Tag: de Hamel
Hyggelig 3: From Counterculture Colors to the Black Diamond
Posted May 11th, 2018
Christianshavn is a relic of 17th-century development. Thus its shape is that of a segment of a circle with the København Havn (the redundant “Merchants Harbor Port”) representing the chord and Stadsgraven Canal forming the arc. Originally a moat protecting the ramparts of the city’s ring of fortifications, Stadsgraven marks the beginning of the southern…
Book # 13 in 2018: “Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts” by Christopher de Hamel
Posted April 13th, 2018
At the time I was about halfway through this wonderful book, my Dear One and I were watching an episode of Homeland, a political thriller starring Mandy Patinkin and Clare Danes. I’ll admit it—it’s the seventh season and we’re into it. At that particular moment (the Russians are the current bad guys which seems very…
