Thursday, November 22, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012

More Whitby Memories

From another site:
Scoresby became Vicar of Bradford -- where his parishioners included the Reverend Patrick Brontë of Haworth village, and his young daughters -- wow, wow, wow; "Scoresby turned his scientific attention to the mysterious forces of mesmerism; instead of dealing in oil and whalebone, Whitby now traded in jewellery carved from the shiny black jet found it its cliffs and made mournfully fashionable by a perennially grieving queen."
I still remember -- vividly -- the black jet small cross that I bought in Whitby for our older daughter.

Idle Chatter: Yorkshire, and Cape Cod, and Ten New Songs

After almost a decade of an aggressive reading program, I think I am most fortunate to have spent so much time in Yorkshire, and interestingly enough, Cape Cod. Much of western world history has its roots in Scotland and Yorkshire; and surprisingly, one can say the same for Cape Cod.

I wrote this random now while reading Philip Hoare's The Whale and listening to Leonard Cohen's Ten New Songs. Sublime.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Whitby Memories

From another post:
Burton Constable --> Bridlington --> Filey --> Scarborough (I hiked this area some years ago); "If the past is a contraction of what has passed, then the future exists only if we imagine it."; giant white golf balls of Fylingdales listening station; Whitby; author's great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland, ended up in Whitby; grandfather raised in Whitby; Bram Stoker living in Whitby at the time.
The halcyon days of Yorkshire. We were so fortunate to have that time together. 

Monday, November 12, 2012