Ultima Thule

In ancient times the northernmost region of the habitable world - hence, any distant, unknown or mysterious land.

Monday, December 31, 2007

"Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true."

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"An accountant in India House in London for more than 30 years and caregiver for his sister Mary (who, in a fit of mania, had stabbed t...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

"Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below."

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The immortal Beethoven was born on this day in 1770, 237 long years ago. There is, however, some dispute as to the exact day. According to...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

"A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring."

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WHEN daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with deli...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

"The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind"

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Today is the 200th anniversary of the first recorded meteorite fall in America, in Weston, Conn. Below is an article about this famous inci...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

"Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?"

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I found this beautiful photograph of an immense cumulonimbus on a fascinating website, The Cloud Appreciation Society . It was taken by © K...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

"Sweet compulsion doth in music lie"

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Today had almost slipped by me when my daily email from Composers Datebook arrived, and I read the following note: "[Today we celebra...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank."

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“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the nig...
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Saturday, October 06, 2007

"The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden. It ends with Revelations."

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Oscar Wilde seems to have been one of history's great conversationalists. In The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde , an anthology by Alvin Redma...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

"I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream"

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Looking through a collection of clippings I had saved, I came across this article from 1994; it may have been from the New York Times . At a...
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Hamsters on Viagra take center stage at Ig Nobel awards

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In addition to overcoming jet lag, it looks like Viagra can also help a hamster with its golf swing. David Hamsters on Viagra take center st...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Scientist invents computer pillow to stop snoring

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Our life is twofold; Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence: Sleep hath its own world, And a ...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

"A cat may looke on a King"

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I first found this striking photograph of what appears to be a staring contest between a cat and a goldfish -- then I decided to post Gray...
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The Triune God of Christianity

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This is a long essay that Helen wrote last November as an email to an internet friend. David [By Aussiegirl] There is an aspect of Buddhism...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

September musing

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It was on this day, September 19, in 2004 that Helen -- Aussiegirl -- began her blog. Over the next 27 months she managed to add nearly 2200...
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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Happy birthday, Fryderyk, may your music live forever!

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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (in French, Frederic Francois Chopin) was born on this day in 1810 -- he was to die after only 39 short years on ...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Aussiegirl reviews Kobzar's Children

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This is a review that Helen wrote for Amazon.com last July. It is a well-writen and impassioned review, and I think it deserves to be repri...
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Further thoughts on Verdi's Requiem

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In April 2003 Helen sent this email to her internet friend veritas about the Requiem that she loved so much. Half of the email are quotes f...
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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Musings on Verdi's Requiem

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This is another very long and very beautiful email that Helen wrote to veritas, her internet friend, on October 20, 2003, soon after -- perh...
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