Blogging about railways from Ottawa and beyond. Friday, March 16, 2018. All that to say, I have not been able to put the time and effort into several upcoming posts for this blog. Without getting into too much detail, I was able to take advantage of a little known behind-the-scenes tour of the Walt Disney World Railroad while on vacation with family. Friday, March 16, 2018. Friday, March 2, 2018. As the flanged wheel turns. I for one, am.

Remembering that life is a comedy and the world is a small town. View of Le Salon Carré, Le Louvre. This new header is a painting by Alexandre Brun who painted this view of the West Wall with a door leading to the Grande Gallerie of Le Louvre. Le Salon Carré as the room is called was from 1848 to 1914 where the museum put all of its greatest masterpieces. The paintings are hung in the Academic School Style which was so fashionable then unlike today.

750 Bank Street, then and now.

How Timbuktu Safeguarded its Rare Manuscripts Over Four Hundred Years. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. I discovered the world of the medieval literature of Mali, hidden to the rest of the world until recently. A One Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty-Seven Year-Old Library.