Poem of the Week: 3/22/09-3/28/09

He often spent much time at the clavier, picking out thirds, which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good. […] In the fourth year of his age his father, for a game as it were, began to teach him a few minuets and pieces at the clavier. […] He could play it faultlessly and with the greatest delicacy, and keeping exactly in time. […] At the age of five he was already composing little pieces, which he played to his father who wrote them down.

The kid in the clip below does not quite top that. Still, it is a little unnerving to watch him play (they make him do to much talking at the start of the show to demonstrate how cute he is or something. But if you endure it, you will get to see him play.)

(h/t Amy’s Humble Musings side bar feed)

Poem of the week: 3/1/09-3/7/09

Posted on March 1, 2009 by the editor

This week’s poem of the week is the Springhill Mine Disaster as played by the The Dubliners.

A Scale Model of Herod's Temple

Posted on February 26, 2009 by the editor

From the Telegraph…..

Alec Garrard, 78, has dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient Herod’s Temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft.

The pensioner has hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and even sculpted 4,000 tiny human figures to populate the courtyards.

Historical experts believe the model is the best representation in the world of what the Jewish temple actually looked like and it has attracted thousands of visitors from all over the globe.

You can see a slide show that shows what the model looks like here. It is worth a look.