Ricordi il tempo felice in cui eri con me e ti sedevo accanto di sera davanti al televisore appoggiandoti il capo sulla spalla?In quella semioscuritĂ si scorgeva il musetto del micio che, arrivato piano, senza far rumore, curiosava dalla porta in attesa di un invito.Allora veniva ad accoccolarsi di traverso su di noi: quattro ginocchia… Read More Festa della Mamma đ©âđ§
âNo two persons ever read the same book.â (Edmund Wilson, critic , born on 8 May 1895) “Non ci sono mai due persone che leggono lo stesso libro.” Image: Trinity College Library, Dublin
Grazie infinite, mio carissimo amico.Lâamicizia che si Ăš instaurata tra noi, con me che ti inseguivo nelle tue varie trasformazioni e tu che ti lasciavi acchiappare, Ăš sempre stata molto bella.Sai che apprezzo infinitamente i tuoi commenti, sempre brillanti, arguti e garbati.Questo tuo tributo mi ha riempito di gioiaEvviva gli amici!Come diceva la poetessa Maya… Read More ReBlog: Le ultime lettere di Stef Ortus â stefmuscari
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, peintre français (25 fĂ©vrier 1841 â 1919) âPour moi, un tableau doit ĂȘtre une chose aimable, joyeuse et jolie. Oui, jolie! Il y assez de choses embĂȘtantes dans la vie pour que nous nâen fabriquions pas dâautres encore.”.âLa douleur passe, la beautĂ© resteâ il dit Ă Matisse qu’il lui avait demandĂ© pourquoi il… Read More Renoirđš
Samuel Lover, born on 24 February 1797 in Dublin, was an Irish novelist, poet, songwriter, and a portrait painter, also known by the pseudonym “Ben Trovato”, meaning “well invented“.This derives from an aphorism by Giordano Bruno (Italian monk, philosopher, cosmologist who was burned at the stake in Rome, in 1600 for his opinions on astronomy… Read More Samuel Lover aka Ben Trovato
Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist, was born on 9 February 1944. She was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel âThe Color Purpleâ She said: âThe harm that you do to others is the harm that you do to yourself and you… Read More Alice Walker & Harm
Era giĂ buio e la neve continuava a cadere: il giardino era imbiancato e cani facevano festa ballando in quel soffice strato.La nonna Adele lâaveva fatta venire nella grande casa, adesso che la gravidanza era al termine. Almeno lĂŹ sarebbe stata bene, sotto controllo, circondata da affetto e confort. Da quando la mamma Mariuccia aveva… Read More I cani, la neve, la nascita
Benjamin Franklin one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General, was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. As a scientist, he was important for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is… Read More Benjamin & Silence/1
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton, described as âthe magistrate of historyâ, was born in Naples, Italy, on 10 January 1834.He was the grandson of the Neapolitan admiral and minister Sir John Acton, who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples under Ferdinand IV and was a favourite of his wife,… Read More The Actons
âŠ..Balthazar rode for seven long years, eastwards and far,he followed his star, and it brought him here.To a stable in ruins in some backwater town,to a virgin defiled, no king but a child, too small for a crown. He sang “I could have lived with my Gods as a Persian prince,I could’ve played safe,but in… Read More “Journey Of The Magi” â Frank Turner
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