Thursday, 17 January 2019

A JOURNAL






"If a man has no constant lover who shares his soul as well as his body he must have a diary--a poor substitute, but better than nothing."

James lees Milne


JOURNAL ENTRY -

13-6-14

At concert performance of Il Re Pastore by Mozart at Paine Hall. Was really good performance. It was originally written for  concert performance rather than a staged performance. So this very original in many ways.

From the 2014 Journal of LFMS

Entry from Lees-Milne's diary as recorded in my Journal 30-6-14

"Thought how maddening it is that the worst sins are the most enjoyable. I wondered could it possibly be that these sins would recoil upon me in my old age. For at present they don't seem to do my soul much harm."

Entry from my 2014 Journal

18-6-14

Warm today - upper 80ies and dew point at 64....

Read the whole convo. from 07 with …. Amazing what we had and what she eventually destroyed. It saddens me.      

...
                                               …
You may deny your past but it will always be part of you.






Wednesday, 2 January 2019

MORE BOOK THOUGHTS

The Studious Chat at rest



A book is an axe to the frozen sea around us.
                            Franz Kafka



People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
                    Logan Pearsall Smith



Girl Reading
Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold, and keep.
      Eugene Field


                             "When I am dead,

                              I hope it may be said:
                              His sins were scarlet,
                              but his books were read."

                                                                      Hilaire Belloc

Monday, 31 December 2018

A NEW YEARS THOUGHT







                   "For behold, I create new havens
                     and a new earth: and the former shall
                     not be remembered, nor come into
                     mind."
 Isaiah 65-17



                    "The Wolf and the lamb shall feed
                      together and the lion shall eat straw 
                      like the bullock:..."
Isaiah 65-25

Saturday, 29 December 2018

LEANDOR'S BROODINGS (pensées): DECEMBER JOURNAL

LEANDOR'S BROODINGS (pensées): DECEMBER JOURNAL: 6-12-18 December came sooner than I expected. A busy season. My anniversary, Christmas and soon afer Janet's birthday. Past th...

Friday, 28 December 2018

BOOK THOUGHTS






"A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it."
Samuel Johnson

Sunday, 23 December 2018

ADVENT IV





Fourth Sunday in Advent - Rorate Sunday

Introit

Rorate caeli desoper, et nubes pluant justum...



C’est bientôt Noël
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