#muchness

-Lewis Carroll

first posted in facebook september 15, 2022

arthur rackham -- "mad tea party" (1907)

"like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones" ... arthur rackham

"'a very merry unbirthday' 'to me?' 'to you' 'a very merry unbirthday' 'for me?' 'for you' 'now blow the candle out, my dear and make your wish come true a very merry unbirthday to you" ... the mad hatter (& alice)

"tea in the morning, tea in the evening, tea at supper time you get tea when it's raining, tea when it's snowing tea when the weather's fine you get tea as a mid-day stimulant you get tea with your afternoon tea for any old ailment or disease for christ's sake, have a cuppa tea" ... ray davies

"you used to be much more … muchier. you’ve lost your muchness" ... the mad hatter