“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.” – Robert Frost The unofficial poet laureate of New England was right in the essence of what he wrote; but there is physical beauty that endures if not lasts forever, and that can be found in architecture as well as the more portable arts.  For [...]

By what I’m figuring from my statistics, I passed 100,000 visits either Thursday or Friday.  That is good performance by this blog over over 4 1/4 years, and I thank everyone who’s stopped by to check me out, or to stay and read for a while.  I hope you’ll keep coming back.

Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay – Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses. – Charles Kingsley, Saint’s Tragedy (act III, sc. 1) Now winter nights [...]

People are starting to flow into the auditorium at the Kodak Theatre, so to speak.  The red carpet is being rolled out, the decorative statues are going up along the walkway and around the stage, and the velvet ropes are being strung up to keep the crowds back.  Tomorrow night is the big night in [...]

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return…. Photographed at the Anglican Cathedral in Second Life

Ruriko Bracken, a Japanese Second Life Resident and a lovely model and photographer, takes a break now and then from the virtual world for some Real Life.  She’s currently back in, and most welcome in both her roles. In this feature, found on her own Japanese-language blog, Ruriko Style, Ruri-chan does a pair of excellent [...]

Yeah, it’s a hard life as a writer.  I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, a blog is always hungry for the next article; if you don’t keep it fed, it goes stale, and worse (shudder) — it gets ignored by readers. That isn’t allowed to happen, except during the odd vacation, holiday [...]

At least it strikes me this way, with the beret and shoes she’s wearing.  Connie, one of my Grid friends, stopped in tonight to show me a trick she found for building things, and she was wearing this beautiful combo from various designers: [20:44] Connie Arida: the dress is from Jane [20:45] Connie Arida: sweater [...]

Girl Wonder Speaks…about Second Life®: The Most Interesting Avatar in the World. Strangely, she isn’t drinking Dos Equis…. Thanks to Hamlet Au

Iris Ophelia, writing for New World Notes, has done an excellent piece on why eyes are so important to the well-groomed avatar’s look in Second Life.  From her story: A good set of eyes are equally as important as a good skin, but because eyes are so small (and because we stare at the back [...]