Weekend 451.0

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Winston Smith

“Music, of course, is an art that occurs through time.” — Seiji Ozawa (1) Au Plat d’Etain (2) Quotes from Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami: “In the Boston version Continue Reading →

Orval Abbey

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Winston Smith

“Light and shadow are the speakers of this architecture of truth, calm and strength. And nothing more adds to it.” — Le Corbusier Visited the Orval Abbey in Belgium last Continue Reading →

Weekend 447.0

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Winston Smith

Almost 1 month since my last post. I just finished Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins and now have a used copy of Continue Reading →

Weekend 446.0

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Winston Smith

What happened to the British? A quote from Gibraltar by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins. “It is not improbable that this is a stratagem of Admiral Barcelo’s, to harass, and Continue Reading →

Southampton, P2

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) The fabulous flying boats of the Solent Sky museum (c|net) (2) Wonderful prose from Southampton Sketches by Elsie M. Sandell: “How deep was the delight in former days to Continue Reading →

Weekend 445.0 (Terminus)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami: “In that sense, Seiji Ozawa is simultaneously an unschooled ‘child of nature’ and a fountain of deep, practical wisdom; a Continue Reading →

La Marche de Saint Joseph

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Winston Smith

I promised a ton in the hopper! Today marks my first week as an expatriate. Yesterday I went to mass at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. I met up with 14 Continue Reading →

Weekend 444.0

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) Disneyland Paris reimagines its events offer (Exhibition World) (2) This post has some amazing personal significance! #serendipity Today marks 50 years since the first flight of #Concorde. See some Continue Reading →

Weekend 443.0 (Fellow Travelers)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Winston Smith

“Driven out of paradise by You and exiled in a distant land, I cannot return by myself unless You, O Lord, come to meet me in my wandering. My return Continue Reading →

Weekend 439.0 (Andantino con moto)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Dvořák Carnival, Op. 92 (YouTube) Heard this last night at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The performance on YouTube is from Royal Albert Hall in 2012. (1a) Limestone Photo Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

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

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