Weekend 512.0 (The Germans…)
…wore gray, you wore blue. The SceneThe Letter (1) Yet Another Movie by Pink Floyd (YouTube) The track includes audio from Casablanca. Related(2) ‘Railways For Ever’ (1970) (YouTube) A British Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekend
Weekend 511.0
(1) First Train from Battersea Power Station Station (YouTube)
Weekend 510.2 (Wreck & Redemption)
I was in Plymouth last weekend and saw the place where the Sea Venture set sail from in 1609. It was supposed to bring relief supplies, etc. to the settlers Continue Reading →
Weekend 510.1
Beautiful prose from Love in a Valley by John Betjeman: And me to lonely shopping in a brilliant arcade;Firm hand, fond hand, switch the giddy engine!So for us a last Continue Reading →
Weekend 510.0
(1) Edward I (2) France recalls its ambassadors to the US and Australia over new national security partnership (CNN) (2a) Migrants crossing Channel will be turned back to France (Express) Continue Reading →
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June 17, 1729
Weekend 509.0
(1) Sir John Betjeman reads “Norfolk” (1954) – his poem about lost innocence.
Weekend 508.0
All three are very closely related and timely/relevant. (1) A quote from The Gift of Silence by Jerome Kodell, OSB: “The favorite images of Mary in art are the moments Continue Reading →
Weekend 507.2
I was in Bournemouth / Poole this weekend for the Poole Town FC Dolphins versus Dorchester Town Magpies football match. The Dolphins scored a late goal in the first-half and Continue Reading →
Weekend 507.1
“But here the wild seemed to have a different agenda, an insistence on a postmodern coexistence with the city, even a hint of triumphalism. In the mood of the times, Continue Reading →