This last week has been excessively geeky, I know, and you have all been most patient. To make it up, first please note that the BBC is offering for download mp3's of the BBC Philharmonic's 2005 performances of all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. The first five are up now and the last four will go up later in the month. Get those five today, this is a time-limited offer. Mark your calendars for the rest.
And now, fresh from the brushes and paintpots of the mega-talented Gretchen Markle, three pics to soothe the soul...
Gretchen's work is available for sale, though the above items may already be spoken for. These scans do not do them justice, of course. I think they're just splendid.
decompressing to Marching On Glasgow from the album "Billie's Bones" by Janis Ian
