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#TuesdayTunes

Yesterday started out gloomy and then the wind picked up and washed it away. Today is a perfect fall day.

I love Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons and learned he wrote sonnets for each season at a candlelight performance a couple of years ago.

Here is Autumn: https://youtu.be/UIdwCrfDNjU?si=QrP8lmLBVBdn3b_B.

Along with Van Gogh‘s Harvest at La Crau with Montmajour in the Background.

@TieDyeDude

This was a good ghost story. A haunted Italian villa? Yes! I would have given this 5 stars, but every single character, except the MC, was horrible and unlikable. I‘m really thankful that my family is not like this! Still, I enjoyed it and think it‘s perfect for spooky season.

4 Stars • The Name of the Rose is a historical mystery set in a 14th-century Italian monastery. Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his novice Adso investigate a series of strange deaths among the monks. The monastery, a hub of learning with a vast library, is rife with theological debates and secrets. William uses sharp logic to unravel the mystery, exploring themes of knowledge, faith, and reason in a gripping, intellectual whodunit.

Almost matches...

#34 of 2025!
Started: 10/7/25

On the whole, the writing, the anecdotes, and the information on, in particular, Italian art make this worth a read. But I‘m afraid I find Cusk, in this book, to be very judgemental and scathing of anyone who isn‘t a middle-class arty type like she is, so I couldn‘t settle into this memoir of a three-month extended holiday in Italy.

Wow!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPeM2q4CMtg/?igsh=amZscmhtcDBycjFq

Boring. 😴 I almost DNF several times. This is a stroll through Renaissance art in Florence, Venice and the mixture of art and culture in Istanbul. All disguised as a rather slow chase of Robert Langdon by unknown pursuers. Brown even takes time to mention two ugly sculptures in the Boboli Gardens through which a lengthy portion of the chase ran. I love art and art history but yeah...Plus, a great deal about Dante and his Divine Comedy.
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Sunday afternoon coffee & a book. It‘s beautiful on the porch-quite the juxtaposition of summer & autumn. Blue cloudless sky, 81 degrees but no humidity, the leaves on the trees turning.Loving this peaceful time. #beautybreak #75Soft

I never really read horror but am looking forward to this one for my #bookgang readalong #sundayfunday