Reading and writing through time and space.
Mozart and I send loads of warm and toasty guten tags to you, beloveds. I was walking through Mozart's Viennese apartment at Domgasse 5 nearly three weeks ago now, and I really would very much like to go back. Please. For Wolfie. I love dear Wolfie. And in honor of his genius, I present today's … Continue reading The Artist’s Lament: A Love Letter to Miloš Forman’s Amadeus (1984)
Happy almost end of summer to the beautiful ladies and gents still reading my blog! I have been in Austria this last week, enjoying the sun and the mountains and the schnitzel and the strudel. It's been a delight, and I do plan on writing about it in the coming month. I got lost in … Continue reading Introducing My Etsy Shop: Historia Fantaisie
Hallo, my dears! I've been out of school for a whole two months now, and the time I've had free of homework and seminar papers and reading assignments and peer review has been especially glorious. I finished the semester strong with two term papers, my favorite of which was an analysis of Kantian aesthetics in … Continue reading Summer 2022: Mountains, Myths, and Middle-Earth
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.Franz Liszt I've been playing the piano since the age of six, and in that time, two composers have left my imagination in raptures of beauty, … Continue reading Confessions of a Lisztomaniac: Thoughts on a Beloved Composer
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. The Book of James, 4:14 My my, I've lived through two decades now. I remember turning ten like it was yesterday. I spent the chilly … Continue reading On Turning Twenty
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.Friedrich Nietzsche Picture this. It's October. Grad school is heating up with the oncoming deadlines of three seminar essays, research assignments, and over two hundred pages of reading a week. You're exhausted beyond belief, some of your peers possess a self-righteous disdain for your … Continue reading The Wonder of Dune: A Tale Without A “Hero”
Here we are, in the final hours of 2021. It's been snowing for the last three days straight in my small pocket of the world (in typical December fashion). We've a good blanket of white on the ground, and the trees look splendid with powdered sugar on their branches. As the final hours of the … Continue reading The New Year’s End Story Tag: 2021
Hello, hello, hello! Look who it is. 😉 I have returned to my little corner of the internet, and it has been far too long since I've written for you dears. First of all, the mere conception that I could have continued posting fortnightly during my first semester of graduate school was . . . … Continue reading The Spotify Wrapped Tag!
Good morning, ladies, gents, and distinguished guests. *tips hat* It really is sweater weather in my corner of the world. The winds are blowing, the leaves are dancing off the trees, and I'm trying to get my hands on every pumpkin flavored coffee and/or pastry that I can before the season disappears. Call me basic, … Continue reading Author Q&A with Maribeth Barber: the Operation Lionhearted Blog Tour
¡Buenos dias, mi amigos! ¿Que tal? It's a chilly, sweater-worthy Monday here in my corner of the world, and I'm extra excited for one big reason. For those of you who didn't know, last week was the official start of Hispanic Heritage Month! *confetti* This time of year gets me so excited. As a proud … Continue reading Stories And Songs for Hispanic Heritage Month