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Wonderful insults from my FB feed
1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” - Walter Kerr
2. “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”- Winston Churchill
3. “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow
4. “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”-William ( Read more... ) -
Water of life (on a high hilltop in Granada)
Since a limited number of visitors in are allowed each day, we purchased our personal guided tour well in advance. Imagine a summer mountain retreat so brimming with beauty and life, that enemies can’t bear to destroy it. Tour guides at Alhambra (and Generalife) speak in reverent hushed tones as they tell the history of this mountaintop in ( Read more... ) -
Awed in Barcelona
What can one say about Barcelona? That it’s on the Mediterranean, and survived the 1992 Olympics? That it’s become a hip touristy place? That if you’ve never experienced Gaudi’s works, you’re in for a revelation ( Read more... ) -
Humbled in Spain - Atlanta to Paris to Bilbao, March 14-15, 2015
We took an Atlanta based red-eye huge jet to tiny regional jet. Not memorable but for movies seen in flight. One was Mocking Jay Part 1. Glad not to have paid extra to see this without Part 2. Fog from Paris to Bilbao, so no views at all. We were served cold croissants enroute, my how un-French. CDG not reminds me of any major airport, except ( Read more... ) -
CNN The Sixties A glimpse of Robert Vaughn
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/us/the-sixties
Just watched episode 8 from this series - 1968 Robert Vaughn (silent &unidentified) is shown in some discussion group featuring a speaking Lauren Bacall and a silent Dick Cavett (also unidentified). It's a mere glimpse about 35-40 minutes into the feature on the turbulence of 1968. I was in middle school ( Read more... ) -
Short stories for Sunday, April 6
Short Stories for Sunday April 6
Gen (ffnet)
The End Of The Beginning Affair by Mithras
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7767970/1/The-End-of-the-Beginning-Affair
Slash
Snapshots by Elmey
http://archiveofourown.org/works/748140
