ADVICE: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Spotted this on a favorite blog, Peterman's Eye.  It's great advice for everyone.  In 1933 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a letter to his daughter in which he included thing to worry (and not worry) about in life.  Pretty sage, if you ask me.

Things to worry about:

Worry about courage

Worry about cleanliness

Worry about efficiency

Worry about horsemanship

Things not to worry about:

Don't worry about popular opinion

Don't worry about dolls

Don't worry about the past

Don't worry about the future

Don't worry about growing up

Don't worry about anybody getting ahead of you

Don't worry about triumph

Don't worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault

Don't worry about mosquitoes

Don't worry about flies

Don't worry about insects in general

Don't worry about parents

Don't worry about boys

Don't worry about disappointments

Don't worry about pleasures

Don't worry about satisfactions

What am I really aiming at?

How good am I really in comparison to my contemporaries in regard to:

(a) Scholarship (b) Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them? (c) Am I trying to make my body a useful instrument or am I neglecting it?

With dearest love,

Daddy

RIDE: Land Cruiser

They sure don't make 'em like they used to.

TLC is doin their part to keep these babes on the road.

#dreamboat

** You've gotta follow This Wild Idea on Instagram to see
Maddie, the coonhound, peel around the country
 in Bean, her Toyota FJ60, with her buddy Theron.

So freaking good.

SONG: Rhapsody in Blue

This song is currently pulling me out of the deep end.

#blueisthenewblue

CHANNELING: James Whales' Frankenstein

James Whale's 1931 film based on Mary Shelley's novel is famous for giving us the modern concept of Frankenstein's monster (played by Boris Karloff), however, beauty Mae Clarke as Elizabeth is the real scene-stealer.

 Try this look and this.  If you're not into fur, I recommend this.

A Deco-inspired wedding dress

An updated peplum dress for the summer

BIRTHDAY: Charles Dickens

Happy 202, Charles Dickens!  The man gave us some of the most memorable characters in literature.  His face is literally in the dictionary when you look up Victorian literature.  And he invented Christmas.

And even though he was paid by the word, we at BnB can't get enough.  Please, sir, we want some more.

BIRTHDAY: Bob Marley

 

Bob, Happy Birthday, man.