Weekend 247.0
“Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Category Archives: Quotes
The Possible Present
“The EPCOT system features trains consisting of four attached cars, with each car seating up to four guests. The trains are much larger than either the Disneyland or Magic Kingdom Continue Reading →
Weekend 245.0 (Son of a Florist II)
“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny Continue Reading →
Weekend 243.0
(1) The art of riding in New York City (2) The Quixotic World of Connecticut’s Boutique Bike-Makers: Zen and the Art of Bicycle Building (3) When the Party’s Over (WSJ) Continue Reading →
Weekend 242.0
‘First of all, respect your paper!’ — J.M.W. Turner (via Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom) I might start with mum. (1) Some other quotes from Paper: An Elegy: “Toys Continue Reading →
Quality Watercolors
“Superior gardens are composed of Glooms and Solitudes and not of plants and trees.” — Ian Hamilton Finlay “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be Continue Reading →
Bricks & Dinos
(1) Bits Of Beauty Amidst The Gloom In ‘Building Stories’ (NPR) (2) Review: Building Stories by Chris Ware (The Guardian) (3) The Google Doodle tribute to Winsor McCay and the Continue Reading →
Weekend 228.0 (‘Integrity of Purpose’)
(1) Nelly Furtado – “Feels So Close” Acoustic on SiriusXM Hits1 (2) I’m also digging “Overwhelmed” by Tim McMorris (3) A quote from Walt and the Promise of Progress City Continue Reading →
Evidence of things not seen…
The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering. If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a Continue Reading →
Roused by ‘Julia’
Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me. — George Orwell I haven’t written about politics (and have been happier for it) but have to mention Continue Reading →