“Here, at the quiet limit of the world.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Tithonus
“A rose will bloom, it then will fade.
So does a youth.
So does the fairest maid.”
Nino Rota, What Is a Youth
“There is a story to be told here, of twisted markets, and legitimate pursuits taxed by insidious corruptions, and their patrons. But it is nothing new. It is a story all too familiar, as old as Babylon, and evil as sin. Perhaps, then, another time. It was a beautiful autumn day. The warmth is slowly fading from the fields, captured in the harvests, and taken away. Darkness is falling earlier, and the nights are growing colder. And as fields fade, so too do empires— and the vanities and illusions of proud and willful men. Not then so rare as we had thought. But still, after many a summer, dies the swan.”
Jesse
My plan is to replace the 2nd wood stove, but the limiting
factor is: where the heck am I going to put my big china?
Thanks Jesse…nice.