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October 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Gotterdammerung

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Added by Gary Freedman on October 30, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792, when he was 21 years old. He was probably first introduced to the great composer Joseph Haydn in late 1790, when the latter was traveling to London and stopped in Bonn around Christmas time. They met in Bonn on Haydn's return trip from London to Vienna in July 1792, and it is likely that arrangements were made at that time for Beethoven to study with the old master.

Years later, after Beethoven achieved widespread fame, Haydn wanted to take…

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Added by Gary Freedman on October 27, 2010 at 12:09pm — No Comments

I CRIED FOR YOU

BEAUTIFUL TEAR

I CRIED FOR YOU

You're beautiful so silently

It lies beneath a shade of blue

It struck me so violently

When I looked at you

But others pass, they never pause

To feel that magic in your hand

To me you're like a wild rose

They never understand… Continue

Added by Daddieo on October 24, 2010 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

REFLECTIONS ON "ACCOMPLISHMENT"...letters between friends...

Self-Portrait on the Ridge on Denali.

(excerpts from a letter from Laurene...) August 30th, 2004

"Jim,

Accomplish: to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill.

"Which part of this haven't you done? Or don't you get?

"I would like to think that your "accomplishments" are as weighty as those

who base theirs on what car they drive and what they own and how much

money they… Continue

Added by Daddieo on October 23, 2010 at 1:02am — No Comments

Warmth

Recently had a warm conversation with a guy that was lost, pretty yummy...

Added by LISA SWENNING on October 15, 2010 at 10:15pm — No Comments

The President and Vice-President have it right.

Both president Obama and vice-president Biden have been taken to task in the media for comments urging their political base (questionable assumption) to get to the polls…

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Added by Vernon Windsor on October 5, 2010 at 11:51am — No Comments

PURE ART...and seldom achieved

For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the act of love, I am

pure male, and she is pure female. She is she, and I am I, and clasped together with her,

I know how perfectly she is not me, how perfectly I am not her, how utterly we are two,

the light and the darkness, and how… Continue

Added by Daddieo on October 1, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments