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  MESSAGE FROM ELSPETH THOMPSON’S HUSBAND FRANK WILSON so sad (no details) sending prayers for her husband and daughter – this was one of my most favorite blogs –  do have a look at the wonderful posts about converting several … Continue reading →

he trash bags – six, all full to the dotted line – and the pile of larger branches cut down to the required length: the bed i cleaned up for my elder neighbor (the other ground floor apt)  – i … Continue reading →

  Wolfgang Wagner passed away on March 21, 2010 in his house in Bayreuth in southern Germany at the age of ninety. He directed the Bayreuth Festival, the legendary opera event in southern Germany, for 57 years before stepping down … Continue reading →

The Hobbit is such a concentrated dose of imagination that it can be tricky keeping the audience on board Published Date: 22 March 2010 By Kelly Apter TURNING JRR Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit into a stage show is quite a … Continue reading →

a looooooong day in the garden – since Thursday –  SIX bags of garden debris – leaves, branches etc. (photos on sunday). – cut up and bagged two huge branches for neighbor (husband out of town for two weeks) – … Continue reading →

two 3 hour stints in the garden over the last two days has resulted in three bags full of broken branchesa 3 foot high pile of large branches cut to the required lengtha clean patioa cleared up and ready for … Continue reading →

… recently announced 110th-anniversary season is certainly one of the starriest in years. The “gala atmosphere” opening concert goes this year to the Finnish diva Karita Mattila, a superstar since her Cardiff Singer of the World win in 1983, and other … Continue reading →

Philip Langridge 1939-2010 via Brian Dickie by Brian Dickie on 3/6/10 It is with great sadness that we note the passing yesterday evening in London of Philip Langridge, singer, musician, artist, and truly wonderful man.Much will be written, but nothing … Continue reading →

Kyl: Senate will pass temporary extension of unemployment benefits – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room.

Gang ‘threatened to destroy Leonardo da Vinci painting’ – Telegraph. Five men threatened to destroy the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a world-famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, unless its aristocratic owners paid a ransom of £4.25million, a court heard yesterday. … Continue reading →