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Miné Okubo (/ ˈ m iː n eɪ /; [4] Japanese: 大久保 ミネ, [5] June 27, 1912 – February 10, 2001) was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book Citizen 13660, a collection of 198 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
The Rainbow Bridge is a meadow where animals wait for their humans to join them, and the bridge that takes them all to Heaven, together. The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of several works written first in 1959, then in the 1980s and 1990s, that speak of an other-worldly place where pets go upon death, eventually to be reunited with their owners.
The term "cat lady" has also been used as a pejorative term towards women without children, regardless of if they actually own cats. [2] [3] Depending on context, the ordinarily pejorative word "crazy" may be prepended to "cat lady" to indicate either a pejorative [1] or a humorous and affectionate label. [4]
"The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes". Illustration by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book Folio Society editions of the Coloured Fairy Books. The best-known volumes of the series are the 12 Fairy Books, each of which is distinguished by its own color.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: Companion to Mungojerrie, a white fluffy Persian queen who first appears in the poem Growltiger's Last Stand. She inadvertently leads to the demise of her suitor, the dreaded Growltiger, at the hands (paws) of a gang of Siamese cats. Growltiger: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot ...
Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta / f r ə ˈ z ɛ t ə /; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) [1] [2] was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media.
On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked. Cinderella's stepsisters' language is decidedly more declarative than hers, and the woman at the center of the tale "The Lazy Spinner" is a slothful character who, to the Grimms' apparent chagrin, is "always ready with her tongue."
The painting in the Reed house that Alice describes as Irena's favorite piece of art is the portrait Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga by Francisco Goya. Irena's lullaby, a musical motif in the score of both this film and Cat People, is an adaptation of the French lullaby "Do, do, l'enfant do". The carol Irena sings in counterpoint to ...