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Challenging and Relevant

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Written by a Biblical scholar, but blacklisted in 1954 by the Vatican and made into a movie by Martin Scorsese.


It has to be taken into context somewhat with the life of the author, his experiences and the events that he lived through, as without those this book would never have been written or have the creative power that it does.  

It is an important book, an epic of violence, love and faith.


Historical Novel?

Reinterpretation of the Gospel?

Human Interest story?


Don’t watch the movie. Read the book and then let’s talk about it.


The Last Temptation of Christ, Nikos Kazantzakis

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An Eye for the Mundane

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

How did the table fork acquire a 4th tine?  What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor?


The Evolution of USEFUL THINGS,  Henry Petroski, ISBN 0-679-74039-2

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Divergent Influencers

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The comings and goings of the business and culture of the Rock & Roll Eras

Rolling Stone Rock Almanac – Chronicles of Rock and Roll ISBN 0-02-081320-1


The amazing journeys of a painter and a dancer on their trips to Egypt in 1910 and 1911

After Egypt – Isadora Duncan and Mary Cassatt – a Dual Biography –

Millicent Dillon 0-525-24846-3

books dancers Isadora Duncan Mary Sassatt painter

Go to your Happy Place

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment


You don’t even have to leave home.  Close your eyes and envision it.  This is your mind’s eye.


You could roughly translate koselig (pronounced “koosh-lee”), as “coziness,” but that leaves out crucial components of it, like enjoying the company of others and a connection with nature. There’s no direct English translation, but there are regional equivalents such as the Swedish “mys,” the Dutch “gezelligheid” and the most well-known of these, the Danish “hygge.” (pronounced “hoo-gah”)


Here’s one book on it

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Learning from the Past

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Spanish Civil War – Antony Beevor

Our Oriental Heritage, Will Durant, 0-671-54800-X

The NEW Golden Bough, Theodor H Gaster

Inside Asia, John Gunter, 

Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger, 0-671-51099-1

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Mix n Match

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Tuscan Table – A celebration of friends, family, food, and wine, Cucina Viansa, Vicki Sebastiani


A Siberian Encounter, Gala Servadio,


Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, 9-781451-648539


Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks, 9-780676-9797794

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Catalogues, Walking Treks, Wine History

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Fall 1900 Sears Consumer’s Guide  0-695-80204-6


The Places in Between, Rory Stewart, 978-0-14-305330-9

(walking trek through Afghanistan)


Phylloxera: How wine was saved for the world, Christy Campbell, 0-00-7111536-9

(thanks Frank)

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Sources for many musings

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Hannibal, Ernle Bradford, ISBN 0-88029-667-4


A Life on the Road, Charles Kuralt, ISBN 0-399-13488-3


A Place for Us, Eleni’s Children in America, Nicholas Cage, 0-395-45517-0


Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres, 0-7493-9754-3

Birds without Wings, Louis de Bernieres, 0-676-97694-8


Mongols, Huns and Vikings, Hugh Kennedy, 1-552-78281-6


Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, Justin Kaplin


Witness to A Century, Encounters with the Noted, the Notorious and 3 SOBs, George Seldes 345-33181-8


Dinner with Persphone, Patricia Storace, 0-679-74478-9


Pieces of my mind, Andrew A Rooney, 0-689-11492


Peter Gzowski, The Private Voice, 0-7710-3749-X

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Gaining a better Understanding

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

World History of the Dance; Curt Sachs, ISBN 0-393-00209-8 (including abdominal dance)


A history of the world in 6 glasses; Tom Standaage, ISBN 0-385-66087-1


Isadora A Sensational Life; Peter Kurth ISBN 0-316-50726-1


The Elements of Style; Struck Jr and White, ISBN 0-02-418200-1 [should probably pay extension to this again – it’s been a few years]


The  Day the  Universe Changed; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11706-4 [companion to the BBC Series]


Connections; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11681-5 [companion to the BBC Series]


Paris 1919; Margaret MacMillan, ISBN 0-375-50826-0


Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam


30,000 Years of Art The Story of Human Creativity across time and Space; Phaidon,ISBN 978-0-7148-4789-4


The Cretan Runner; George Psychoundakis,  ISBN 960-226-013-0

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