Plume & Primrose
Home-Thoughts, from Abroad I Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Continue Reading →
Category Archives: England
Weekend 347.1
(1) NOVA: First Air War (2) All change: at the rebuilt Tottenham Court Road Tube station in London, Daniel Buren’s geometric installations are set to make a connection (Wallpaper*) – Continue Reading →
Weekend 345.0
(1) A quote from In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy: “There is not much left of the abbey. Henry VIII., with characteristic thrift, floated the stone down the river Continue Reading →
le coup d’oeil de génie
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 335.0
“…the fate of two great nations seems to be determined by some god-damned things called LSTs and LCIs.” – Winston Churchill
Weekend 325.0
(1) Look At Life: Living with Cars 1964 (YouTube)
Weekend 318.0 (…a virtual cornucopia of unmonastic beauty)
(1) 22 Habits of Unhappy People (2) Everything Is Owed to Glory (WSJ – Registration Required) “But Wellington was the servant of a democratic government, while all Europe became enslaved Continue Reading →
Weekend 308.0 (Allucciolato)
This space is a placeholder for my #BWC2014 and #London trip report. (1) Refining the palette: “Making Colour” at the National Gallery (The Economist) I saw this exhibit twice (7.26 Continue Reading →
Weekend 303.0 “Lars Porsena of Clusium”
(1) When a Monarch Calls It Quits: A history of royal abdication, from Tarquin the Proud in 509 B.C. to Juan Carlos of Spain (WSJ – Registration Required) (2) Artists’ Long Continue Reading →
Weekend 301.0 (Memorial Day Weekend)
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 →