Celebration Day
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Humble Magnificence
Three moments I recall as experiences of highest pleasure for my palate. While vacationing in Tenerife around the mid 1990’s, I ordered a simple salad to accompany a goat dish. Around 2012, it was a rack of lamb, preceded by mozzarella and tomatoes. In 2014, I smoked a Cuaba Salomones in Tokyo. That goat, those…
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvador’s Cammarano, based on “The Bride of Lammermoor” by Walter Scott. It was premiered on September 26 1835, at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. ACT IAn intruder has been spotted at night on the grounds of Lammermoor Castle, home of Enrico Ashton. Normanno, the captain of the guard,…
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Thinking of William Faulkner on the eve of his birthday
Soldiers’ Pay – 1926Mosquitoes – 1927Sartoris – 1929The Sound and the Fury – 1929As I Lay Dying – 1930Sanctuary – 1931Light in August – 1932Pylon – 1935Absalom, Absalom! – 1936The Unvanquished – 1938The Wild Palms – 1939The Hamlet – 1940Go Down, Moses – 1942Intruder in the Dust – 1948Requiem for a Nun – 1951A Fable…
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“Das Rheingold”, by Richard Wagner, premiered on September 22 1869, at the National Theatre, Munich
“In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must first renounce love. Frustrated by…
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Invitation to a simple party for Leonard Cohen
Join us in the Birthday and Celebration Club, September 21, at 8pm EST, on Clubhouse.
Sila Blume 