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“The Four Yorkshiremen”
I had not heard of “the Four Yorkshiremen” until this morning, when the phrase turned up in a tweet. So I did the thing you do: I looked for it on YouTube. And this is what I found: Definitely a … Continue reading
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Vistas Great and Small
I have to confess, it was a little different watching a show with a relatively humane sense of humor and a low rating on violence. But there was something very good about the first episode of All Creatures Great and … Continue reading
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Go for the Landscape, Stay for the Landscape
One of the side-effects of lockdown has been the transformation of my Twitter feed into a running journal of hiking through the Lake District and the highlands of Scotland. Which means I’m pretty excited about All Creatures Great and Small … Continue reading
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20 Years Stuck in a Moment
Dang. It’s been twenty years since U2 released All That You Can’t Leave Behind. To “celebrate” the moment, the band is reissuing the album with two editions with all kinds of extras. Look for at least one of them to … Continue reading
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Thinking Abroad
Over the last few days I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the Lake District in England, mostly because I’ve found accounts on Twitter that regularly post pictures of hikes and walks that they’ve been taking. It’s compounded, of course, … Continue reading
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From the Mountain to the Sea
Earlier this month the folks at Princeton University Press released a book by John Garth detailing the locations that likely inspired different aspects of JRR Tolkien’s imagination and writings. Sometimes it feels like about-Tolkien books are a dime a dozen, … Continue reading
Spyfall with Spoilers
Well, I spent most of today on an airplane or two. I have to admit, the American Airlines route from HNL to BNA through ORD is quite good. The success of it depends on weather and delays, I think, but … Continue reading
Wordsworth’s “Old Man Traveling”
While in England, we spent a couple of days in the Lake District, the stomping grounds of William Wordsworth. We spent some time at his house, Rydal Mount, and then walked the Coffin Trail down into Grasmere. We also spent … Continue reading
The Sorrow of Lady Constance
Yesterday I made note of my favorite “King John” moment from Shakespeare’s King John. There was one other scene in the first plays first half (as presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company) that has stuck with me. In the previously … Continue reading
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Concerning King John
While in Stratford over break, we had the opportunity to see the Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of King John. KJ is not that well-known a play, of course, and I can imagine that there are many reasons why. Where it … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 