8 posts tagged catherine of aragon

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S02E07) I need to point something out first. When they show Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the opening credits, he stares into the camera and widens his eyes just a little bit at the last second. It's perfectly sexy and haunting and dangerous at the same time.

The Constant Princess Philippa Gregory Don't ask me how, but for some reason, I managed to read the entire Tudor England Series by Philippa Gregory in totally the wrong order. This is, chronologically, the first book, but I am actually reading it last. I have to say that I am glad that it happened that way.

Boy or Girl? Answer May Depend on Mom’s Eating Habits (The New York Times)

So for the past few days, when not working, I’ve decided to indulge myself with a good book or two…and recently discovered a really good book that got me gripped and decided to write about it. Surely since I have nothing better to do with my life (minus the fact I took some very pretty pictures of a rainbow but still couldn’t be bothered to post them).

Born on this day in 1485, the youngest surviving child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile - whose lust for gold and desire to find room for Catholicism to grow set off the colonial era - Catherine of Aragon was originally imported to England to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII, in November 1501.

Mute Monday: Role Models Bat Ye'or Hannah Arendt MFK Fisher (How to Cook A Wolf) Catherine of Siena: "We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues.

    Boston Tea Party 350 of 2007 15 days left in this year HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ala:  Road HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Why shouldn’t I know, when it is a road often traveled by my parents.” Today thru December 30th: Maui Film Festival’s First Light Screenings Yesterday, December 15th: Ron Sturtz Memorial Service.