Winter Concerts

Went out with a few friends last night and the subject of concerts came up.
What kind of concerts do we prefer? Musical? Opera? Theatre?

A musical recital always appeals to me. Open air, out doors, under the stars...then there's the Tie and BallGown affair at events like Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon. As for theatre, any one of Shakespeare's comedies or a very good version of something dark and tragic...

When you look around, there are free concerts to enjoy everywhere. In Prague, that great, wondrous medieval city, they hand out flyers in the streets. Very romantic of them -- and often the castle invites Mozartists and all kinds of evenings...

But wherever we are, there is music. I am going to one tomorrow...a day off, and what better way to spend it than a stroll by the river and a sojourn at the School of Music?

Music and art and beauty are life.

Book Lover's Treat

Recently I visited a book-binding parlor.

If you've never been to one - you must! Old books galore crying out for restoration, the art of the enterprise...and choice of seals and fonts to delight the soul.

Which led me to think about the different places one can work with books. I always wanted to work in a library. The one in Beauty and The Beast (the cartoon fairy-tale) tops them all. Huge, circular, ladders and spirals leading up to levels and levels and levels. Sad thing is...how does one choose?

I have a similar problem on my visitations to the library. So much choice! And then one is forever running out of room to house all these treasures.

Currently reading.......Castle of Doves by Constance Heaven (an old fav) and listening to Robert Goddard's Painting the Darkness on audio book-tape. Both are amazing and I enjoy Goddard's historical mysteries - the way he captures the era and the heart of the characters.