Thomas MathoiDec 2, 2023

Der wöchentliche #Areopagus-Newsletter des #CulturalTutor ist jedes Mal wieder ein samstäglicher oder sonntäglicher Lese- und Musikgenuss! Die aktuelle Ausgabe LXXI passt mit dem Stück "Christmas Eve" von Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov besonders gut zum winterlichen Samstag Abend.

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Areopagus Volume LXXI

Areopagus Volume LXXI Welcome one and all to the seventy first volume of the Areopagus, arriving in your inboxes on this very first day of December. For some of you this signals the approach of summer and of warmer days to come! For me, at least, where I am, it foretells of frost and snow. A thousand hills, but no birds in flight,Ten thousand paths, with no person's tracks.A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man,Fishing alone in the cold river snow. This was written by Liu Zhongyuan, a Chinese...

KrizanovichApr 29, 2023
"Decorum was the idea in Classical rhetoric that certain styles of communication were appropriate for different occasions. This was true then and is perhaps even more true now, when there are so many different places and mediums for writing." This has been on my mind quite a bit. Does decorum still exist and if so does it still matter? Thanks #CulturalTutor on the bird
DrBob, 🧠 MechanicMar 2, 2023

Fun to read this history of my favorite drink, #coffee

"Where did your daily cappuccino come from?

Well, it involves the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, a group of Italian monks, and a Polish spy.

But the story begins 700 years ago with a city in Yemen called Mocha..."

#culturaltutor #italy #yemen #koffie #coffé #turkey #ethiopia #mocha #coffeehouse
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