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"The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen ...

Blue Moon (August 31, 2012)  Yeah, posting has been slow. I've been on a vacation from blogging, trying to get various priorities...

Detail from The Turkish Bath (1862) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres On this date in 1782, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio w...

Camellia : Pink Perfection  The camellia season has begun, starting with a show at the Decanso Gardens . Over the next two months, ne...

The bust of Ludwig van Beethoven inspires Schroeder's music. Lucy is unimpressed.  "What you are, you are by accident of b...

On this date in 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote one of the most beautiful and captivating musical compositions of Western Civilization, ...