The last words of Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos before he charged at the Ottomans were "The city is fallen and I'm still alive"! His body was never recovered as he tore off all marks of rank before plunging into the fight. There were no known (surviving) eyewitnesses to his death. He was 48. Constantine in his usual bravery and defiance refused Mehmed’s offer, saying “ As to surrendering the city to you, it is not for me to decide or for anyone else of its citizens; for all of us have reached the mutual decision to die of our own free will, without any regard for our lives ”. That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees, —Those dying generations—at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. II An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat...

  A jazz mad flapper girl in Lackadaisy Cats style- from sketch- To painting- To video with  the song that inspired it-

Pete Hawley.  Wallace Tripp. Hawley. Tripp.

  In 1764 something began hunting and killing humans in the Gevaudan, now the department of Lozere.  There were an estimated 210 attacks, with 113 dead and about 49 injured.  One will note the ratio of dead to wounded.  About 98 of those killed were eaten.  This statue of Marie-Jeanne Valet by Philip Kaeppelin sums up the whole thing quite nicely. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marie-jeanne-valet-vs-the-beast-of-gevaudan It did not look like this. Or this. And it sure did not look like this terrifying image from the movie Brotherhood of the Wolf, which was most enjoyable, entertaining, and historically accurate with the general look of the whole thing. Some of the pictures drawn at the time do resemble this thing. See what I mean? This is what the beast looked like.  No, perhaps not.  It is now thought that the beast was a lion, which would explain a lot.  It could ha...

Mother is so strict. Me,.. .I wouldn't harm a fly.

 Some fan art of Aisudi's 1950's cat couple Chester and Abby-check out her art channel at https://www.youtube.com/@AisudiArtist/videos Sketch~ To finished painting~ My fan art video~