Welcome to this experimental blog. Here I present interesting or useful articles and introduce you to individuals who I think have in some way made this a better or happier world.
Thought for The Day:
"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. —Percy Bysshe Shelley
Eight paragraphs: The Great Barrington Declaration
Birthdays:
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692 – 1766): Concerto Armonico nr. 1 in G major, and two movements from VI Concerti Armonici: Concerto II in B flat
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 – 1779)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 – 1799): Double Bass Concerto
George Boole (1815 – 1864)