Tom Powell
@tompowell.bsky.social
Former philosophy professor and attorney, nascent historian and writer on Tudor intellectual history.
Chapel Hill, Oxford, Charlottesville, God only knows where next. Would very much like to live in a P. G. Wodehouse novel if that can be arranged.
Chapel Hill, Oxford, Charlottesville, God only knows where next. Would very much like to live in a P. G. Wodehouse novel if that can be arranged.
This photo, from President Carter’s funeral, says it all.
January 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This photo, from President Carter’s funeral, says it all.
The first lilies just bloomed, joining the lupine in wishing all a very fine May morning!
May 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM
The first lilies just bloomed, joining the lupine in wishing all a very fine May morning!
Helping change the sheets ….
January 24, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Helping change the sheets ….
The garrison sleeps in the citadel
With the ghosts and the ancient stones
High on the parapet
A Scottish piper stands alone
And high on the wind
The highland drums begin to roll
And something from the past just comes
And stares into my soul
January 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
The garrison sleeps in the citadel
With the ghosts and the ancient stones
High on the parapet
A Scottish piper stands alone
And high on the wind
The highland drums begin to roll
And something from the past just comes
And stares into my soul
Fun question! I think I will be okay …. 🙂
January 13, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Fun question! I think I will be okay …. 🙂
Reading Wodehouse’s school stories. An absolute hoot, not least for the chance to see him trying out various tropes and turns of phrase that would become memorable in the Blandings and Jeeves & Wooster tales. #TalesofStAustins
October 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Reading Wodehouse’s school stories. An absolute hoot, not least for the chance to see him trying out various tropes and turns of phrase that would become memorable in the Blandings and Jeeves & Wooster tales. #TalesofStAustins
In 2020, just before the pandemic, I was lucky enough to attend a performance of Le Nozze di Figaro in Prague’s Estates Theatre, where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni in 1787. The sound was spectacular, as it was for Mozart, and as is Prague itself.
It is hardly a wonder that Mozart loved the city.
It is hardly a wonder that Mozart loved the city.
October 29, 2023 at 2:29 PM
In 2020, just before the pandemic, I was lucky enough to attend a performance of Le Nozze di Figaro in Prague’s Estates Theatre, where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni in 1787. The sound was spectacular, as it was for Mozart, and as is Prague itself.
It is hardly a wonder that Mozart loved the city.
It is hardly a wonder that Mozart loved the city.
The one thing I learned in the other place ….
October 28, 2023 at 8:42 AM
The one thing I learned in the other place ….
Reskeet how people would know if you suddenly became rich
October 20, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Reskeet how people would know if you suddenly became rich
Digging? Why, whatever could you mean?
October 14, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Digging? Why, whatever could you mean?
Someone has been helping plant the Nandina ….
October 14, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Someone has been helping plant the Nandina ….
Spoiled? Why, whatever could you mean?
July 16, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Spoiled? Why, whatever could you mean?
Skathi sends her compliments to Loki and says that she has now absolutely had it with Virginia summer humidity.
July 8, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Skathi sends her compliments to Loki and says that she has now absolutely had it with Virginia summer humidity.
Happy Saturday from Skathi, Queen Malamute.
July 1, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Happy Saturday from Skathi, Queen Malamute.
Saturday strategy until further notice ….
June 24, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Saturday strategy until further notice ….
The four varieties of cherry tomatoes I planted seems kind of reasonable. But eleven varieties of hot pepper may call for an intervention ….
June 24, 2023 at 6:43 PM
The four varieties of cherry tomatoes I planted seems kind of reasonable. But eleven varieties of hot pepper may call for an intervention ….
The lilies are coming along nicely with all this wonderful rain.
June 24, 2023 at 6:39 PM
The lilies are coming along nicely with all this wonderful rain.