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- the roses of Paestum
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 122 days old
- “For the hours of thy happiness are over and joy is not gathered twice in a life, as the roses of Paestum twice in a year.” (Edgar Allan Poe) in this issue-- Ancient Pages at Revue_Blanche Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is not my favorite artist, I only appreciate his etchings Vedute--the impressive Views of Rome and views of... more
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- caprice unlimited
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 126 days old
- Several pictures in the blog post don’t make the access to the web-page quicker, it's true, but I simply have nothing to write about. Therefore these pictures. Ŕ la recherche de Tadzio… Young Boy with a Cat (1868) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919): old photo: Joey Seated by Felix d’Eon: Obviously, this Greek boy is under the age of discretion... more
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- quixotic
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 143 days old
- ***a small dark themed essay, found on the Net, that asks some questions:** “Vampire. A living oxymoron. An immortal. Or a corpse? A bringer of death or a savior of life? A curse or a blessing? On the brink of death and saved by a vampire’s bite, becoming free of disease and natural death at the prime of your life, and having it taken by a... more
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- the sunless parlour
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 154 days old
- “…in a sunless parlour where an old clock ticked in the shadows and a cat slept by the empty grate.” (Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited) ***tidings*** Recently, Jocelyn Lindenridge-Blanche began to write his first prose, fantasy fiction about Prince Carpathian. As I’ve said more than once, I hate fantasy fiction. But I love Jocelyn and cannot... more
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- intermediation
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 161 days old
- NB: It rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child so dull and blind He can no longer understand A fantasy, a fairyland! His brain becomes as soft as cheese! His powers of thinking ruts and freeze! He cannot think--he only sees! (by Roald Dahl) Q: What is “it”? A: Tee Vee However... more
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- more exotic
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 163 days old
- ***Life's rich tapestry. Thanks for that.*** In this role I feel at ease too. . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ***My shalow heart's the only thing that's beating*** I read the book Brideshead Revisited more than once, but not in English which was my great mistake, because if only I read at least one book by Evelyn Waugh in... more
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- books
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 167 days old
- **the script** Reading The Magician, by W. Somerset Maugham, I thought that the novel could be a good groundwork for a script of a good mystic thriller: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14257/14257-8.txt The Magician is an early W. Somerset Maugham novel, published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley,... more
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- following the pencil
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 179 days old
- ***green peace for ever*** A long time ago (April, 1905), in a world far far away (St. Petersburg), an outstanding poet by the name of **Alexander Blok** wrote a poem called **The Little Priest of Marshland** or **The Marsh Little Priest** that ended in this way (translation is mine): …He takes off his hat and prays for the blade of grass that... more
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- one of the stories
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 179 days old
- There are some stories which I dearly love and which I would like to be published on the Net. One of them is: **SREDNI VASHTAR** by **SAKI** Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live another five years. The doctor was silky and effete, and counted for little, but his opinion... more
