C.S. Lewis & Intelligent Design

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 7:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Greatest Deception?

Friday, 18 October 2019, 6:59.Reading time 1 minute.

Betty Edwards This is a kind of follow on from the last post. Betty Edwards wrote a fabulous book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It’s an artist’s manual but not just for artists. She talks about our two brains. The Left. The Right. And their various functions. Look into it. For me, […]

The Octave of Salvation

Friday, 18 October 2019, 6:26.Reading time 1 minute.

…they came from “Ut Queant Laxis,” a well-known hymn of the Middle Ages that was chanted for vespers. Each succeeding line of the song started one note higher than the previous one, so Guido used the first letters of each word of each line: UT queant laxis, REsonare fibris: MIre gestorum , FAmuli tuorum: SOLve, etc. “Ut” was eventually deemed too […]

Inside the Vatican Museums

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 10:45.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OkelyDokely. This showed up out of the blue. I did “the Full Tour.” About 4 hours. Interesting. Eye-popping but… I was soooo pleased to get into the sunshine. We sat on the edge of one of those fountains outside. Apparently Mr Pope was away that day. The guide told us. P.S. The Sistine Chapel is […]

Polonaise

Sunday, 13 October 2019, 11:33.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The polonaise (/pɒləˈneɪz/, French: [pɔlɔnɛz]; Polish: polonez) is a dance of Polish origin in 3 4 time. Its name is French for “Polish.” The polonaise has a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin. The polonaise is a widespread dance in carnival parties. The polonaise is always a first dance at a studniówka (“hundred-days”), the Polish equivalent of the senior prom that occurs […]

Breathe In…

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 12:40.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…Breathe Out. And Relax. Lovely jubbly ;o)

Artist Oleg Buiko

Friday, 11 October 2019, 15:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have been a long-term sub to Oleg. English. Russian. Every video blows my mind. I LOVE his work. Oh. If only…..

Gerda Wegener

Friday, 11 October 2019, 12:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I ADORE this kind of art. I’ve a “few” original La Vie Parisienne magazines. And other original ’20’s French magazines and pictures. BUT – I never knew the story behind these delightful works of art until I watched this by Oddie. P.S. I’ve not seen the film! The Danish Girl tells the story of […]

Abandoned House of an Italian Painter – Flawless Picasso Replicas Found!

Monday, 7 October 2019, 6:16.Reading time less than 1 minute.

WOW!

Tell Me the Legends of Long Ago

Monday, 16 September 2019, 12:42.Reading time 2 minutes.

Word. Words. Words. It was a joy that Joyce brought to me While William Butler waits And Oscar, he’s going Wilde Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan? Sailing to Byzantium W.B. Yeats– 1865-1939 That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying […]

J.S. Bach

Thursday, 12 September 2019, 13:17.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Very First Keyboard Solo Still the Best | UAP

Who’s Who?

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 13:52.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The first one is easy peasy. Mark. Clock Tower, St Mark’s Square, Venice I’m guessing/taking a punt with John as the human face. Only because of the name and the phrase – “Woman, Behold Your Son” (John 19:26-27) Bull/calf and eagle have me stumped for the mo’. But I’ll get there :o)

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.