Note: if this post were an article, I would say it should be two posts. I am sorely tempted to revise it that way. I will resist this, as I have “real writing” to do, including real article manuscripts which need to be divided in two. And Undine’s excellent post on blogging and “real writing” … More Vita Nuova – Mais Uma Vez
In 1938 the WPA Federal Writers’ Project created the New Orleans City Guide. You can see it, and read a new edition of it. New Orleans remains essentially the same as it was then. It was and is the best of towns. Meanwhile, away from the tourists: This weblog does not recommend Jazzfest. Spring events … More New Orleans City Guide/ReBirth
2 Samuel 18:33 is the relevant text. The images in the video become secular from 1:30 forward. The song is truly beautiful, and the video is very well worth watching all the way through. * From today forward there are five things I shall not ask myself to do again, as they are too painful … More Absalon Fili Mi
The first prison I ever visited was in Rio de Janeiro. It was after the dictatorship, in freedom now. A friend wanted to see a relative and asked me to go along as a kind of support team. Due to an old accident the prisoner had a metal plate in his leg, which had caused … More Cálice
Mexico is the best country. This fact is hard to deny. It is Maundy Thursday and Passover. The days are bright and the moon, full. Someone is crossing. Help her spirit over. Axé.
This afternoon in Lima, former President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 25 years. It is a major event. We are playing James Booker, who has no known connection to Peru, but whose celebration music is some of the best we have. It is another truly beautiful day, and all … More Alberto Fujimori
It is the weekend, so we must sing! This is Jim Hession on J. R. Morton’s “Fingerwrecker.” I am in the Bywater, sitting on the back porch. I cut the banana palms down to waist height, as one does, two days ago. They have already grown five inches. Axé.
EL DÍA EN QUE TU NACISTE / NACIERON TODAS LAS FLORES / Y EN LA PILA DEL BAUTISMO CANTARON LOS RUISEÑORES. “…and nightingales sang around the baptismal font.” Today, which as it dawns dresses the fields in new colors, we have the mañanitas, and De colores, and many videos. Our friend César Chávez, one of … More “The Day You Were Born, All the Flowers Bloomed”
Regin Dahl died in Copenhagen on this day in 2007. His life marked several. Tín er degningur handan líkdampsins flókar. Dit er morgengryet hinsides ligdunstens tåger. Yours is the daybreak beyond the corpse-reek’s mists. His father is on a stamp and I would be curious to know more about this man than is known. When … More Regin Dahl
It is the weekend, so we must sing. This is Glen David Andrews. This block of Decatur Street is a little like Fisherman’s Wharf or Disneyland, but he is not at all. Axé.
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