The Fortnightly Kitti Carriker: Everything Connects

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Everything Connects

ACCUSTOMED, CERMONIOUS, GENIUS
LEONARDO DA VINCI
~ 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519 ~

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A few centuries later, British novelist
E. M. Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970)
echoed Da Vinci's sentiment, creating the phrase
that has become the mantra for my reading & writing:
"Live in fragments no longer. Only connect!"

Many times over, I have invoked this iconic phrase
from Forster's novel Howards End (published 1910):
Mission Statement, Commonplace Book, King & Queen,
Handful of Dust, RedBear, Continued Connections, Uroboros

A brief post in honor of the
incomparble Leonardo Da Vinci,
whose astounding life began 571 years ago today!

Leonardo Da Vinci Inventor
Liebig ~ Trading Card Set
[Dual connection: Forster post ~ Da Vinci Card]

Let us also join with Leonardo
in celebration of the
continuing Season of Easter!

Lily, c.1473 - c.1475

~ two renderings ~

Drawing of lilies, for an Annunciation, c.1500
[see also]

Next Fortnightly Post
Friday, April 28th

Between now and then, read
THE QUOTIDIAN KIT
my shorter, almost daily blog posts
www.dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com

Looking for a good book? Try
KITTI'S LIST
my running list of recent reading
www.kittislist.blogsppot.com

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WELCOME NEW READERS!

COINCIDENCES ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE TAKING. CONNECTIONS ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE MAKING.

WHAT A STRANGE WORLD THIS WOULD BE IF THERE WERE NO COINCIDENCES!

ISN'T A DAY WITHOUT A COINCIDENCE ACTUALLY WAY MORE UNUSUAL THAN A DAY FULL OF COINCIDENCES?

If you are a newcomer to this blog, all you really need to know is that I will post a new entry every two weeks, thus "fortnightly," i.e., every fourteen days -- on the 14th of the month & then again on the 28th.

If you are interested in reading previous posts, look near the top of right-hand column for the "Blog Archive." Click on the black arrows for a list of months, then click on the name of each month for that month's posts. You will find two essays per month, starting in February 2009.

If you go back in the archives to Monday, September 14th, you can read my statement of purpose for what I am trying to accomplish on these pages: http://kitticarriker.blogspot.com/2009/09/not-memo-mission-statement_14.html

If you would like to read more while waiting for the next fortnightly essay of connection and coincidence, you are in luck! Just go to my DAILY BLOG: http://dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com/

And my BOOK BLOG: http://www.kittislist.blogspot.com/

You can also get there by clicking on the big "CARRIKER" signs near the top of right-hand column.

The book blog, "Kitti's List," is a running log, with commentary of my past and current reading. The titles are organized primarily by the date of reading but also somewhat thematically.

On the daily blog, "The Quotidian Kit," I post -- every other day or so -- bits & bobs from both the Fortnightly "Kitti Carriker" and "Kitti's List," just to keep you informed of what is going on there. For example, I will probably re-publish this column about how to navigate the blogs on "The Quotidian" sometime in the coming week.

In addition, I occasionally feature blogs run by friends, various cross references and links that you may find of interest, announcements of community events, news about my family, old and new favorite poems, seasonal pictures and quotations, and photos of my adorable cats (sorry, can't resist!).

On both the right-hand & left-hand columns of "The Quotidian" you will find a permanent list of the many one - liners and quotations that I have collected over the years. I hope you will find a few there that will stick in your mind as they have stuck in mine.

Please read, enjoy, follow & comment! Thanks!