Someone said we could all use more jazz. Agreed. A Jazz starter pack:

#jazz

Mark Wallinger, ‘Writ In Water’, taken from Clause 39 of The Magna Carta at Runnymede.

#contemporaryart

Apart from being a Barcelona souvenir, it reminded us of the bull imagery present throughout the first part of Dune (2021). And so, our little friend will be called El Toro Atreides.

#Dune #Atreides #Barcelona

The only Juliet I’d ever loved.

Olivia Hussey (1951-2024)

#juliet #romeoandjuliet #rip

More absurd levels of beauty at the Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi

#italy #perugia #assisi

What a masterpiece. A triumph of human talent and imagination. The Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna.

#italy #ravenna #mosaic

My cousin, Leonard H. Miller, served in the 20th AF, flying B-29s over Japan in 33 missions, awarded an Air Medal and Oak Cluster.

JUST. FOUND. THIS. OUT.

#historyiscool

I NEVER ask for photos of prominent people on the fly, but how could I resist the ‘Ragin’ Cajun’, James Carville!

#jamescarville #democrats

The Complete Maus, Art Spiegelman

‘The Golem: A Jewish Legend’, illustrated by Beverly Brodsky

On the heels of my conference today, a shoutout to my all-time favourite Bond villainess - a force to be reckoned with both onscreen and in real life - Luciana Paluzzi.

#JamesBond #villainess #femmefatale

This evening, I’ll be participating in a panel for SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Languages Association) under the prompt “The Visible and Invisible Worlds of James Bond.” My topic: the most invisible villainess, Rosa Klebb.

#JamesBond #villainess

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a worry-wart. Somehow, I have to find it in me to be a warrior, instead.

If so, this is always the place where I regather my strength and refill my stillness.

I count myself so lucky that Siena is my second home.

#Siena #Italy

This picture of my grandparents was taken around the time I was born (round 1983, or perhaps earlier). My grandfather passed in ‘97 and my grandmother lived on until 2022. Like my ancestors during the Holocaust, I wonder whether they were now spared all of the frightening, inhuman things to come.

When the skies darken, look up. That’s the only place where the light goes on undimmed.

Who will you protect when the time comes? People like me are usually the first to fall. But I will stand until fallen.