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 →

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 →

Christmas 2018 Sabbatical (Principle of Connectivity)

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Winston Smith

This placeholder is a tradition now. It’s a space to capture all the randomness linked to my couple weeks of downtime. I’ll try to organize it near the end of Continue Reading →

Weekend 441.0 (Annual Advent Abbey Retreat)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) An excerpt from Daily Meditations on the Psalms: “We sing when we are happy. A lover sings when he has found his beloved. Sports fans shout for all to Continue Reading →

Weekend 440.0

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) One final, musically inspired quote, from Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami: “‘It’s an usual opera [Der Rosenkavalier]. The plot’s critical, of course, like with all operas, but with this 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 →

Weekend 437.0

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Winston Smith

“The music was somehow addictive, as he had warned. An uninterrupted stream of emotion, Musical instruments in colorful profusion. It was Strauss who boasted, ‘I can describe anything in music, Continue Reading →

Portland

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Winston Smith

The one on the west coast. I was there for a long weekend and in traditional limestone fashion wanted to draft a top ten… (1) The Hollywood Theater at PDX. Continue Reading →

Weekend 434.0

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Winston Smith

Cool flea market find this weekend for $3.00. I found the soundtrack for Explorers on vinyl. It’s notable for Disney Geeks because the music was done by Jerry Goldsmith who Continue Reading →

Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen (YouTube) (1a) Tunnel of Love by Dire Straights(YouTube) “And now I’m searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades…Searching everywhere from steeplechase to Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

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

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