I'm reading 'A Noble Ruin' which is a history of Early Rome. It's written by a New Zealand Professor who teaches in Wellington ( why I find this surprising I don't know ) and is a wonderful antidote to the daily news cycle. Whoever knew that Marc Antony ( of Cleopatra fame ) was a friend of Herod ? By the time I've finished two or three paragraphs the name Pete Hegseth has completely gone from my mind.
We had thought of getting in the car and driving here : https://www.thetaybank.co.uk/ for lunch but the weather's cold and the thought of travelling an hour north to somewhere even colder makes us rethink our plans. We'll wait for the climate to warm up a bit.
The architect says that the courtyard is to be glazed over. This elicits cries of ' What a shame ' and ' You can't do that ' . The architect quickly adds that it will become a large, heated, cafe where students and townsfolk can mingle. The thought of somewhere else to have coffee has a remarkable effect on the attendees views. The zeitgeist goes from from abject disapproval to enthusiastic backing before you can say ' Make mine a Latte'.
A planning application for its repurposing as a university building will be made after public consultations ( of which this tour is the first of many ) and work is due to start next year. When upgraded it will be a fine addition to the townscape.
North Sea music . Heard ( and sung well ) at yesterdays music centre concert :https://youtu.be/kxTghSZupv8
Be careful where you buy your chicken :https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/02/12/high-cost-cheap-chicken-49301
Flying to Tokyo has improved in 70 years :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMSxobFK_mY
Huge:https://www.newsweek.com/quipu-superstructure-universe-cosmos-astrophysics-2029693
80 years ago this week. What a long way we've come :https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-beautiful-rebirth-of-dresden
6 comments:
Hari OM
It's a beautiful structure - if done sympathetically, there's no reason it can't serve the community for several hundred more years!
The Seal Lullaby "North Sea Music"? Eric Whitmore (American) wrote it for a film that was never made by DreamWorks (who did Kung Fu Panda in its place). It's based upon a Kipling work (The White Seal - but set in the Bering Sea. It's a lovely story - and choral work.
The quipu article was most interesting! YAM xx
Anything that can put Pete Hegseth out of mind is to be treasured. For me, it was your clip about the trip to Tokyo in 1953. The flight map alone was amazing. Chickens and eggs are a sore spot to me both as a vegetarian and a bird lover. I follow a former prosecutor named Joyce White Vance on Bluesky and she occasionally posts about her chickens. Even for me, it has been a revelation how personable they are.
Always get the older adults on your side.
Joyce Vance is excellent. I appreciate today's link about Dresden, too.
It doesn't matter how many cafés you have, it seems another one is always welcome. I look forward to seeing the completed restoration and hope that it will be very sympathetic to the existing building.
Coppa's Girl (Google is still blocking me!)
We follow Joyce Vance as well and look forward to a resl chicken or two iin hef posts in.lieu of 53 cowards.
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