Posted on November 25th, 2019 by Winston Smith
(1) American Interior (1935) by Charles Sheeler (2) Game Over: How technology forced traditional toys to evolve (Vera) (3) Great Western Railway: Adventures with the Famous Five (YouTube) (4) A couple of quotes from British Rail Architecture 1948-97 by David Lawrence: “Any designed object or space will have an appearance intended to attract the eye […]
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Posted on August 10th, 2018 by Winston Smith
A rainy day…a total wash out…it took me a couple of hours to realize there were no errands to run…no bike rides to be had…just the opportunity to listen to music…organize thoughts and exercise my creative muscles. (1) Get ready for a commuter apocalypse (NY Post) (2) Printmaking to Take Stage at New York’s Javits […]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2017 by Winston Smith
A placeholder for all the stuff cluttering my mind and desk over this holiday sabbatical. “Taming the heart requires a sense of place. It roots not just the mind to a set of principles, but also the body to a piece of land.” – Francis Kline, Lovers of the Place: Monasticism Loose in the Church […]
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Posted on December 10th, 2017 by Winston Smith
“As I looked at the glow, which I mistakenly thought had spatial boundaries, I was transported into an endless glossy sea with low clouds of gold on the horizon. Azure and gold, and all the sensations of warmth and ceaseless tropical life filled my brain. This was a place of rest, and, mysteriously, the source […]
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Posted on November 11th, 2017 by Winston Smith
Day 5 After a proper English breakfast in the clubhouse we departed for the Crystal Caves in Hamilton Parish. The caves were discovered in 1908 by two boys in search of a lost cricket ball. The guided tour is expensive, but the walk across Cahow Lake (at a depth of about ninety feet below the […]
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Posted on November 5th, 2017 by Winston Smith
Day 4 Our adventures started at the Bermuda Botanical Gardens. We spent a couple of hours exploring the thirty-six acres of flowers, trees, and shrubs. Make sure to visit the cacti / succulent hillside since most ascents in Bermuda are rewarded with a gorgeous vista (this one was completely unexpected and my plan is to […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2017 by Winston Smith
“For more than a century the charred walls of Orval were at the mercy of the weather and of stone—and treasure seekers.” – Spiritual Heights and Depths, 2011 (1) A quote from Trappist Beer Travels: Inside the Breweries of the Monasteries: “This time of prosperity and celebration was cut short in 1789 as the French […]
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Posted on October 15th, 2017 by Winston Smith
(1) Quality, variety and surprise. How Walt Disney created a very real fantasy (Blooloop) (2) Quotes from The Man in the Castle by Philip K. Dick: “They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history. They identify with God’s power and believe they are godlike. That is their basic madness. They are overcome […]
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Posted on October 8th, 2017 by Winston Smith
It seems like 6+ months since our plane dipped from the clouds and glided along the turquoise waters and emerald landscapes of Bermuda on our approach to L.F. Wade International on St. David’s Island. A business trip later, and some massive changes at work, and the restorative effects of that special island have been reduced […]
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Posted on September 24th, 2017 by Winston Smith
(1) A quote from The Seven Storey Mountain from Thomas Merton: “Bermuda in those days had no big hotels and no golf-courses to speak of. It was not famous for anything. It was simply a curious island, two or three days out of New York, in the Gulf Stream, where the British had a small […]
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Posted on September 18th, 2017 by Winston Smith
BIG trip report after I dig out, but here are three things I don’t want to forget: (1) Sea Venture Building (2) Church Cave (3) Bermuda Rose Society (4) Mark V. Arenburg
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Posted on July 8th, 2017 by Winston Smith
(1) Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur (Atlas Obscura) (2) Oregon Legislature passes $15 bike tax (Bicycle Retailer) (3) US State imposes “sin” tax of $15 on new bicycles (BikeBiz) (4) Penn Station’s service changes and track work, explained (Curbed) (5) The Blue-State Meltdown and the Collapse of the Chicago Model (American […]
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Posted on June 4th, 2016 by Winston Smith
(1) The new cycle revolution: Buzzbike launches free bicycle scheme in London (Wallpaper*) (2) Real value of the Bermuda dollar (The Royal Gazette) (3) Assembling Eric: Bringing back the UK’s first robot (BBC)
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Posted on July 14th, 2015 by Winston Smith
(1) Bermuda carriages found in Guyana (The Royal Gazette) Want to learn more? Find a copy of The Bermuda Railway (Gone – But Not Forgotten) by Colin A. Pomeroy.
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Posted on August 28th, 2014 by Winston Smith
A couple of days off from work (a much needed extra long Labor Day Weekend) so I’m doing some housekeeping, biking, and drinking gratuitous amounts of coffee. I also finished Murkami’s book less than twenty-four hours after it arrived. (1) A quote from Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami “The […]
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