Weekend 447.0

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Winston Smith

Almost 1 month since my last post. I just finished Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins and now have a used copy of Continue Reading →

Weekend 446.0

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Winston Smith

What happened to the British? A quote from Gibraltar by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins. “It is not improbable that this is a stratagem of Admiral Barcelo’s, to harass, and Continue Reading →

Weekend 445.1

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) Leopold Stokowski Collection (Penn Libraries) (2) “He could feel the music. In Fantasia, there’s a lot of his soul in that picture.” — Joe Grant in Remembering Disney (3) Continue Reading →

Southampton, P2

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) The fabulous flying boats of the Solent Sky museum (c|net) (2) Wonderful prose from Southampton Sketches by Elsie M. Sandell: “How deep was the delight in former days to Continue Reading →

Weekend 445.0 (Terminus)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami: “In that sense, Seiji Ozawa is simultaneously an unschooled ‘child of nature’ and a fountain of deep, practical wisdom; a Continue Reading →

La Marche de Saint Joseph

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Winston Smith

I promised a ton in the hopper! Today marks my first week as an expatriate. Yesterday I went to mass at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. I met up with 14 Continue Reading →

Weekend 444.0

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) Disneyland Paris reimagines its events offer (Exhibition World) (2) This post has some amazing personal significance! #serendipity Today marks 50 years since the first flight of #Concorde. See some Continue Reading →

Weekend 443.0 (Fellow Travelers)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Winston Smith

“Driven out of paradise by You and exiled in a distant land, I cannot return by myself unless You, O Lord, come to meet me in my wandering. My return Continue Reading →

KH3 (January 29, 2019)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Winston Smith

Don’t Think Twice by Hikaru Utada I want you for a lifetimeSo if you’re gonna think twice, babyI don’t wanna know, baby, I don’t wanna knowEverything is just rightBut if Continue Reading →

Weekend 442.0

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) Why Microsoft is replacing Edge (YouTube) (2) Islanders have become one of NHL’s most compelling stories this season (Newsday) “No one else can match the mix of nostalgia, excitement, Continue Reading →