Weekend 496.0

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Winston Smith

Just a reminder…

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Winston Smith

Caedite eos, novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

Weekend 495.0 (Now is thus)

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) The Battle of Towton (1a) The Towton Ring (British Museum) (2) “Now is the winter of our discontent” – Richard III by William Shakespeare (2a) King Richard III had Continue Reading →

Weekend 494.1

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from The Art and Craft of Stained Glass by E.W. Twining: “To be able to design for glass, in colour, a beautiful figure, perfectly proportioned, gracefully posed Continue Reading →

Dover via Canterbury

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Winston Smith

At Dover CliffsScarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood;And whilst the lifted murmur met his ear,And o’er the distant billows the still Continue Reading →

Weekend 494.0

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) France’s Great Debate Over the Sources and Meaning of Muslim Terror (Tablet) “During the electoral campaign of 2011, the Muslims of France, appalled by the populist-nationalist campaign of President Continue Reading →

China

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Winston Smith

JiaQi Bao, Christine Fang, and Zhe ‘Shelly’ Wang.

Love and loss (and friendship)

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Winston Smith

This is from one of my favorite movies….

Weekend 493.3

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Winston Smith

This weekend I travelled to Bury St Edmunds. The Abbey of St Edmund was once the fourth largest Benedictine Abbey in Europe¹ before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the Continue Reading →

Weekend 493.2

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Winston Smith

“Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.” ― Pink Floyd “Well, you may throw your rock and hide your handWorkin’ in the dark against your fellow manBut Continue Reading →