Weekend 521.3
“It’s been remarked many times that Walt was Mickey, Mickey was Walt—and nowhere is that more evident than in the iconic scenes of Mickey eagerly improvising an airplane and taking Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Books
Weekend 521.2
I was in the **new** store in Westport, CT a couple of weeks ago doing some research. The Brothers York, by the way, is a perfect follow-up to Fatal Colours Continue Reading →
Taking refuge at home…
I didn’t post a ton during my sabbatical but enjoyed some serious downtime. I’ve compiled a list of all the happenings (in true Limestone Roof tradition). (1) Finished Fatal Colours Continue Reading →
Weekend 517.0
Early start; I got my reasons. (1) Fringe Intro [1985] [HD] (2) Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason – Remixed & Updated will be released on 29 October 2021 Continue Reading →
Weekend 505.1
“The New Year waits, breathes, waits, whispers in darkness.” – T.S. Eliot
Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.
“But the legalized looting of the monasteries and chantries by the Crown and its agents in the 1530s and 1540s set an example which other were swift to follow.” The Continue Reading →
Weekend 504.1
“lyke tru and fayghthefull crystyn pepyll this was restoryd to this churche by the wyche doyngis hyt schowyth that they dyd lyke good catholyke men.” – Sir Christopher Trychay I’m Continue Reading →
Weekend 500.0
“wher soo ever the devyll…doo see the syne of this crosse, he flees, he byddes not, he strykys not, he cannot hurte.” (1) Quotes from The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Continue Reading →
Weekend 498.2
My library is password protected because in the words of Christopher de Hamel¹, “we all know what a lot you can tell about any person by looking at the book Continue Reading →
Weekend 498.0 (mirror of divine clarity or omniscience)
(1) Quotes from The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy: “Market forces dominated, a fact which permits some degree of confidence in using the resulting compilations as indicators of lay opinion. Continue Reading →
Weekend 494.1
(1) A quote from The Art and Craft of Stained Glass by E.W. Twining: “To be able to design for glass, in colour, a beautiful figure, perfectly proportioned, gracefully posed Continue Reading →
Weekend 492.3 (and all the rest)
Needed a placeholder. There’s a growing tension between Catholics regarding the Church pre and post Second Vatican Council. Not sure I have an opinion yet that isn’t influenced by causality Continue Reading →
Weekend 492.1
I’m waiting for the café next door to open…need coffee. Yesterday I went to Mass at Our Lady of Fatima in Harlow. The church was featured in 100 Churches 100 Continue Reading →
Weekend 492.0
(1) Steven Sykes created the hanging cross above the altar at St. Margaret of Scotland in Twickenham. He lived a very extraordinary life. The church and artist are featured in Continue Reading →
Weekend 479.0
“O Lord, let me know my end and the number of days left to me; show me how fleeting my life is.” — Daily Meditations on the Psalms Reflection: When Continue Reading →