National Lighthouse Day
A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “For a long time it had been very plain that there would continue to be many shipwrecks around our coasts unless a Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Books
Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)
“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →
Has it been a good one?
“It is foolishness to assume that times past were better than the present.” A post full of melancholy to match the gray and rain. (1) Lyrics from The Lumineers: The Continue Reading →
The s(pace) between football matches: post sabbatical ruminations
This rootedness of reality in the concrete presence of the past is one of the things which makes history so important. We need to know where we’ve been in order Continue Reading →
Weekend 617.0 (And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes)
A rainy summer Sunday in New England is a nice break from the heat and humidity. I’m playing catch-up this weekend (see below) so few updates. Watched Suzume on the Continue Reading →
Weekend 609.1 (Nemo me impune lacessit)
“Limestone Roof is like the Arts & Culture section of the Wall Street Journal.” — Lionel Trilling Football, Bermuda, Naruto, Playmobil, and the British. It’s amazing HOW all my favorites Continue Reading →
Weekend 608.0 (…in this house of make believe)
(1) “Age of Revolutions”: An Exercise in Reading History Backward (Imaginative Conversative) Perhaps one of the best merits of the book is that it admits that liberalism is in grave Continue Reading →
Weekend 601.0
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not Continue Reading →
Weekend 600.0 (…a bell-note floating to the sun)
“In God is my hope. R.B. 1605” (1) One more last quote from Steeple Chasing by Peter Ross: “There is a long tradition of giving names to bells, as if they were Continue Reading →
Weekend 599.0 (the highway sets the traveler’s stage…)
“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, Continue Reading →