The inspiration behind Jay Rubinstein’s ethereal wooden mobiles Nature, poetry, and puzzles are the inspiration behind Jay Rubinstein’s ethereal wooden mobiles

He even kind of looks like me. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/du...

The inspiration behind Jay Rubinstein’s ethereal wooden mobiles Nature, poetry, and puzzles are the inspiration behind Jay Rubinstein’s ethereal wooden mobiles

He even kind of looks like me. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/du...

Family vacation. Don’t ask

I mean, he seemed nice enough. Not like Antichrist at all

Holy godfuck this is good!

Lemon sorbet served inside a frozen lemon in Palermo

Different mosaics, same church.

After seeing this image of Christ crowing Roger II of Sicily reproduced about 1000 times, it was nice to see it in person today. Sicily and Roger deserve their good reputation

Red porphyry tomb of Frederick in the cathedral of Palermo

So I ran into Frederick II today

Appreciated on so many levels!

And I somehow never made it! Only when I was in New Mexico. Anyway, have fun!

My favorite conference. I’d sell my soul for some Tennessee BBQ right now.

Britain in Bloom and Gloom. Trees blossoming against a cruel gray sky

The world can be a bleak place. But today Ghent was basking in 25 degrees of sunshine. Which does wonders for the mood.

Today is National Banjo Day.
Never could have happened without the mighty Earl Scruggs.

36 years ago tomorrow I was living in England &had just returned from a 3-week trip to the USSR. I called my parents in Oklahoma to tell them I was okay. My mom’s first words: Jay, we just saw the most amazing show!

36 years ago tomorrow I was living in England &had just returned from a 3-week trip to the USSR. I called my parents in Oklahoma to tell them I was okay. My mom’s first words: Jay, we just saw the most amazing show!

In the words of the Gospel, it is finished. Chapter 52, now titled, simply, "al-Quds," is the bag Let the furious work of revision begin.

Still finding new angles on the Heath. Pond surrounded by and reflecting trees in the early morning hour, near Kenwood House

Cool topic! Is Horace Wells in your book? I used to have lunch regularly in the "Place des États-Unis" in Paris, and, as you may know, one of the only statues there is of Horace Wells, identified as American dentist and inventor of surgical anesthesia.

I’ve sent a message via the website. Let’s talk!

Huh, I need a map maker

The tomb of Bishop Branscombe, (d.1280), Exeter Cathedral. The black basalt effigy dates from the time of his death and retains original paint. The ornate canopy and chest tomb were added in the 15th century.

#MonumentsMonday #exetercathedral

Oh, yeah . . .

Chuck Norris/Eva Gabor • Karate Demonstration! • 1971 [Reelin' In The Years Archive] YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66

Now this is something. Eva Gabor guest hosting the Merv Griffin show and learning karate from Chuck Norris. The '70s were something else. youtu.be/YfPlsItDHU0?...

I am really embarrassed that I never paid attention to the lyrics of "Loving the Alien." I just assumed it was another space tune.

Watching them come and go
The Templars and the Saracens
They're traveling the holy land
Opening telegrams . . .

Thanks! And I wish there were not point to that book...

I love learned puns!

I mean, you gotta stick to a schedule for gosh sake

Cat sitting by a desk chair looking out a full wall-window at rooftops and chimneys and newly leafy trees of London

Lizzie likes my new work space. I do, too.

Cat sitting by a desk chair looking out a full wall-window at rooftops and chimneys and newly leafy trees of London

Lizzie likes my new work space. I do, too.