Atlanta Memorial Day

When you enter the weekend with almost no concrete plans but you end up with birthday drinks at Skylounge, your morning park walk with Dr. P. preparing to benevolently take over the world, grill and whisky and freshly picked fruit at a friend's house, the Champion's League final, a hike in Sweetwater Creek Park, pizza on the patio, jazz fest at Piedmont Park, grilling again and mainly learning how to grill on the deck like a proper American and then just please let me go home and eat my home made cocoa ice cream.

The Golden Vanity

Three attempts to living life happily
Three women, succeeding but passably
A sudden turnaround
"[A] breath brought it down.
It was a soundless catastrophe.”

The Golden Vanity by Isabel Paterson

Gounod's Romeo & Julet

Well overdue, another great night at the Atlanta Opera

The Marathon Conspiracy

A journey through the Athenian legacy,
From tyranny to newfound democracy
With help from young Socrates,
old Aeschylus, and Pericles
Unveiling the Marathon Conspiracy 



The Marathon Conspiracy (The Athenian Mysteries #4) by Gary Corby

Mother's Day

I try not to compliment my mother too much - we don't want it going to her head, you see - but I will give her her dues today for never having complained about having children after she decided to have children which she knew a priori would require round the clock care for numerous years followed by almost a generation of clothing, feeding, educating and keeping healthy.

You only complain about my hair but that's legitimate.

UPDATE:
The afore-mentioned mother'
s reaction to my blog post:

Motherly Love level: Expert. 

50 Children

Before the deaths of 6 million
This small, yet strong noble mission
Against political reluctance
The Kraus's endurance
Did save these 50 named children.

50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany

Pressman, Steven

Libertarians at election time, 2016