Somerset Bridge Station

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Bermuda carriages found in Guyana (The Royal Gazette) Want to learn more? Find a copy of The Bermuda Railway (Gone – But Not Forgotten) by Colin A. Pomeroy.

le coup d’oeil de génie

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Winston Smith

Finished the Michael Korda tome on Ike. I still need to excerpt quotes, but love that his favorite painter was J.M.W. Turner. He “owned” a watercolor of Culzean Castle (by Continue Reading →

Weekend 327.0 (2015 Winter Retreat)

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Winston Smith

CliffsNotes provided by “Let’s Be Still” from The Head and the Heart (see related). I spent the weekend at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA. It was a great weekend Continue Reading →

Weekend 324.0 (Old Trafford)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Giving that historic WIN at Old Trafford some perspective (#WeMarchOn). (2) Card Games: Touring from Winning Moves Games (3) Kingdom Hearts III???? (The Know It All: January 9, 2015) Continue Reading →

Weekend 322.0

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) THE DØ – Dust it Off (YouTube) (2) A couple of quotes from The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera: “What is a gatekeeper to do if Continue Reading →

Weekend 316.0 (…an abundance of caution)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Winston Smith

“You gonna have to wear some pants, man, ’cause you freaking’ me out with that.” ― Black Jesus (1) Inflated Hopes: Early airship experimenters found that insurance companies refused to Continue Reading →

Weekend 312.0 (Le mal du pays)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by

A couple of days off from work (a much needed extra long Labor Day Weekend) so I’m doing some housekeeping, biking, and drinking gratuitous amounts of coffee. I also finished Continue Reading →

Joyful Cosmology

Posted on August 12, 2014 by

(1) Woody Allen’s Bleak Vision by Rev. Robert Barron “If you consult the philosophers of antiquity and the Middle Ages, you would find a very frank acknowledgement that what Woody Continue Reading →

Weekend 306.0

Posted on July 10, 2014 by

(1) World Cup themed episode of Disney’s Mickey Mouse shorts debuts (2) Playmobil channels Mary Blair? (3) Book Review: ‘Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History’ by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing Continue Reading →

Weekend 301.0 (Memorial Day Weekend)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Winston Smith

My sister always lends me great books and she found a real gem with In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy. Only forty pages invested, and there’s already been references Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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