Spent some valuable time with Bach today. I am reading the recent biography by John Elliot Gardiner. Today read the chapters that are the main point of his book; the …
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survival
Human beings spend a lot of time just surviving. There’s little time for anything else. We have three basic needs: warmth, shelter, and food, and we spend the majority of …
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2 dec
Had to think about Libor today. It is the scandal that exposed the financial sector at its rotten core. A standard that is used as common good (as a basis …
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1 dec
Umpf, another hard hit by Jacques Le Goff. He describes ‘the cheaply repeating of fashionable nonsense about the decadency of the current time in contrast to the gloryful, fresh and …
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30 nov
Fighting through Jacques Le Goff’s Culture of Medieval Europe I was punched down in the stomach. Well he says it was in the stomach, I think it was under the …
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29 nov
So now I know how to live. It took me a while to finish the delightful book by Sarah Bakewell about Montaigne, but it is also not the easiest question …
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Breakthrough
I’m sure you’ve heard about The Observer Effect on electrons in quantum physics. (who hasn’t?) To refresh your minds, I’ll give a brief explanation. (This is what I understand and …
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28 nov
Looking for austerity in 12th century France, I found decadence in 21th century France. What else to call the Jacuzzi at the campground in Taradeau that is exclusively to our …
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27 nov
Started the day with snow in Nimes, and ended the day with frost in Taradeau, close to Draguignan. Highly unusual, both things. The strangest thing though happened at the camping …
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26 nov
I was listening to Dolly Parton – Julie’s cleaning music when there is no access to The Supremes – and naturally started thinking about austerity again. Just to be clear. …
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