A Bridge of Water
Check out this more than half-mile long water bridge over the Elbe River in Germany. It joins the Elbe-Havel canal to the Mittelland canal near the eastern town of Magdeburg.
(Via Biz Stone, Genius)
How does a ship cross the river?
Rome’s Pantheon: A Grand Survivor in a Timeless City – New York Times
Not even the best photograph captures the mysterious interplay of light and darkness. To begin with, the Pantheon is a perfect space; the diameter of the rotunda is the same as its height: 142 feet. It is one of the only Roman structures to survive intact since antiquity. Perhaps the invading Barbarians were so overwhelmed by the monument that they didn’t take it apart brick by brick, as they did so many others. Although the Pantheon was consecrated as a church in 609, Christianity has only a tenuous hold on it. This cavernous space, the umbilicus of history, speaks of something so much older and deeper.
After an hour and fifteen minutes at the border we are on the road to Toronto. Load-in will be a little delayed, but we’ll be fine.
It is 10:00AM and we just arrived at the Border. Coming from Boston, where we played 2 shows and could not leave until way past midnight, we hit bad weather and that is why we are a little late. We have 2 hours to cross the border and to make it to the venue in Toronto for load-in, which should be enough. Touring in Winter is different for sure. I am looking forward to performing tonight, since we have not played in Toronto in about five years! I haven’t a lot of time, but will catch up with my Diary today and tomorrow.
Good thing we decided to leave Toronto a little sooner. Right after we made it through Buffalo they got 11 inches of snow. Here in New Jersey the sun is shining and the skyline of Manhattan looks glorious. Soon we will cross over to “the city” to face the black friday traffic – busiest shopping day of the year.
Toronto was 13F and we saw a person on the sidewalk, apparently attempting to sleep in a cardboard box. I wonder how many of the homeless die of exposure in cities like Toronto or Buffalo every winter.
