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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
For what gives value to travel is fear.
“For what gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. One can no longer cheat — hide behind the hours spent at the office or at the plant (those hours we protest … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, Travel
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Time is being
hymn to time :: Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. … Continue reading
We are moving into a period of bewilderment
“We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. It is a religious moment also, and here is the danger. … Continue reading
Annus horribilis
It has been a horrible year for the world, for the U.S., and for me personally. But I would rather see 2024 out with something uplifting. I can’t think of anything more sublime and beautiful than this extraordinary video of … Continue reading
What’s Your WOTY
Along with seemingly endless “best of lists of the year” we are also now being offered lots of options for the WOTY (word of the year). The English language seems to provide ample fodder these days with a wealth of … Continue reading
Bookstore Tourism, Season Art, End of the Year Mischief
The Poetry Pharmacy is a new London bookshop, on Oxford Street, offering tonics for all sorts of emotional ailments. Calm, comfort, inspiration: whatever you’re searching for, there’s a book of poetry, philosophy or psychology to help you find it. “…because … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, Wings of Desire
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Holly
Holly by Seamus Heaney. It rained when it should have snowed. When we went to gather hollythe ditches were swimming, we were wet to the knees, our hands were all jags and water ran up our sleeves. There should have … Continue reading
Magic persists without us
“the Egyptians loved the cat were entombed with it instead of with the women and never with the dog but now here good people with good eyes are very few yet fine cats with great style lounge about in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, cats, Charles Bukowski, Poetry
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So this is Christmas
Game developer John C. Worsley, who previously used Star Trek: The Next Generation scenes to create Picard singing a Christmas carol to Q, has created an amusing mashup of the original series sounding out a Star Trek rendition of the John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band holiday song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” using … Continue reading
“Merry Christmas From the Family”
My favorite local radio station has been playing this modern classic Christmas tune for the last three decades. It never feels like the holiday without Robert Earl Keene’s Merry Christmas from the Family. Folks outside of the U.S. may think that … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 