Monthly Archives: May 2017

No unicorns to follow No princess left to save The king looks o’er his wasted lands With one foot in the grave True magic is impossible When Merlin just does tricks To entertain his captor’s whims And a curse he … Continue reading →

Simply two of the best folk albums of the Sixties. Wildflowers (1967) was the classier, classicier-sounding of the two. Includes two Joni Mitchells (including the best-ever version of “Both Sides Now”), three Leonard Cohens (including the best-ever version of “Hey, … Continue reading →

1. Trump whacking and unilaterally firing Comey and throwing his motives totally into question re. the Russian influence on his election. 2. The now-dead Dutch fertility clinic director who decided to do his own version of The Boys from Brazil … Continue reading →

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“Everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.”–Viktor Frankl “Any landscape is a condition of spirit.”–Henri-Frederic Amiel “In short all good things are wild and free.”–Henry David Thoreau “All is flux, nothing stays still. Nothing is permanent but change.”–Heraclitus … Continue reading →

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“How many things are there which I do not want.” –Socrates

A one-off movie for sure, but if you know how much Burton loved and memorized plays of Shakespeare, this recently released DVD movie from 1967 is not a total surprise. A labor of classics-love, Doctor Faustus was co-produced and co-directed … Continue reading →

(entrance via Montreal Street to roundabout at the inn on the harbor) (grounds around inn) (canopy onto back of inn leading to its own interesting, private Japanese garden) (walking into garden) (a big pond between the inn and the harbor) (the … Continue reading →