Wednesday, April 24, 2024
January 1925. Alaska. Norwegian musher Leonhard Seppala and his team of sled dogs led by a 12-year-old Siberian Husky, Togo, dash through a relentless Alaskan blizzard on the Iditarod Trail. The temperature reaches down to a bone-chilling -85° F (-65° C). Their cargo, precious glass vials of Diphtheria antitoxin, […]
After the Romantics, foreign poets tend to get lost in studies of Western literature. Even among modern poets, Seamus Heaney can be overlooked because he stands apart from the rest. Instead of breaking from tradition like T. S. Eliot and E. E. Cummings, Heaney’s poetry embraces tradition, transcending time and […]
Instead of just eating pistachios, why not use their shells to create a simple wall décor. Little pistachio shell blue jays peep out from the branches of the tree, and a ring of shells around the cardboard frame the painting, giving the project a finished look. With paints and pistachios, […]
Recently, Paramount Pictures announced the release of the 4K Ultra HD restoration of the cinematic classic, The Godfather, for its 50th anniversary. Similarly in 2020, Warner Bros. released the 4K Ultra HD version of Peter Jackson’s 20-year-old fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and its prequel, The Hobbit […]
Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray; Along the cool sequester’d vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. ~ “Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard” – Thomas Gray February, as we all know, is the month of […]