Hope Springs Eternal is a phrase from the Alexander Pope poem An Essay on Man.  Link to references for Hope Springs Eternal in books, films and music at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Springs_Eternal#  See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_Man   

Alexander Pope (1688 O.S.–1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.  An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translation of Homer.  After Shakespeare, Pope is the second-most quoted author in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine").  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope   

Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu created eight covers for the New Yorker.  See pictures at https://squareoneranch.com/ny/artist/GurbuzDoganEksioglu.php  Surrealist Eksioglu (signs his work as Gürbüz or Gurbuz) is a Turkish cartoonist and graphics designer.  He was born in Mesudiye in Ordu Province, Turkey in 1954.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCrb%C3%BCz_Do%C4%9Fan_Ek%C5%9Fio%C4%9Flu  See also https://www.jigidi.com/jigsaw-puzzle/ljwrwy3f/les-il-lustracions-de-gurbuz-dogan-eksioglu/   

A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg  retcon (RET-kon) noun  The introduction of new information to give a different interpretation of an established storyline.  From the first three letters of words in the phrase retroactive continuity.  Earliest documented use:  1988.  Arthur Conan Doyle was tired of Sherlock Holmes and killed him off in the story “The Final Problem” (1893).  Sherlock fans were not happy and the author was forced to bring the detective back in the story “The Adventure of the Empty House” (1903).  The retcon was that Sherlock was alive all this time--spoiler alert--he had simply faked his own death.   

humble pie/humble-pie  noun  (dated)  A pie made from the offal of deer or hog.  (idiomatic)  Humility, being humble. quotations ▼ The expression derives from umble pie, the original name of the offal meat pie, considered inferior food.  In medieval times the pie was often served to lower-class people.  Although "umbles" and the modern word "humble" are etymologically unrelated, each word has appeared both with and without the initial "h" after the Middle Ages until the 19th century.  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/humble_pie#   

Persian Lamb Stew  The spiced meat is ultra tender, it flakes with a fork and melts in your mouth.  The basmati rice soaks up the yummy sauce, a perfect accompaniment to the stew.  As a bonus, this dish is gluten free.  It also contains a hefty dose of turmeric, a spice that has strong anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties.  What a treat!  https://toriavey.com/persian-lamb-stew-2/   eight servings  cook time 3 hours    

American artist Maurice Sendak had this uncanny ability to draw and paint while having a conversation, listening to the TV or music on the stereo or radio.  It was almost as if he needed to occupy one side of his brain to let the other side create.  While working, the only time he needed complete silence was when writing, which he said didn’t come as easily as drawing.   He didn’t have any formal education in art.  He chose from an early age to educate himself, to study and draw on his own.   While most kids would pin up athletes and movie stars on their bedroom walls, Maurice would pin magazine clippings of Titian and El Greco paintings.  He would spend countless hours sketching his family and the children playing in the streets outside his apartment window.  When Jonathan Weinberg suggested the Maurice Sendak Foundation should mount a retrospective of Maurice’s work it was an enthusiastic “Yes!”  Lynn Caponera is the President and Treasurer of the Maurice Sendak Foundation.   Excerpted from Wild Things Are Happening:  The Art of Maurice Sendak, edited by Jonathan Weinberg.  Copyright © 2022.  See many pictures at https://lithub.com/lynn-caponera-on-the-wild-and-wonderful-legacy-of-maurice-sendak/   

Easy Bread Pudding recipe by Jessica  https://fantabulosity.com/last-minute-bread-pudding/   

I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. - George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (22 Nov 1819-1880)   

Poetry is a sort of homecoming. - Paul Celan, poet and translator (23 Nov 1920-1970)  See also https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-celan   

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