O light the candle, John The daylight has almost gone The birds have sung their last The bells call all to mass Another song from Loreena McKennitt I enjoy listening lately, probably because of the gloomy weather, is Skelling, a track included on the 1997 album The Book of Secrets. In Skelling, a dying Irish […]
A few months ago I received a message from an indie author who spoke about her debut novel on Twitter. I was so impressed with the subject of the book that I really wanted to read it, but I was also wondering whether it was going to be a heavy/emotional read or if it was […]
Quand il pleut dans ma ville je pense à un lieu, où le temps est plus beau que dans mon pays. Je voudrais rester sur une plage. où le sable est fin comme en Malte. Sardaigne ou en Majorque, je fermerais mes yeux et je plongerais dans mes pensées mélangés et multicolores. Au coucher de […]
A few words before we move on and see what Keri Peterson has to say about life, literature and imagination. About what is beautiful. I found her through one of her facebook groups, Reading with Benedict Cumberbatch, and she is a great example when it comes to people you might never meet in person, but […]
Trăim într-o lume în care putem călători fără probleme dintr-o țară în alta și, mai mult decât atât, în care avem acces la suficiente informații încât să știm la ce ne putem aștepta de la un loc nou, de la oamenii pe care îi vom întâlni. Desigur, putem apela oricând la ghiduri turistice sau la […]
Sunny days, storming nights And many more like these you can find in this life’s sky. Crossing the mountains, the road will always be too steep. And just when you were about to stop and faint, The end of the road you reach! A walk in the meadows, a trail in the valley. A climb […]
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, ‘Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!’ Said the Duck to the […]
I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too. I can read in bed, and in purple, and in brown. I can read in a circle and upside down. I can read with my left eye. I can read with my right. I can read Mississippi with […]