In honor of a favorite English Eccentric: EDITH SITWELL
September 7 1886- December 9 1964
anaglyph image from Kathy Fernleigh- here"The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth."
Dame Edith Sitwell
from Sitwell's autobiography, Taken Care Of, the Dame talks about her childhood pet, Peaky, a ravishing Peacock nonetheless. Her childhood was an unhappy one- the first child and a girl at that- She was a disappointment to her parents, especially her mother who bemoaned the child's strange appearance. An augur of the woman Edith became, her bond with the peacock continued until a female bird was purchased for Edith's pet. Jilted. For a while though, the peacock would await Edith's appearance and shriek at her with delight and accompany her for a stroll in the gardens. Edith wrapped her arm around the peacock's neck-
"I would go to the garden and we would walk, you might say, arm in arm. When asked why I loved him so, I answered, 'Because he's beautiful, and be cause he wears a crown!' "
"If it had not been for his crown, which made him slightly larger than me, we would have been the same height." es
An Indian Tale for Little Edith
the Princess & the Peacock
the Princess & the Peacock
image (here)Read more about Dame Edith Sitwell:
Genius in a Wimple TIME magazine 1955
Strictly old skool! guardian.co.uk
september 7 is also the Birthday of friend Sanford Peele-
who died December 15th, 2008
happy birthday SP
september 7 is also the Birthday of my grandfather George Joseph Cushwa
who died september 10, 1944
