This post has gotten surprisingly little readership. I think the letter posted is of intrinsic interest. I have transcribed the letter, which should make it easier to read.
— Roger W Smith
September 2024
A beautiful letter.
Mary Ashley (c. 1843–1903) was an English astronomer.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
September 2024
Juan Ramon Jimenez – my library
The above downloadable Word document comprises an inventory of books by and about the Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez in my personal home library.
— Roger W. Smith
August 2024; updated July 2025
2 Ralph Colp, Jr., ‘Why Stalin Couldn’t Stop Laughing’ – Clio’s Psyche, Sept 1996
Posted here (PDF above):
Ralph Colp, Jr., “Why Stalin Couldn’t Stop Laughing,” Clio’s Psyche, Volume 3, Number 2 (September, 1996)
This article provides concise and cogent insights into the mind and personality of a dictator.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2024
From left to right, Federico García Lorca, Zenobia Camprubí (Juan Ramón Jiménez’s wife), Isabel García Lorca (Federico García Lorca’s sister), Emilia Llanos (friend of Federico García Lorca), Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Concha García Lorca (Federico García Lorca’s sister) at the Paseo de los Cipreses in the Generalife (Granada, Spain), summer of 1924.
See also:
https://www.universolorca.com/en/personaje/jimenez-mantecon-juan-ramon/
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Addendum:
I showed this photo to my therapist, Ralph Colp Jr., who commented, with his usual humanity, that there was something marvelous about the expression of the persons in the photograph; they were so alive.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2024
Thomas Merton – Introduction, ‘The City of God’
Posted here:
Thomas Merton, Introduction
Saint Augustine, The City of God ; translated by Marcus Dods (New York: Modern Library, 1950)
Merton’s preface is well reading and hard to find, if you don’t happen to own the book.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2024
