Weekend 467.0
(1) A quote from Brick: A Social History by Carolyne Haynes: “Bricks do not stand alone, they work best with a sticky material to bind them together. So, wound into Continue Reading →
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Walt Disney
Do you remember being younger and hearing old geezers tell you things like ‘that’s a slippery slope?’ What happens if we’ve slipped and are now in the midst of a Continue Reading →
Weekend 466.0
Obedience Leads to HeavenGod has promised to lead us safely heavenward in spite of all things being against us. But the infirmities which beset us, these He still ordains should Continue Reading →
Horizon
A quote from Out Of A Fair, A City by Ada Louise Huxtable: “It is a formidable tradition, for the achievements of the nineteenth-century International Expositions were unique. In art, Continue Reading →
Weekend 465.0
“The danger of these expeditions was no doubt very great, but the spoils were in proportion, and there was not a boy or man of the seafaring population of Devon Continue Reading →
Weekend 464.0
“The real artist’s work is a surprise to himself. The big painter is the one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape, or furniture, but Continue Reading →
Weekend 463.0
(1) France to pay 50 euros per person for bike repairs to boost cycling post-lockdown (Reuters)
Weekend 462.0
(1) Boston Symphony Orchestra Launches HEROIC PERFORMANCES to Honor Front-Line Workers May 3 @ 3:00 PM EST: Seiji Ozawa, in his final Symphony Hall concert as BSO Music Director (April Continue Reading →
Modernity in miniature
(1) I’ve clipped the blog post title from a chapter in the excellently written British Rail Architecture 1948-97 by David Lawrence. “For centuries architects have used miniature versions of their Continue Reading →