Reading my history books the thought occurred to me that I would very much like to time travel and visit a number of festive occasions throughout history. The first time this thought occurred I was watching The Tudors and thought how amusing attending a court ball or feast in the reign of King Henry VIII…… Continue reading Balls, Banquets and soirées throughout history
Category: Books
My notes on books I’ve read.
August 8th, 2015 – Journal Entry
From the book Guyku – Image by Peter H. Reynolds Hey, Who turned off allthe crickets? I’m not readyfor summer to end.- Guyku by Bob Raczka – Peter Reynolds I thought I’d start of this entry with this wonderful image and Haiku I came across that made me remember special moments in my own childhood.…… Continue reading August 8th, 2015 – Journal Entry
Quote from Walden
“Men come tamely home at night only from the next field or street, where their household echoes haunt, and their life pines because it breathes its own breath over again; their shadows, morning and evening, reach farther than their daily steps. We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day,…… Continue reading Quote from Walden
El sommelier de almas – Jose Manuel Álvarez-Xagó
Muy amigo mio Jose Manuel escribío un otro libro! Entonces para recordar este logro lo voy a compartir aqui en mi blog. https://www.socialtools.me/apps.php?id=223695&app_data=eyJyZWZlcmVyIjo0MzQ2ODYyfQ==&nocache=1
The Wee Hours
If you could choose an hour of wakefulness out of the whole night, it would be this…You have found an intermediate space, where the business of life does not intrude; where the passing moment lingers, and becomes truly the present; a spot where Father Time, when he thinks nobody is watching him, sits down by…… Continue reading The Wee Hours
Quote about time
Read this today in my Lapham's Quarterly on Time and was spellbound. There is something in writing, in poetry that touches upon life in a way I cannot put my finger on. It is as though everyday life is an illusion, a dull reflection of a true and glorious reality. When I read a passage… Continue reading Quote about time
A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea
Woods Hole, MARachel CarsonReturns us to the Sea Passage: When they went ashore, the animals that took up a land life carried with them a part of the sea in their bodies, a heritage which they passed on to their children and which even today links each land animal with its origin in the ancient…… Continue reading A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea
Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco:Amazon:Kindle Store
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00D78R550?pc_redir=1396378648&robot_redir=1 The best book about San Francisco I’ve ever read. Highly Recommended for all you SF citizens. San Francisco is the most magical city I’ve ever lived in and this book makes that appreciation much, much deeper. Posted from WordPress for Android