It’s 1957, twelve years after the end of World War II, and the second Elizabeth sits on the throne of England, a woman of thirty with a husband who struggles with finding a role as her consort and two children. Who takes precedence, the woman, the mother, the wife, or the queen? (Spoiler alert: The…
Read more A truly Solomonian and entirely Elizabethan (twentieth century style) justice
No disrespect meant to Leslie Odom, Jr., just one of the best covers of a Broadway song ever.
It’s that time of year again, when I scroll back through the #inmygarden photos from the previous year, while agonizing over the lack of insulating snow and wondering if I’ll see any of these blooms ever again. A garden is a lovesome thing, god wot. From the Duchess’s Garden (named for the Duchess de Nemours…
Mark Kurlansky wrote a whole book about this song.
Two detective inspectors from Glasgow, one of them recently back from sick leave (possibly too soon?) are sent to investigate a death on Eilean Eadar, a very tiny, very remote Scottish island. The island’s inhabitants have lived and fished there for generations, they aren’t welcoming to mainlanders, and they resent the fact that the only…
Read more The wood on the island is dark and deep but it is not lovely
SNL was the first time I ever heard the Fine Young Cannibals. Instant album sale. Not a bad track on it.
