On Good Friday weary I shuffle my steps, at the weary light of day. Lilies of spring I bring you and lay upon your cross ~ tear-soaked...

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~ by guest writer AlbertCAN Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches Et puis voici mon coeur qui ne bat que pour vous. Ne ...

I'm in the attic of an old video store downtown. Stuffy and with the permeating smell of hot, new plastic from the inner jackets of DVDs...

Years before niche perfumery came up with "collection of scents" in identical bottles and "concept" themes evolving arou...

Helena Rubinstein proposed that Wanted "unveils the ineffable and mysterious link that binds a woman to her love, a woman to her desir...

There is a French expression "mettre en valeur" which roughly translates as to highlight, to draw attention to one's best feat...

In Giambattista Basile's charming tale The Murtle from Il Cunto de li Cunti (The Tale of Tales, 1694), a sprig of myrtle is transforme...