Madlyn Fafard,: 1/12/14

music, thoughts, books, dreams, more

Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Jackie Evancho - Nessun Dorma - Superb - HDTV

Every little girl has dreams and this is part of a Cinderella dream for Jackie and for the little girls who dream with her. The beauty of this song, is also in the words. A translation will help....basically, the poetry of it is

"The starts tremble with love and hope but my secret is hidden within me
no one shall reveal my name, but only on your lips when daylight shines forth and my kiss shall break the silence which makes you mine. Depart oh, night , hasten your setting and fade your stars at dawn and I shall win your love."

Rome my book review...written by Robert Hughes...an intelligent overview

Rome captured me because I had been reading[[ASIN:080508861X The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy)]] I wanted to review the history of Rome and glimpse the country through time. As in casual conversation mistakes are not important. It is the overall view of history and the gist of it., that I wanted. I came away in awe of the Emperors and their might to create the classical beauty of Rome. This power and awe transferred to the Popes who continued to build and arrange the grandeur of Rome. When years after my first visit to Rome and what I wanted to see ,the Coliseum, the fountain of Trevi,etc, I returned. This time I entered from Ostia, the port of Rome and was stunned to see the city created by Mussolini. I think that having experienced Rome in person ,seeing the Mussolini creation etc. helps to enjoy the book. It was truly a sweeping view of the history of this great city. I found myself picking up the book frequently and finishing it quicker than expected. Even the comment of the author, about the traffic resonated because I too, had seen Rome in the 1950's and returned in the early 1980's to a new, crowded Rome.. A curious reader, I was astounded to learn that Ostia was dug as a deep harbor by , I think it was Constantine! Oops! Did I remember correctly? ( A quick glance at other reviews surprised me with their criticism of mixing up Emperors, etc...)

I do have to admit that I was taken back by a footnote in the book, for one thing, that pointed out Hughes harsh opinion of [[ASIN:0307474275 The Da Vinci Code]] It was after all a best selling novel!