Chris Harrington

I didn't know this one but I love everything about it - the form as much as the sentiment.
Here's something more ambiguous, that I saw as poem of the day, outside a 2nd hand bookshop in Wellington

Try spelling the name backwards

I remember the news reports in the days before. Everyone seemed to know what was going to happen.

And in days to come

Danaë

Thank you, I didn't know this piece before you posted it but I have listened to it over and over and have made it my own

...pain?

Love the photos you choose

A lot of children's books have "There's a Monster..." in the title so I'm having trouble finding the one you mean

Thanks, I've ordered a copy

I'm sure these are the huia, male & female, native to New Zealand and now extinct. There's a tragic story here, about the way our forebears cleared the forests.

Yes indeed, a day of shame which will live in American history for a very long time

Mlle Chambon, Les Patriotes...

I love what you do, I'll keep following and will look forward to whatever you post

This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.

When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -

This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.

When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -

Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon runs to 1150 pages. All I can do here is give a few examples of how the world looks once it has been filtered through her way of seeing -

as Ministers rotated fairly quickly through the portfolio and tried to make their mark.

I read it a year ago but I remember being struck by -
* the relative ignorance of new MPs, and even Ministers, about how government works
* backbenchers seemingly having little value or interest to the leadership except as votes
* the public servants trying to keep things on an even keel...

At the end of Bertolucci's film, it is Paul Bowles who says these words -

The Sheltering Sky, the book and the movie

That's why we follow. Really enjoy your news feed

Il avait tout lu, tout digéré, il avait pensé, jour par jour, année par année, à tous les problèmes humains et il ne savait pas faire certains gestes, entrer dans une auberge, s'asseoir à une table.

It's midsummer here and, for a very short time, we have these poppies in our garden. It changes so quickly

Yes, and this is why I've finally deleted the X app

I read Children of the New Forest when I was at primary school, aged 11 or 12, I can't remember. When I was about 50 and travelling I found a copy and dipped into it again. This is what I thought at that time. But look at that sentence, 81 words.