LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Incoming! New Snow Storm

      . . . .  With the wreckage of the power grid of Texas from this massive coverage by Arctic air and storm, leaving so many without the power for either heat or water even, one has concerns, doesn't one, knowing that the mass is moving east now.  Not only will there be ice, They Say, for both Virginia and Maryland, there shall be snow too.  This will certainly delay vaccine deliveries as well as many other essential products that all of us depend on arriving dependably.

At least I have two books to keep me happy in my warm, comfy bed.  Ian Rankin's got yet one novel featuring his grouchy old Inspector Rebus, even though he's retired -- A Song For the Dark Times (2020).  This time it is his daughter's sort of estranged partner, the father of his granddaughter, who seems in peril.  I also have Alec Ross's Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (2020).  I've dipped into them both, and both have held my interest effortlessly.

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      . . . .Here, something from far away and long ago -- Sexy el V, Berlin, 1988.








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