Posts Tagged ‘weather’
“Der fliegende Holländer”
In 1641, before the Dutch East India Company had set up a refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa—at the point that the cold currents of the Atlantic Ocean and the warm current of the Indian Ocean converge—a captain called van der Decken ran into a deadly storm at the Cape of Good Hope […]
So, where were you?
On Friday night, I was deep into some writing at my computer in the study upstairs. At about 11.15 PM I was pulled from my concentration by the most unearthly sound. It was a roaring unlike anything I had ever heard. A few seconds later the house shook to its foundations with the impact of […]
Whereto?
Jonathan Palevsky asked if he could host tonight’s Vocalise, and out of the goodness of my heart, I said yes! Actually it’s nice to have a little break and to hear what Jonathan has in store. In the past Jonathan has had a theme when he hosted Vocalise. Once he put together an all English […]
