Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, usually armed with a cup of tea.
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis
Hello, friends - shaking the dust off after a looooong time away. Not sure if I'll be back for long but eager to see what I've been missing while away.
Wishing everyone a splendid day!
Friday #jazz gem, courtesy of a newsletter from Ted Gioia: Caravan by Art Blakey:
https://open.spotify.com/album/35Ml0uRskKkYOFi8nBiGzq?si=DuAcXoUATEGc6WP7Bw7sSQ
Just finished reading Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, for which I recently saw a film production of a dramatic performance by ntathome.com.
Amazing how much I missed upon first view that I caught reading it again afterwards. Such a quirky, compelling work!
Finally got around to seeing a (film) production of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge.
Took me a while to get into this play and was puzzled at first as to how it caused such a fuss when it premiered (its theme of patricide sparked riots in its early days).
By the end, I realized it was basically slapstick comedy (at least in the production I watched).
Was laughing out loud by the end. That says something about the play ... and about me.
JUST IN: "[F]ormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention," the Carter Center announced today.
All the love to Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn, and all of their family and friends. https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html
ATLANTA (Feb. 18, 2023) — After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.
I think I will just lie down here for a while.
A gorgeous series of nighttime photos of lavender fields by Samir Belhamra. "Taken in Valensole in Southern France, we see beautifully even rows of lavender, richly purple against a starry night sky."
#flowers #lavender #fields #photography #NightPhotography #art #dramatic #landscape #nature #France #beauty
https://mossandfog.com/stunning-french-lavender-fields-at-night/
It's a Friday, but I'm too sick to do a history thread.
So here. Just have a picture of Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, Colonel in Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guards, inspecting his troops.
Nuff said. I'm sure you have no further questions.
Ariaa 
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