Farewell to Dorothy Parker for now

I don't agree - but it makes a good quip

Sick of Dorothy yet?

Just looking....

Oh so, Dorothy!

Wouldn't we all!

Another funny/bitter pome by Dorothy Parker

What a kidder...

Dorothy strikes again

Freckles and love???

The Red Dress

I always saw, I always said
 If I were grown and free,
I'd have a gown of reddest red
 As fine as you could see,

To wear out walking, sleek and slow,
 Upon a Summer day,
And there'd be one to see me so
 And flip the world away.

And he would be a gallant one,
 With stars behind his eyes,
And hair like metal in the sun,
 And lips too warm for lies.

I always saw us, gay and good,
 High honored in the town.
Now I am grown to womanhood….
 I have the silly gown.

Just be yourself - you are enough

Dorothy strikes again

Guess who?

She strikes again - what a cynic!

Light Of Love by Dorothy Parker

Joy stayed with me a night--
Young and free and fair--
And in the morning light
He left me there.

Then Sorrow came to stay,
And lay upon my breast
He walked with me in the day.
And knew me best.

I'll never be a bride,
Nor yet celibate,
So I'm living now with Pride--
A cold bedmate.

He must not hear nor see,
Nor could he forgive
That Sorrow still visits me
Each day I live.

Dorothy knew a thing or two...

Celebrating Dorothy Parker this month!

Dorothy on Oscar!

Dorothy Parker – “What Fresh Hell Is This?” – A biography by Marion Meade

I was attracted to this biography, not because of Dorothy Parker, but because I had enjoyed a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine by the same author.  I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Dorothy Parker.

Dorothy was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theatre criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories.  Her life is laid pretty bare in the biography in a very compelling way. 

I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.

- Dorothy Parker