October 2022
Dracula Beckons with Halloween
04/10/22 10:10 Filed in: Books
Halloween is coming! The last and latest Halloween movie will be out on the 14th.
But let's start with the novel, Dracula, written by Bram Stoker.
Here are some facts found in a recent fact of the day email.
But let's start with the novel, Dracula, written by Bram Stoker.
Here are some facts found in a recent fact of the day email.
| "If you know anything about Transylvania, it’s probably that Dracula calls it home. Yet the author of Dracula, Irish writer Bram Stoker, never even visited Romania’s spookiest region. The town of Whitby, England — home to a 13th-century monastery called Whitby Abbey, which is surrounded by gravestones and has been in ruins for hundreds of years — was actually the most direct influence on the setting of the 1897 vampire novel. Stoker spent four weeks in Whitby between July and August of 1890, a visit that helped inspire his depiction of Dracula’s lair." There have been 272+ depictions of Dracula in film. Largest number of any character. It took Bram Stoker 7 years to write the novel; he wrote 11 other novels beyond Dracula. |
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Starting off again
04/10/22 10:05 Filed in: Personal
I went on hiatus of blog writing since March. I have fewer tasks taking my time and I have finished a number of personal tasks. My time is more free - Yay! We also have added in a new internet service, PEAK, which is fiber vs aerial transmission, and is up to 1 GB speed. We shall see how this goes for my blog. I want to get back into it for sure.
