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Gallivanting

Let’s go on ALL the adventures —

Travel

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Travel

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Gallivanting

Let’s go on ALL the adventures

Published in Living the (Low-Stakes) Life- Montaigne and Me and You.

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So we begin

“Thus reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your time on so frivolous and vain a subject. So farewell.” Michel de Montaigne wrote this at the opening of his monumental book, Essais (Attempts.) I wonder how seriously he meant that. …

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Published in Living the (Low-Stakes) Life- Montaigne and Me and You.

·3 days ago

Observation #11 Joy

A contemplation — “So, Pam, what brings you joy?” My dear friend Cindy asked me this as we were discussing writing prompts. I speak with her and some other writing friends sporadically over Zoom in a group that formed during the depths of the COVID lockdowns. I found it hard to answer succinctly…

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·Jan 26

A Fatal Grace

Novel by Louise Penney It was good, and I understand why she’s so popular, but by the end, I was weary of how much everyone loved Armand Gamache. Like yeah…

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A Fatal Grace

Novel by Louise Penney

It was good, and I understand why she’s so popular, but by the end, I was weary of how much everyone loved Armand Gamache. Like yeah…

Published in Art = Oxygen

·Jan 26

Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

Concert — Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — Mind bogglingly majestic.

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Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

Concert — Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Mind bogglingly majestic.

Published in Art = Oxygen

·Jan 26

The Book Of Mormon

Broadway Musical, Stone, Parker and Lopez — This one, my word. This show has been packing the Eugene O’Neill Theater since 2011. We went last night, and the line to get in stretched forever. I really didn’t know what to expect, and now that I’ve seen it, I’m still not quite sure what I saw. It was…

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·Jan 26

Ariodonte

Opera by Handel Handel was quite the fellow, writing operas by the handful until they fell out of favor, and oratories became the rage and so he had to amuse himself by writing The Messiah. Last night we saw the Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Ariodonte. The music was sublime, the…

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·Jan 23

IN THE SOUTH

Edward Elgar Just returned from another sublime symphony — I have thought this often but never written it down.. going to a performance is a religious experience for me. Even…

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IN THE SOUTH

Edward Elgar

Just returned from another sublime symphony — I have thought this often but never written it down.. going to a performance is a religious experience for me. Even…

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·Jan 22

Message from the Universe

Stories happen to those who tell them — So this happened: I was walking my two dogs, Cubby and Sparky, as I do every morning we’re in Pittsburgh. We live on a switchback road, Clayton Avenue, that is connected to a main street, Perrysville Avenue, at two points. It’s a circle, more or less, really convenient and I…

Coincidence

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Coincidence

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·Jan 17

Priory of the Orange Tree

BY Samantha Shannon This was a BIG FAT high fantasy book. I am feeling my age these days, because I KNEW exactly when the good guy’s dragon was going to…

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Priory of the Orange Tree

BY Samantha Shannon

This was a BIG FAT high fantasy book. I am feeling my age these days, because I KNEW exactly when the good guy’s dragon was going to…

Gallivanting

Gallivanting

Let’s go on ALL the adventures

So we begin

Observation #11 Joy

A Fatal Grace

A Fatal Grace

Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

Mozart’s Mass in C Minor

Concert — Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Book Of Mormon

Ariodonte

IN THE SOUTH

IN THE SOUTH

Message from the Universe

Priory of the Orange Tree

Priory of the Orange Tree

Pamelapolis