Weekend Reads: Links to the Strange and the Beautiful

I always enjoy suggested reading and fun links posted by my favorite bloggers, so I thought I would start collecting my own links of interest throughout the week and share them from time-to-time. I am inspired by so many things I read, and I try to share many of them here, but not everything is within the scope of my own blog (yes, I read some weird things!)!! Thus, "Weekend Reads" is born. Hope you enjoy!

♥I was introduced to the photography of Louis Amédée Mante and Edmond Goldschmidt [responsible for some of the earliest known photography] through this post on The Asherette's blog. Click here for more examples of their work.

♥Mummified Monks in this month's issue of National Geographic: Since the 1700s, tourists have filed past the mummified corpses at the Convento dei Cappuccini, a monastery in Palermo, Sicily.

♥Progress on the Prairie talks about activist/artist Cheryl Yun, who creates lingerie from newspaper clippings and photos of tragic world events.

♥Behind the Curtain shares some finds from old library books -- social events and parlor games from the early 1900's.


♥History Undressed looks at the tradition of riding clothes from past to present.

♥Lady Lavona explores the bizarre connection between art and death in her third installment of The Art of Dying.

♥Peculiar Beauty's hilarious vintage diet and exercise plans will make you laugh/gag...

♥I find this review of the new film Underworld 3 to be quite hilarious...and this coming from someone who loves all things vampire-y.