“Arrangement in Black and White” by Dorothy Parker (1927) (abridged) The woman with the pink velvet poppies twined round the assisted gold of her hair traversed the crowded room at an interesting gait combining a skip with a sidle, and clutched the lean arm of her host. “Now I got you!” she said. “Now you… Read More “Arrangement in Black and White”
How many roads most a man walk down Before you call him a man ? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand ? Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they’re forever banned ? The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind The answer… Read More U3A: Blowin’ in the Wind
The Latin name of the Villa is Ad Gallinas Albas, (by the white hen) and it comes from a well-known legend. On the day of her wedding with Octavian, an eagle dropped a white hen it detained in its clutches into Livia’s lap. The chicken held a branch of laurel in its beak. Advised… Read More The Villa of Livia (Ad Gallinas Albas)
“Blue Melody” (Melodia blu) è un racconto di J. D. Salinger, lo scrittore americano noto per il suo romanzo “The Catcher in the Rye” (il giovane Holden). Questo racconto, pubblicato per la prima volta nel numero di settembre 1948 di Cosmopolitan, narra la tragica storia di una cantante jazz afro-americana, ispirata alla vita di Bessie… Read More Melodia blu
” Oh, Pretty Woman”, the song recorded by Roy Orbison in 1964, tells the story of a man who sees a pretty woman walking by. He wonders if, as beautiful as she is, she might be as lonely as him but seems sure of getting her. Then he tries to be softer and… Read More “Oh, Pretty Woman” (commentary & translation)
THOSE LIKE ME – Alda Merini Those like me hand out dreams, even at the cost of being left dreamless… Those like me give away their soul, because a soul is like a drop of water in the desert. Those like me stretch out a hand and help you get up , while running the… Read More Quelle come me (by Alda Merini): THOSE LIKE ME
