Le Vert Galant
@le-vert-galant.bsky.social
Producer of Oleavanti extra-virgin olive oil from Lebanon, statistician by trade, lover of books by avocation.
Classical music reviews at www.classical-music-review.org
Classical music reviews at www.classical-music-review.org
This was the one that hooked me.
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This was the one that hooked me.
Today. Cowards.
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today. Cowards.
This is the secret
August 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is the secret
I'm reading this right now. Thus far, it's excellent.
July 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm reading this right now. Thus far, it's excellent.
In the past four days, the IOF has killed over 400 people who were looking for food. Meanwhile, the paper of record gave us these stories.
For the NYTimes, 7 > 400.
For the NYTimes, 7 > 400.
June 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In the past four days, the IOF has killed over 400 people who were looking for food. Meanwhile, the paper of record gave us these stories.
For the NYTimes, 7 > 400.
For the NYTimes, 7 > 400.
Scylla and Charybdis!
April 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Scylla and Charybdis!
Here's a fragment of the myth in which tortoises trick a snake. I can't confirm, but it sounds a useful way to handle a threatening serpent, and it gives one another excuse to keep company with tortoises.
February 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here's a fragment of the myth in which tortoises trick a snake. I can't confirm, but it sounds a useful way to handle a threatening serpent, and it gives one another excuse to keep company with tortoises.
"Kintu and Nambi Arrival at the Royal Kingdom of Buganda" by Gloria Ssali. She has some beautiful work.
gloria-ssali.pixels.com
gloria-ssali.pixels.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Kintu and Nambi Arrival at the Royal Kingdom of Buganda" by Gloria Ssali. She has some beautiful work.
gloria-ssali.pixels.com
gloria-ssali.pixels.com
There’s a collection of Kevin Killian's Amazon reviews just published by Semiotext(e). It's over 600 pages long, and after just a few pages, it already led me to this gem by Amy Lowell.
January 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There’s a collection of Kevin Killian's Amazon reviews just published by Semiotext(e). It's over 600 pages long, and after just a few pages, it already led me to this gem by Amy Lowell.
A poem (1061) from the tenth-century anthology the Kokinshu referenced in the Mayfly chapter of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑖. The subsequent poem in the sequence, which opens with the identical line, beautifully answers the first.
January 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A poem (1061) from the tenth-century anthology the Kokinshu referenced in the Mayfly chapter of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑖. The subsequent poem in the sequence, which opens with the identical line, beautifully answers the first.
According to al-Balkhi, the woman in the tale asked the the angels to teach her the things that only angels know. She became so knowledgeable and wise that Allah let her live eternally in the heavens. She was named az-Zuhra, the planet Venus, the morning star that guides caravans in the desert.
January 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
According to al-Balkhi, the woman in the tale asked the the angels to teach her the things that only angels know. She became so knowledgeable and wise that Allah let her live eternally in the heavens. She was named az-Zuhra, the planet Venus, the morning star that guides caravans in the desert.
The story of Harut and Marut as told by Muhammed Asad in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑎.
January 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The story of Harut and Marut as told by Muhammed Asad in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑎.
An early poem by Brother Antoninus.
December 6, 2024 at 4:36 AM
An early poem by Brother Antoninus.
I've got a copy! This edition even has this great note on the title verso page. Only other book I had like this was a wartime copy of War and Peace with endpaper maps comparing Napoleon's and Hitler's invasions of Russia.
November 22, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I've got a copy! This edition even has this great note on the title verso page. Only other book I had like this was a wartime copy of War and Peace with endpaper maps comparing Napoleon's and Hitler's invasions of Russia.
Found a copy of this in a bookstore the other day. I had it years ago, but it disappeared from my library at some point. Anyway, I was impressed to see you are one of the contributors. This thing rocked my world back in the day.
November 20, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Found a copy of this in a bookstore the other day. I had it years ago, but it disappeared from my library at some point. Anyway, I was impressed to see you are one of the contributors. This thing rocked my world back in the day.
This is from a recently published oral history of Krautrock by Christopher Dallach. It's amazing the parallel with Zionists threatening anti-genociders with pagers.
November 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This is from a recently published oral history of Krautrock by Christopher Dallach. It's amazing the parallel with Zionists threatening anti-genociders with pagers.
I'm assembling a team.
November 14, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I'm assembling a team.
The utter feeling of devastation that pervades this album pulled me into the emotional world of classical music when I was younger. Metamorphosen remains a touchstone.
November 12, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The utter feeling of devastation that pervades this album pulled me into the emotional world of classical music when I was younger. Metamorphosen remains a touchstone.
This is our grove near Zgharta in northern Lebanon today. The harvest was finished last month, and now we begin composting the soil for next year. With the Israeli attacks, life is difficult, but life goes on. We pray for peace. 🕊️
November 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
This is our grove near Zgharta in northern Lebanon today. The harvest was finished last month, and now we begin composting the soil for next year. With the Israeli attacks, life is difficult, but life goes on. We pray for peace. 🕊️