My life continues a bit fractured, so there'll be no thoughtful exploration of a single theme in this post, but once again, a jumble of bits and pieces.  First, just for your pleasure, is a link to a photo of a beautiful white kangaroo.

Second, a concert report!  Last weekend I heard for the first time Stokowski's transcription for orchestra of ( Read more... )

I'm struggling a bit to get back on top of things, so this is not a very long or learned or real post... but then, what is a Real Post?  Oh well - very quickly then,in the department of things I've only just found out:

With reference to the song 'Being for the benefit of Mr Kite' (video, about two and a half minutes) - there really was a Pablo ( Read more... )

There's so much stinking, stinking sad news out there. :(

Well... to some better news, or cheerful things, if not exactly news:

Scotland has achieved its emissions reduction target six years early! :) Go, Scotland ( Read more... )

I'm envious of those Australians who will be at home this week to see the first episodes of the new show Cleverman. It does look like it could be a bit tough, i.e. with depictions of violence - I usually steer away from such. (Here's the youtube trailer - it's a bit over two minutes long ( Read more... )

I'm posting a lot, I know, right now, in the attempt to find some counterweights to the world's worth of bad news.  I hope I'm not wearing you all out!

Here's the not-internet world still ticking over - fanzines live!

I was really happy to see what might be the beginning of widespread fair wages for fast-food workers in the US.

I very much like ( Read more... )

1. I spent several days avoiding spoilers for Doctor Who; now that I've seen the most recent episode I'm not sure it was all that worth waiting for.  Capaldi acted brilliantly again; the writers gave almost an overdose of clever, effective internal and external cultural refs and nudges; there was a seriously engaging look at the bitterness of the ( Read more... )

The latest stressy work-thing is done, and I should be zooming with energy but I'm not - apologies for my slow, feeble or non-existent replies to people's posts lately.

also, due to sudden computer dysfunction, I've lost some links I was saving up.The only thing left is a picture I came across:  The Garden of Eden by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472ish ( Read more... )

So... still catching up with things that have been posted over the past little while...

The Pirate Queen is back! Narniafic by
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I posted this about ten minutes ago on Dreamwidth, trusting that it would cross-post,as promised - but it doesn't seem to have.  So I'm posting it here, separately.

Not a long post from me today; I'm still being frugal with screen time.  So just a round-up of a few things I've found interesting lately.

Here's one about legends being true! One ( Read more... )

First up: stay warm, all friends in snowy, snowy places!  :)

And ..things I've been reading, this past week

I am slogging on with My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk.  It's an interesting, but for me, distinctly not an easy read - I'm not sure how much this is because it's culturally a jump for me - it's sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire, in the lives and ( Read more... )