Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554-1612) was an early Baroque composer, highly respected and influential in his time. His music is beautiful. Here are a few wonderful examples.
Recently I discovered Lagavulin, a single malt Scotch whiskey made famous by Parks and Recreation character Ron Swanson. Lagavulin is made on the Scottish island of Islay, an area renowned for producing what is called “peaty” Scotch. You can tell if a Scotch is peaty by its aroma, which to…
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from 1908 to 1936. I compiled the quotes below from my reading of these essays, which were compiled by Ignatius Press in Volumes 27-37 of The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton. Over the last month or…
G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXVII G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite being a century old, Chesterton’s insights are just as pertinent…