Weekend 663.0
(1) Art Is the Signature of Man (The Imaginative Conservative)
Revisiting Playmobil365 I
I always intended to come back to this project at some point. When I initially posted the photos, I had stories for many of them, but nothing fleshed out. I Continue Reading →
The Business of Sports
(1) An era may be ending as Bridgeport Islanders face reported move (Greater Long Island) “One part of sports that often gets overlooked is that it is a business,” said Continue Reading →
The Hinge
“He took the title Emperor not because it was higher, but because it did not pretend the work was finished. While he crossed the sea, Amelie stood in his place, Continue Reading →
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland: Hero or Villain?
(1) A quote from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy: “Back in I483, Northumberland’s military might had been instrumental in Richard’s rise to power. But, with Richard refusing to hand Continue Reading →
Weekend 662.0 (A quiet sense that time is running out)
This was inspired by a photo my friend took on her winter walk. It reminds me of the introduction of The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.
Outflanked, beaten, and bewildered
“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible. And when you strike and overcome him, never let up in pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; Continue Reading →
Tolkien Essentials
This is the very essence of language, and this is the very thing that our newest and most fashionable philosophy, Deconstructionism, denies: that the words, or the text, mean something Continue Reading →
AI and The American Dream©
And we are split like Hopper. We are alienated from the very country we have built. We have lost our innocence, our individualism, and our strict small-town morals to mechanization Continue Reading →
Weekend 661.0
We’re kicking off the weekend with some social media content. It fits a theme because, “everything is not only a thing, but a sign, full of significance.”¹ ¹C.S. Lewis for Continue Reading →