Weekend 166.0

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Ed Ruscha “Standard Station” (1a) On the Road With Painter Ed Ruscha “The 73-year-old, Los Angeles-based Mr. Ruscha is known for adding cryptic phrases to his austere landscapes of Continue Reading →

Barrel of Reality (& CRZ Update)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Winston Smith

The OPEC Bailout Is Not Happening The oil cartel is making it known that it is cool with $100 oil and will not act unless prices move significantly higher and Continue Reading →

Weekend 165.0

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Winston Smith

The Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden I tried to select a photograph from this adventure with a (1) train, (2) flower(s), and (3) one of the Continue Reading →

Weekend 164.0

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Winston Smith

5 Ugliest Airports in the U.S.

Auld Lang Syne

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Winston Smith

Days of Auld Lang What? The Road Into the Open: Could a best-selling Finnish novel change your life?

Weekend 163.1

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Winston Smith

Right on Kalidor. I like the Maison de campagne and the Caravane.

Weekend 163.0

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Winston Smith

If you need to decompress after a season of overindulgence I highly recommend INTO GREAT SILENCE. It is airing Saturday, January 1 at 8:00 PM (EST) on EWTN. In the Continue Reading →

Weekend 162.0

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Winston Smith

The blinking of its ruby lights could been seen at dusk from Windsor Castle, the terminal’s forms giving shape to the promises of modernity. – Alain de Botton (1) Airport Continue Reading →

Christmas Day 2010

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Winston Smith

I have 8 minutes (less now) before 12.26. How about a quote from my Missal? Let us pray [that the love of Christ will be a light to the world] Continue Reading →

Christmas Eve 2010

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Winston Smith

I wasn’t sure HOW to conclude my Advent contemplations (beginning with my retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey) so I went to the bookshelf and pulled a copy of Mother Angelica’s Continue Reading →