraton Mirror (1932); The
Shield of the Valiant (1945); The Shores of Night (1947); The Shuttered House
(1937); The Shuttered Room (1959); The Slayers and the Slain (1949); The
Sleepers (1927); The Sleepers and Other Wakeful Things (2009); The Sleeping and
the Dead (1947); The Sleeping and the Dead (1963); The Solar Pons Omnibus (1982);
The Song of the Pewee (1949); The Statement of Justin Parker (1928); The
Survivor (1954); The Survivor and Others (1957); The Telephone in the Library
(1936); The Tenant (1928); The Tenant at Number Seven (1928); The Tent Show
Summer (1963); The Testament of Claiborne Boyd (aka The Gorge Beyond Salapunco)
(1949); The Thing that Walked on the Wind (1933); The Three-Storied House
(1928); The Time of Infinity (1963); The Trail of Cthulhu (1962); The Trail of
Cthulhu (aka The House on Curwen Street) (1944); The Tsantsa in the Parlor
(1948); The Turret Room (1927); The Unquiet Grave (1963); The Vanishing of
Simmons (1933); The Vengeance of Ai (1939); The Watcher from the Sky (1945);
The Watcher on the Heights (1966); The Watchers Out of Time (1974); The Watchers
Out of Time and Others (1974); The Whippoorwills in the Hills (1948); The
Whistler (1930); The White Moth (1933); The Wind from the River (1937); The
Wind in the Cedars (aka Happiness Shall Not Escape (1946); The Wind in the
Lilacs (1948); The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles (1942); The Woman at
Loon Point (1936); They Shall Rise (1936); Thinker, Mark VII (1954); This Wound
(1962); Those Who Seek (1932); Three Gentlemen in Black (1938); Three Problems
for Solar Pons (1952); Three Straw Men (1970); Three Who Died (1935); Time to
Come (1954); To a Spaceship (1934); Travellers by Night (1967); Twilight Play
(1949); Village Daybook (1947); Village Year: A Sac Prairie Journal (1941);
Vincennes: Portal to the West (1968); Walden West (1961); Wentworth's Day
(1957); West of Morning (1960); When Evil Wakes (1963); Who Knocks? (1946); Who
Shall I Say is Calling & Other Stories (2009); Who Shall I Say is Calling?
(1952); Wilbur, The Trusting Whippoorwill (1959); Wild Grapes (1934); Wind in
the Elms (1941); Wind Over Wisconsin (1938); Wisconsin Country: A Sac Prairie
Journal (1965); Wisconsin Earth: A Sac Prairie Sampler (1948); Wisconsin in
Their Bones (1961); Wisconsin Murders (1968); Worlds of Tomorrow (1953).
Born on this day – Billie Van Every:
Credits:
A Woman's Man (1934); Atlantic
Flight (1937); Blind Date (1934); Broadway Bill (1934); Carnival (1935); City
Limits (1934); Crime Takes a Holiday (1938); Death Flies East (1935); I'll Love
You Always (1935); Keyhole Katie (1933); Million Dollar Ransom (1934); Monte
Carlo Nights (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Navy Born (1936);
Sadie McKee (1934); She Married Her Boss (1935); SOS Coast Guard (1937); The
Girl Friend (1935); The Girl Who Came Back (1935); The Godless Girl (1928); The
Hell Cat (1934); The Loudspeaker (1934); The Party's Over (1934); Whirlpool
(1934).
Born on this day – Angela Greene:
Credits:
Futureworld
(1976); Baretta (1975); Medical Center (1973–1975); The Day of the Locust
(1975); Police Story (1974); The Waltons (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Room
222 (1972); Banacek (1972); Adam-12 (1969–1972); Love, American Style / Love
and the Waitress (1971); Lassie (1970); Nancy (1970); The Immortal (1970);
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Mod Squad
(1969); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fugitive (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler
Theatre (1966); Batman (1966); Tickle Me (1965); The Rogues (1965); Ben Casey
(1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963);
Wagon Train (1958–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Lawman (1962); The Law and Mr.
Jones (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1962); Bus Stop (1962); Surfside 6
(1961–1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Cheyenne (1961); Thriller (1961);
Lock Up (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Johnny Midnight
(1960); Markham (1960); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956–1960); General
Electric Theater (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Perry Mason (1959);
Whirlybirds (1958–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959);
The Cosmic Man (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse
(1955–1958); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Night of the Blood Beast (1958); Sally
(1958); M Squad (1958); El coyote (1957); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Tales
of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Affair in Reno (1957); The 20th Century-Fox
Hour (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
(1956); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); The Ford
Television Theatre (1953–1956); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956);
Waterfront (1955); Crossroads (1955); Shotgun (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The
Whistler (1955); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Patrick Henry (1955);
Passport to Danger (1954); Topper (1954); The Royal African Rifles (1953);
Chevron Theatre (1953); Loose in London (1953); A Perilous Journey (1953); The
Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); Fireside Theatre
(1952); Racket Squad (1952); Sky King (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
(1952); Dick Tracy (1950); At War with the Army (1950); Wallflower (1948); King
of the Bandits (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); Love and Learn (1947); Stallion Road
(1947); That Way with Women (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946);
Humoresque (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); Mildred
Pierce (1945); Coney Island Honeymoon (1945); Law of the Badlands (1945);
Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); Musical Movieland
(1944); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Grandfather's Follies.
Born on this day – Barbara Lawrence:
Barbara Lawrence
Actress
February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013
Credits:
The Tall Man
(1962); Perry Mason (1958–1962); The Best of the Post (1961); Shotgun Slade
(1960); Bonanza (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960);
Tightrope (1959); Riverboat (1959); Trackdown (1958); Cimarron City (1958); The
Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Goodyear Theatre (1957);
Joe Dakota (1957); Man in the Shadow (1957); Kronos (1957); Have Camera Will
Travel (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Four Star
Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1956); Oklahoma! (1955); Man
with the Gun (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954);
Paris Model (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Arena (1953); The Star (1952);
The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Two Tickets
to Broadway (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Peggy (1950); The Silver
Theatre (1950); Thieves' Highway (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); A Letter
to Three Wives (1949); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); The Street with No Name (1948);
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Captain from
Castile (1947); Margie (1946); Diamond Horseshoe (1945).
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