Why does Valentine’s Day come around in the glumly frigid pit of the year? Continue reading “Valentine’s Eve”
Category: art
Merry Christmas
And Hanukkah and Seculus and whatever else you may celebrate toward the end of the year, and a prosperous year to come.
Ersari Rug
Two more Venice scenes – kick, and Sarpi
We stayed this time in the district we call Miracoli, Continue reading “Two more Venice scenes – kick, and Sarpi”
Stairs in Greenwich Lead to Molecules in Space
A couple of geometric details about the Queen’s House
Continue reading “Stairs in Greenwich Lead to Molecules in Space”
Misty picture
Commenting on “It Makes Me Smart,” Joan asked “what the picture is of and how does it illustrate ambiguity?”
Fisheye pictures
In a room in Pembroke College, Cambridge, hangs a round picture in a square frame.
Nights of the Scorpion
Here is how Mars, Antares, and Saturn are now grouped as the Moon again comes cruising over them.
Tocra Pass
I was wondering when someone would ask me what that picture is, Continue reading “Tocra Pass”
Assos and Lesbos
This is the water across which the refugees are swarming from the Middle East into Europe.
