Crossways
It’s an historic house just before the Somerset Bridge in Bermuda. It’s in a general state of disrepair these days, but once upon a time it was thriving and often Continue Reading →
Somewhere between Southampton and Bournemouth…
(1) Pink Floyd January 23, 1972 Recorded live in Southampton (vinyl) (1a) Wintergardens Bournemouth, England February 22, 1972
What’s on
“…trumpets of the sea and the many-voiced pipe organ of the storm.” Bermuda is just barely in the rearview mirror, but work travel has made it very difficult to unpack Continue Reading →
Bermuda 2026
“What is architecture but a kind of biography?” — Elizabeth Jones “I sent my ships to fight against the English, and not against the winds and the waves.” — Phillip II Continue Reading →
Weekend 689.1
“Here, framing architecture appears to open into the empyrean, where Mary is crowned. Such illusionistic rendering suggests the dome of heavens hovering over the altar—the sacred place where heaven and Continue Reading →
Weekend 689.0
“The designers created a fantastic, yet harmonious, decorative scheme that led many visitors to believe that a better future was just around the corner.” — Lisa D. Schrenk (1) California Continue Reading →
Weekend 688.0
“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” — Haruki Murakami A little preview of autumn this morning in the northeast. It’s Continue Reading →
Weekend 687.0 (Project Panama)
Be Guy Montag. The Walt Disney Company is also shoving history down the memory hole with their planned reimagining of EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth. In case you didn’t know, reimagining is Continue Reading →
Limestone Roof 23rd Anniversary!
Meanwhile, in those 23 years… When Limestone Roof first launched on Blogger, Southampton were a Premier League club and had just played in the 2003 FA Cup Final. Since then: Continue Reading →
Weekend 686.1
“The cross is a signpost: it marks the parting of the ways.” — Dom Hubert van Zeller