Christmas Sabbatical

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Winston Smith

I’ve been having problems with WordPress for a couple of weeks since a version update. I usually take these technical challenges as a sign to ‘retire’ from blogging and move Continue Reading →

Advent Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Winston Smith

“The present moment is always overflowing with immeasurable riches, far more than you are able to hold. Your faith will measure it out to you: as you believe, so you Continue Reading →

Weekend 348.0 (Make Mine Music)

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Make Time For It: Meantime X Brompton collaboration (YouTube) (2) David Gilmour – The Girl In The Yellow Dress (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

Plume & Primrose

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Winston Smith

Home-Thoughts, from Abroad I Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Continue Reading →

Weekend 347.1

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) NOVA: First Air War (2) All change: at the rebuilt Tottenham Court Road Tube station in London, Daniel Buren’s geometric installations are set to make a connection (Wallpaper*) – Continue Reading →

Weekend 347.0

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Winston Smith

“Faith in its actual working out has to go through spells of unsyllabled isolation. Never confound the trial of faith with the ordinary discipline of life, much that we call Continue Reading →

Weekend 346.0 (Happy Halloween)

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from the Disney Villain by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas: “Instead of eyes that flashed with sudden fury, there was a sensation of churning fires within the Continue Reading →

Gruen on Eero Saarinen

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Winston Smith

“An illustration of how this desire for publicity can influence the architect’s work can be found in comparing two air terminal buildings designed by the same architect, the late, extremely Continue Reading →

The Orange Ninja (and other links)

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Winston Smith

I was at NYCC yesterday with my brother and snapped this photo of the orange ninja. It’s his 15th anniversary. (1) Naruto Manga Sequel Coming in 2015 (1a) Orange Ninja Continue Reading →

Weekend 346.0 (Aloft from earth’s far boundaries)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from David Pryce-Jones: “For centuries, the character of Christian nations was formed and maintained by church architecture, stained glass, missals and poems like The Song of Roland, Continue Reading →