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)