Monday, September 19, 2022

Double Jubilee!

Emil Zatopek (19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000)

Dana Zátopková (19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020)

As the fine incorruptible gentlemen of the International Olympic Comitee would not allow to embed this video, here the link:

Emil Zátopek Wins 5,000m, 10,000m & Marathon Gold - Helsinki 1952 Olympics

And here's a fine article about Emil Zatopek and Dana Zatopkova: how a husband-and-wife team won four Olympic gold medals at the 1952 Games.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Saturday, September 03, 2022

Saturday Night Music – Itzhak Perlman

 Itzhak Perlman * 31 August 1945

Plumbees

No rain.
Plums fall by the thousands from the trees.
What saddens us delights the bees.