This morning in Pooh Corner...
Piglet had got up early to pick himself a bunch of violets; and it suddenly came over him that nobody had ever picked Eeyore a bunch of violets. So he hurried out again, saying, “Eeyore, Violets,” in case he forgot.
Because it was that sort of day.
A.A.Milne
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have you guys ever seen what Mr A.A. Milne said about Wind in the Willows he would do NUMBERS as a tumblrina
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“Well done, Piglet,” said Christopher Robin. And at these encouraging words Piglet felt happy again
AA Milne
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First-edition copy of the children's classic The House at Pooh Corner with the first appearance of Tigger.
A.A. Milne (English).
Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (English).
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928.
Octavo.
Bound in publisher's original gilt-stamped pink cloth with top edge gilt, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, and illustrated dust jacket with mylar cover.
Listed by Sotheby's
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You can never tell with bees.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
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Ten of Our Favorite Poems for National Poetry Month!
April was National Poetry Month, and to celebrate we asked authors involved with Duck Prints Press to talk about their favorite (ideally queer) poems! For the poems in the public domain, we then recorded them and shared them on Instagram and/or Tiktok!
Join us, and get your poem on, with these ten lovely pieces!
To a Stranger by Walt Whitman
read by Nina Waters (Tiktok | Instagram)
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At a Dinner Party by Amy Levy
read by Maggie Page (Tiktok | Instagram)
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Halfway Down by A. A. Milne
read by Tris Lawrence (Tiktok | Instagram)
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Because I Liked You Better by A. E. Housman
read by Maggie Page (Instagram)
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Bored: At A London Music by Horatio Brown
read by Maggie Page (Tiktok | Instagram)
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
read by Tris Lawrence (Tiktok | Instagram)
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Endymion by Oscar Wilde
read by Nina Waters (Tiktok | Instagram)
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The Chariot by Emily Dickinson
read by Tris Lawrence (Instagram)
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Love Stronger than Death by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
read by Maggie Page (Instagram)
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Apologia by Oscar Wilde
read by Maggie Page (Instagram)
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Honorable Mention: We couldn’t include “Stop All the Clocks” by W. H. Auden or “I Know a Man” by Robert Creeley because they’re not in the public domain, but they absolutely would have been included if we could have.
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What are YOUR favorite queer historical poems and/or poets? Tell us in the replies!
(if you send something our way that’s in the public domain, maybe we’ll record it!)
Who We Are: Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. Our founding vision is to help fan creators publishing their original works. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and publishing stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Want to always hear the latest? Sign up for our monthly newsletter! Want to support the Press, read about us behind-the-scenes, learn what’s coming down the pipeline, get exclusive teasers, and claim free stories? Back us on Patreon monthly!
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"You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re still thinking about yesterday." ~Charles F. Kettering
yes, it's another one from the inspirational quotes about studying website + no other work of fiction other than winnie the pooh puts me in the mood to stay in the present, which i need to do today if i wanna...
finish half of biochem section 4/5 ✅ (the original plan was to finish the whole section but my brain was fried)
work on the last mol bio section for this week ✅ (i was supposed to finish 15 slides which would be ~half...instead i'm stopping at the 10th slide bc it's late and i'm tired and i will get more done if i wake up early tmr. i COULD'VE gotten through all 15 tho if i had not procrastinated on tumblr, etc. today 😑 also i have a question on 1 of the topics, so unless they reply tmr, i'm gonna continue taking notes on what i DO understand...)
finish psyc ch 2/3 ✅
physio exercises ✅
journal ✅
here's to doing better tomorrow!! 🌟
also, in first year, i was as burnt out as i currently am 1-2 weeks before reading week. it is now 1 week after reading week, so i'm considering that progress 😂
🎶 happy morning jazz - bgm café
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