We've all heard about what billionaire George Soros has done in Eastern Europe (especially in his native Hungary) to promote democracy and liberal ideas ( Read more... )

I heard on the radio at noon about the awful fire at Notre Dame cathedral. I turned on the TV, and spent a few hours watching live coverage from Paris of the spreading conflagration. No one killed, and NOT a terrorist act -- but a terrible loss ( Read more... )

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A new LJ friend named Ursula (ursulav, to be exact) quotes someone named Graydon, in lieu of any autobiography, to the effect of someplace haunted by "...those few of Coleridge's opium dreams yet living."

Lovely language, that!

A sad discovery -- a wonderful friend has disappeared from the places I knew her. She's been at http://www.flickr.com/people/ghostscarlett/ -- which still functions, but only just. All her marvelous photos are gone, with one forlorn shot as a sort of place-holder. I was able ( Read more... )