En route
“Notre-Dame: un concours international d’architecture pour reconstruire la flèche” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/notre-dame-un-concours-international-d-architecture-pour-reconstruire-la-fleche-20190417
Notre Dame
“Notre-Dame peut-elle vraiment être reconstruite en cinq ans? ” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/l-epineux-dossier-de-la-restauration-de-notre-dame-20190416
Notre Dame
“Notre-Dame de Paris: depuis Viollet-le-Duc, le monument de tous les chantiers” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/notre-dame-de-paris-depuis-viollet-le-duc-le-monument-de-tous-les-chantiers-20190415
L’histoire de Notre Dame
“Notre-Dame de Paris, un monument au cœur de plus de 850 ans d’histoire de France” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/notre-dame-de-paris-un-monument-au-coeur-de-plus-de-850-ans-d-histoire-de-france-20190415
Notre Dame
“Incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris: ce que l’on sait, le feu est maîtrisé, les ouvriers du chantier entendus” : http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/incendie-de-notre-dame-de-paris-ce-que-l-on-sait-la-piste-accidentelle-privilegiee-les-ouvriers-du-chantiers-entendus-20190416
Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris – BBC News
Utterly terrible breaking news. I’m speechless. LJ
Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris – BBC News
— Read on www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-47941794
How walking to work changed my life
How true those words are, even to-day!
How walking to work changed my life
— Read on www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/why-walking-is-the-best-exercise-for-body-and-mind/amp/
Practising Marcello, but far from wello…
In my study
Home – Highlight – Summa angelica – Tarlton Law Library at Tarlton Law Library
Home – Highlight – Summa angelica – Tarlton Law Library at Tarlton Law Library
— Read on tarlton.law.utexas.edu/summa-angelica
Winchester Cathedral
What a delight!
Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate
The adipocere “Soap Lady”. Exhibits | Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
The Mütter Museum has a wide range of featured and permanent exhibitions.
— Read on muttermuseum.org/exhibitions/the-soap-lady/
Jacques Brel Mon Enfance lyrics – music
Mon Enfance lyrics by Jacques Brel : Mon enfance passa De grisailles en silences De fausses révérences En manque
— Read on www.paroles-musique.com/eng/Jacques_Brel-Mon_Enfance-lyrics,p50035
🐞 Paroles de Jacques Brel : La Cathédrale – paroles de chanson
Jacques Brel : La Cathédrale paroles de la chanson
— Read on www.lacoccinelle.net/991359.html
A wobbly performance, slow on 19 across, for no reason
Life
My study, viewed from the armchair, awaiting the cat and the dog
15 Beautiful Examples of Mathematics in Nature – Planet Dolan | Obscure Facts About Life
15 Beautiful Examples of Mathematics in Nature – Planet Dolan | Obscure Facts About Life
— Read on www.planetdolan.com/15-beautiful-examples-of-mathematics-in-nature/
In the cat’s basket
My friend, the cat
Amnesty: elektrisch rijden helemaal niet schoon | Binnenland | Telegraaf.nl
Amnesty International komt met een opmerkelijke stelling: elektrisch rijden is helemaal niet schoon.
— Read on www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/3337957/amnesty-elektrisch-rijden-helemaal-niet-schoon
First puzzle for a while
I haven’t had time for the Times Crossword recently. This is my first attempt since the move. I’m glad it was an unproblematic experience. LJ
Rail Replacement Bus Service – TheTLS
Rail Replacement Bus Service – TheTLS
— Read on www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/rail-replacement-bus-service/
Why We Think Cats Are Psychopaths – The Atlantic
It’s just “resting cat face.”
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/cat-psychopaths/583192/
Six Nations 2019: Is this the ‘greatest Wales side’ as Eddie Jones claims? – BBC Sport
Gareth Edwards gives his views on the record of the current Welsh XV.
England coach Eddie Jones claims his side will face the ‘greatest Wales side ever’ in the Six Nations – but how does Warren Gatland’s team rank?
Source: Six Nations 2019: Is this the ‘greatest Wales side’ as Eddie Jones claims? – BBC Sport
Little Chlo’ with snowdrops and a Red Admiral freshly emerged from hibernation this sunny February morning.
Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’ | Environment | The Guardian
A troubling prognosis.LJ
Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature
NASA used Curiosity’s Sensors to Measure the Gravity of a Mountain on Mars – Universe Today
NASA recalibrated Curiosity’s navigation instruments to measure Aeolis Mons’ gravity and answer questions about Gale Crater and how Aeolis Mons was formed.
— Read on www.universetoday.com/141399/nasa-used-curiositys-sensors-to-measure-the-gravity-of-a-mountain-on-mars/
Ideal gas law – Wikipedia
Ideal gas law – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law
Everything but 13 across, “toroidal”,…
which, incidentally, I still don’t fully understand. 12 across is also obscure, but was at least guessable (I now get it!). It’s always a little peeving when there is one clue left, but I wouldn’t have got it without combing through the dictionary.
Maxwell…
Here it is, the high resolution photo of MU69 We’ve all been waiting for. – Universe Today
Here it is, the high resolution photo of MU69 We’ve all been waiting for. – Universe Today
— Read on www.universetoday.com/141349/here-it-is-the-high-resolution-photo-of-mu69-weve-all-been-waiting-for/
A pleasant, albeit relatively straightforward puzzle
The cat
A study suggests itself, which might be entitled “Towards a finer calibration of the noxious impact of feline halitosis on the plant kingdom, with particular reference to cut flowers and the art of ikebana.”
Elgar, Thomas Mann, coffee, cat & some slow Sunday time…
BWV 299 – Dir, dir Jehova, will ich singen – All of Bach
This is a wonderful site. What a gift to mankind, on behalf of mankind! LJ
BWV 299 – Dir, dir Jehova, will ich singen – All of Bach
— Read on allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-299/
JOHN CLARE, ICH BIN
A very fine German translation of John Clare’s lines written in Northampton County Asylum:
Deutsche Gedichte – kostenlose Gedichte und Sprüche: Freundschaft, Liebe, Hochzeit, Geburt uvam.
— Read on gedichte.xbib.de/Clare,+John_gedicht_Ich+bin.htm
Winchester at dawn
The numinous. Winchester Cathedral after Evensong.
In Winchester
Completed whilst sitting on a beanbag in the cloakroom of our new house, awaiting the arrival of a flaky technician, who does not show up. So, it’s one more lunch at the Wykeham Arms for me, then, later, Evensong in the Cathedral, the greatest free show on Earth.
In the Wykeham Arms
A satisfying puzzle, requiring patience before the eventual breakthrough, whereafter things went smoothly.
Wareham Station
I shall miss this place of unpretentious charm, lost in time and easy on the spirit. LJ
The Cat. Episode IV
A satisfying puzzle
Completed this morning whilst listening to the sacred music of Arvo Pärt, the perfect refuge from the climate of political ugliness currently prevailing.
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantus_in_Memoriam_Benjamin_Britten
“You don’t raise school standards by skewing them”
Tim Hands, Master of Magdalen College School in Oxford, slams Michael Gove’s plans for education reform.
— Read on www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/06/you-dont-raise-school-standards-skewing-them
Egg No.1
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