Mary Beard lecture in Geneva last night about the derangement of the senses licensed by autocracy.
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Mary Beard lecture in Geneva last night about the derangement of the senses licensed by autocracy.
Clean, severe Geneva just got its first graffiti. Classic stuff.
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Clean, severe Geneva just got its first graffiti. Classic stuff.
What could go wrong.
April 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What could go wrong.
Three from Annecy.
April 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Three from Annecy.
Fair number of these in Geneva. (Not my pics.)
April 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fair number of these in Geneva. (Not my pics.)
Reading about a doomed empire.
April 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reading about a doomed empire.
"in the palm of one's hand"
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"in the palm of one's hand"
Made a pilgrimage to where Conrad lived in Geneva (10 min walk). Under Western Eyes (set in Geneva): Conrad* making fun of Russian cynicism and Swiss blandness at every opportunity, very funny. *Sorry, Conrad's narrator, the Teacher of Languages.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Made a pilgrimage to where Conrad lived in Geneva (10 min walk). Under Western Eyes (set in Geneva): Conrad* making fun of Russian cynicism and Swiss blandness at every opportunity, very funny. *Sorry, Conrad's narrator, the Teacher of Languages.
Was at the hot dog counter, under the hot dog sign 🌭 , asked for "un hot dog s'il vous plait," and got total, mystical incomprehension. I must be too loyal to bpNichol.
March 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Was at the hot dog counter, under the hot dog sign 🌭 , asked for "un hot dog s'il vous plait," and got total, mystical incomprehension. I must be too loyal to bpNichol.
Ramuz in Swiss Monsters.
March 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ramuz in Swiss Monsters.
Ramuz, Great Fear on the Mountain ( tr. Bill Johnston): "The sky was arranging itself..."
February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ramuz, Great Fear on the Mountain ( tr. Bill Johnston): "The sky was arranging itself..."
Manu Larcenet, La Route (his adaptation of McCarthy's The Road). The perfect bd for not knowing much French (yet).
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Manu Larcenet, La Route (his adaptation of McCarthy's The Road). The perfect bd for not knowing much French (yet).
Now we're talking.
January 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now we're talking.
I miss the sanctimoniousness of liberal covid diaries...oh sweet, everyone's got "reading" diaries! Here's mine...The Year: Evil, Perverse, Phony. afterenthusiasm.substack.com/p/the-year-e...
December 31, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I miss the sanctimoniousness of liberal covid diaries...oh sweet, everyone's got "reading" diaries! Here's mine...The Year: Evil, Perverse, Phony. afterenthusiasm.substack.com/p/the-year-e...
An amazing document: Martin Amis in August 2016 writing on Trump with something like hope operating against disgust.
December 14, 2024 at 3:05 PM
An amazing document: Martin Amis in August 2016 writing on Trump with something like hope operating against disgust.
Barthelme/Chwast.
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Barthelme/Chwast.
What with Satan prowling the environs again.
November 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM
What with Satan prowling the environs again.
