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Instresses: May 2016
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016. There has been an alligator in our pond at work. It apparently came up from the creek. Well, it is no longer. Dad got permission from the game warden to shoot it. Monday, May 23, 2016. Happiness: An Inferior Goal? A few weeks later, I am still pondering a statement in Mary Gordon's essay "Flannery's Kiss", which I posted earlier on my blog. This section, namely:. The demands of art ignored, pushed aside for the demands of what I call life. But what would she call it? Happiness, t...
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Instresses: April 2016
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Friday, April 29, 2016. Lovely song. Lovely words. Sad, though. His mother died. Wednesday, April 27, 2016. I wonder if it means anything to be Southern anymore. I would definitely say that my grandmother is Southern. My parents are Southern, but to a lesser degree. I can't really say whether I am Southern at all. I grew up here. All my family lives here. We've been in Alabama for close to 200 years, and before that, South Carolina and Virginia. Is this how the South will die? Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
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Instresses: St. Vincent de Paul Parish
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017. St Vincent de Paul Parish. Yesterday in my lunch hour I stopped by St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Tallassee, Alabama. It was built with the help of one Catholic convert member of an influential Alabama family, the Blounts, who converted after hearing then-Monsignor Fulton Sheen preaching on the radio. Sheen was present at the dedication of the church, as I wrote about on my blog sometime before. I love seeing Italian cypresses in Alabama. Much better than the Leyland cypress.
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Instresses: November 2016
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016. The Apogee of the Clavecin. One of the last harpsichord composers of the period was Jacques Duphly, who died the day after the storming of the Bastille. When I listen to his music, I feel I am at the apogee of an age, a form of art. It feels like a noble end, a death with dignity. Take, for instance, La Félix (played on a German harpsichord):. Or the same piece on a 1776 French harpsichord from Lyons:. Tuesday, November 15, 2016. One of Bach's most beautiful harpsichord pieces.
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Instresses: January 2017
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017. As I said, daffodils have begun blooming here. I saw some in the woods yesterday and went back early this morning to take photos. I joined a historic daffodil listserv and asked them what cultivars these may be, but my suspicions are 'Grand Primo' and perhaps the old-fashioned 'King Alfred'. I'll post later if the listserv says otherwise. On the listserv so far they're saying the multiflowered one is 'Grand Monarque', a 200-year-old Dutch cultivar. I'm happy with that. While we...
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Instresses: Walking Around
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Monday, January 9, 2017. I was out walking around with my camera this week. Alabama croton, endangered species. Winterberry ( Ilex verticillata. One of the deciduous hollies. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment. Väkerrystä - Dabbling in Nalbinding. Raidalliset kintaat - Striped mittens. The Feast Before the Fast. For Christ and the Church. In the Light of the Law. Could a pope BE in schism? Finer Than a Frog's Hair. Goodbye for Lent, at least.
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Instresses: August 2016
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016. J as in Hieronymus. On a similar note, it's sort of like how in some alphabetical lists of states, Alaska comes before Alabama, and it took me 30 years and my friend Brittany to realize it was because AK comes before AL. Hmm. I though this response from the mother was interesting, and also that the little boy just quietly handed over the card. Thursday, August 18, 2016. Wednesday, August 17, 2016. In August, the pasture is covered with little yellow daisies. Butterflies, w...
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Instresses: Daffodil Journal 2017: 'Wintersun' vs. 'Nir'
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Saturday, January 7, 2017. Daffodil Journal 2017: 'Wintersun' vs. 'Nir'. I got some more photos of 'Wintersun' and 'Nir' for comparison's sake. Nir' on left and 'Wintersun' on right. And some more of 'Wintersun' for beauty's sake (if you can't tell, I'm smitten with this one). January 7, 2017 at 9:33 PM. How tall is Wintersun? January 8, 2017 at 1:02 PM. I think theyre about 18-24 tall. For comparison, that wooden post in the first picture is a 4x4. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Love So Strong.
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Instresses: September 2016
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Friday, September 30, 2016. Italian composers in the 17th Century were not happy with this compromise, however, and began composing music for instruments with more than 12 notes to the octave. One instrument is the cimbalo cromatico. A harpsichord that has 31 notes per octave. Take a listen to this "uncompromising" music. I think I like music with more dissonance better. All those pure ratios, oddly, make me feel dizzy and uneasy. Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Lion's tail ( Leonotis leonurus. This is my f...
