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Posted on September 6, 2019

“The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars”, Melody S Gee

Yesterday’s Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets was “The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars” About the Poem, Melody S Gee comments: “This is part of The Convert, a series…

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Posted on September 1, 2019

The eyes have it: Erika Miklósa performing the Queen of the Night Aria (“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”) from “The Magic Flute”

The Hungarian coloratura soprano Erika Miklósa is here in a concert performance of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute – a concert performance it may be,…

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Posted on September 1, 2019September 1, 2019

1 September 1917: An Orangeman praises Fr Willie Doyle — from the “Remembering Fr Willie Doyle SJ” blog

I while back I marked the feast day of St Vincent de Paul with Fr Willie Doyle, an Irish Jesuit chaplain in World War I killed in the Battle of…

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Posted on September 1, 2019

“Writing that is noticing” — more wisdom from Ursula Le Guin via THIN|SILENCE

After yesterday’s wisdom from Ursula Le Guin, here again via THIN|SILENCE is more on the “climax technology” of pen and paper A good pen or pencil and a well-made notebook…

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Posted on September 1, 2019September 1, 2019

Lukas Stanley’s online $1000 treasure hunt: Hint video #1

A while back I posted about Lukas Stanley’s online treasure hunt…. for those who need reminding you can, from your armchair or bed or wherever you physically are online, and…

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Posted on August 31, 2019August 31, 2019

“She walks in beauty like the night” – Byron performed by Tenebrae, Future of Forestry, Promyk, Bolo, Salt House, Nicolas Flagello and (sorta) Suede

Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” is a poem I first became aware via Suede’s borrowing of the first line – “she walks in beauty, like the night” – for their…

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Posted on August 31, 2019August 31, 2019

“fully absorbed in the work, and yet open to the surrounding world,, as we are not when working at a computer screen” Ursula Le Guin on handwriting

Via the THINSILENCE blog I came across this gem-like passage on handwriting from Ursula K Le Guin Remembering writing outdoors at Hedgebrook and elsewhere, I think about the human pace…

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Posted on August 31, 2019

The 11 Most Annoying Types of Pianists

I LOLed hugely at this. Especially the “show-off”, the “overpassionate” and “too many facial expressions”

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