#BookReview: Giants by James White
March 24, 2024 18:38My Review I found James W. White’s novel Giants, set in the 1750s, to be a rousing adventure yarn in the best tradition of Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe. A prologue provides the historical context for the story, which is based on reports from Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s assistant of their encountering a race of […]
#BookReview: Giants by James White
Astrological corner. All about stars: Alphard, Hydra’s Head
March 24, 2024 18:37
Hydra is the longest constellation in the night sky. In the South it borders Libra & Centaurus. In the North borders Cancer. A curious astrological fact: its beginning or the head is located in Piscis. It is one of the most famous constellation in ancient cultures & there are various legends & myths about it. […]
Astrological corner. All about stars: Alphard, Hydra’s Head
One Word Sunday: DIRECTION(S)
March 24, 2024 18:36
One of my great Airbnb finds of the last couple of years was an East London flat facing Haggerston Park, where I stayed the summer of 2022. Not only was the flat homey and spacious, it had the most interesting collection of books (I looked up the flat, thinking to return the following year, but […]
One Word Sunday: DIRECTION(S)
Par de chinelos
March 24, 2024 16:19
Tenho os pés compridos com os dedos finos. Assim como minha irmã, a maioria dos rocharada e meu pai também tinha. Além da herança genética, fiquei com poucos pertences dele. Uma jaqueta jeans (que ele não tirava do corpo), um boné dos Açores, que comprei em Ponta Delegada, e um par de chinelos de cor […]
Par de chinelos
