Weekend 358.0 (Easter 2016)

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Winston Smith

Mother Angelica has passed away. I’ve given copies of her book (Mother Angelica’s: Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality) to friends and included her quotes in correspondence. Her Continue Reading →

Weekend 357.0

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) The limestone reading queue: (a) 1946 by Victor Sebestyen (b) Robert Moses: The Master Builders of New York City by Pierre Christin and Olivier Balez (c) Before Tomorrowland by Continue Reading →

Weekend 356.1 (Ending on a High ♫♫♫♫)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Winston Smith

Images from Your Lie in April. More here and here.

Weekend 356.0 (…the moon belongs to everyone -or- the man with the mini orchestra)

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Winston Smith

“cuius regio, eius religio” (1) Garry Kasparov: Hey, Bernie, Don’t Lecture Me About Socialism. I Lived Through It. (The Daily Beast) “A society that relies too heavily on redistributing wealth Continue Reading →

Weekend 355.1 (World on the Move)

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) The Archigram Archival Project (2) A quote from Walt Disney and the Quest for Community by Steve Mannheim: “Although the EPCOT concept was never built, its prototype transportation systems Continue Reading →

Weekend 355.0

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Winston Smith

“And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” — Continue Reading →

Weekend 354.0 (“Oh Pointy Birds!”)

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) End of the line for Blackpool’s Monorail (Airgates) (2) How Not to Get Killed by a Cow (Discover Magazine)

Weekend 353.0 (The Delight of Friendship)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Winston Smith

“All kinds of things rejoiced my soul in their company–to talk and laugh, and to do other kindnesses; to read pleasant books together; to pass from lightest jesting to talk Continue Reading →

Weekend 352.1

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Winston Smith

“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” – T.S. Eliot (1) Pink Floyd: The Endless River (COS) (2) David Gilmour and Nick Mason discuss ‘The Endless River’ Continue Reading →

Weekend 352.0 (…which one’s Pink?)