White to move. Not the easiest to find the mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
The monks of Le Barroux are making good wine from the ancient vineyards of the Avignon Popes. 10% off with code FATHERZ10
I had a note the other day that their rosè was highly praised. That region of France is known for rosè, which is not the enervated blush you may have only encountered.
I can attest that it is a good wine. I was sent a bottle and gave it a try.
In Global Chess League action today, Vishy v Levon and Rapport v. Yu Yangyi and the Ganges Grandmasters and Triveni Continental Kings thrash it out. Magnus (“I need a haircut” Carlsen) v. Ян Непо́мнящий! It’s day 5 in Dubai.
It is good to have Keti doing some commentary. Her voice doesn’t lance straight through your head as does that of Tania. Keti Tsatsalashvili (ქეთი წაწალაშვილი) is Georgian. Women playing today, on opposite squads are Georgian: Nana Dzagnidze and Nino Batsiashvili and Bella Khotenashvili. A young player always interesting to watch is from India (lots of super youngsters from India right now) is Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (ரமேசுபாபு பிரக்ஞானந்தா). You might see why they are referred to as first names like Keti, and shortenings like Nepo and Pragg.
The commentary is highly charged:
“He goes with e4!”
Others: [hushed] “Wow…”.
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I received from TAN the new book – good grief it’s like every other week I write that – new book from Peter Kwasniewski. I haven’t delved into it yet. Right now there is a teetering tower of PK books looming over my house ready to topple and bury me forever. I am driven to ponder whether or the man we see at a microphone sometimes is just the outward golem of a large hive of prolific writers who have been changed to computers by their hard-driving sadistic overlord.
Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life
What I find interesting is that it was released also with an audiobook version. That’s good. Audiobooks are great. I once thought I might get involved in recording books, since my voice is well-proportioned for such work. There is a Catholic organization which has reading for the blind, for example. Readers have to be ready to handle tough words and different languages. Sometimes the results are cringeworthy and distracting. Even the best of the best fall down in this category, especially in matters Latin.
BTW… there is a very interesting documentary about wine-making in Georgia. They made huge terracotta containers and bury the wine, placing icons over it, praying over it and singing hymns to it! When I was still in the Cupboard Under The Stairs, a local wine place – exceptionally good and I miss it – had Georgian wine. It was quite good, very different.
BTW… the Global Chess League’s site is impossibly, stupidly complicated. And who picked the colors?!?
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I am currently working my way through “Noble Beauty Transcendent Holiness”. His books are very readable.
Dear Father,
Please do pursue your audio book idea, and please concentrate on Latin texts. There is very little Latin audio available online, free or for purchase, and about half of what there is is painfully bad.
I bet you could double Librivox’s present content in a year.
God bless you.
Ben Turner, Ohio
Stupid Question, Fr. Z. (or anyone who’s read the book “Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence”) – does that book have a list of the Sacred Music that is recommended for Mass? One of the things I’ve heard is that there’s no definitive list of such music for those who don’t want to “Gather Us In” at Church.