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Variations of Beauty and the Beast

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 Carl Kruse

By Asia Leonardi  “Amor vicit omnia”, “love triumphs over all”, even with the most monstrous appearances, is what the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast seems to invoke, a tale […]

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The Case for Dreams

June 11, 2021October 25, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Fraser Hibbitt During his imprisonment, Socrates supposedly composed some lyrics, something he had never bothered himself with before. Puzzled by this behavior, his friend Cebes asked him on the […]

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That Day When Elephants Marched Across Brooklyn Bridge

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Vittorio Compagno The history of New York City is studded with unusual and extravagant events. From the annual traditions that take place New Years Eve in Times Square, to […]

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Murakami’s Norwegian Wood: Death, Winter, and Love

April 3, 2021April 21, 2022 Carl Kruse

by Hazel Anna Rogers I first read Haruki Murakami’s ‘Norwegian Wood’ when I was 17, in my first relationship. As it happened, it was my first foray into Japanese literature, […]

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Happy Anniversary to J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien

March 21, 2021October 13, 2021 Carl Kruse

Here at the blog we celebrate some dates and anniversaries in our quirky way. The seasons, DNA Day, Bitcoin Pizza Day, Bitcoin’s Birthday, and in today’s post the anniversary of […]

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Writing In Winter

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Hazel Anna Rogers It is snowing outside today, a rare sight on the south coast of the UK. Rarer still would be for the snow to settle and stay, […]

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Psychogeography: Maps, Borders, Paradise

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Hazel Anna Rogers When I was young and being driven somewhere or other, I would always notice and ponder the physical space between signs indicating where we were arriving […]

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Homage to Samuel Beckett

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Fraser Hibbitt There is a myth from Ancient Greece – containing a well-known proverb that reverberated in Greek thought. It involves the creature Silenus, the teacher of the wine […]

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On the Wonders of Classical Music

February 9, 2021May 7, 2022 Carl Kruse

by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog I have always listened to classical music, though perhaps that’s rather too vague a term for all of the wonderful varieties […]

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Farewell Alto Reed – Saxophonist Extraordinaire

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Fraser Hibbitt and Carl Kruse Just before the new year, Alto Reed passed away, adding a sad note to an already challenging year. The saxophonist and friend who spent […]

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How I fell in Love With Winter

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Carl Kruse

     by Hazel Anna Rogers           I was always a “summer” person, as it were, despite my tendency to overheat and get exceptionally sweaty the minute the weather went above 17 […]

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Check Point Charlie Berlin

January 4, 2021January 11, 2021 Carl Kruse

by Carl Kruse During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie was a border between East and West Berlin or more appropriately, the ONLY border where you could legally cross between the […]

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