CRASH AND RUIN – By (D. Gascoyne) “The anguish, ran like a crash on the ruins. From the Past accomplished, the emptiness of the Future. And the black, all the invading prism, became absolute.”       NIGHT VIGIL – By (Lucretius) “The ambush, night vigil on the steps blindly. Nature has on the mouth a scream: suffering of the body.” …

INFINITY   “Always dear to me was this lonely hill,   and this hedge, which has so much   last The endless horizon.   But as I sit and gaze, boundless   spaces beyond that, and superhuman   silences, and deepest quiet   I thought I pretend; if just for   the heart is overwhelmed. And as the wind   …

Thank you for your contribution. As you can read, Sheila, we have not altered your editorial contribution. We were limited only to give a title to your diary, choosing from your pictures, the one that seemed most appropriate for our cover. Now that you know how to find us – info@meetingbenches.com – we’re waiting for you, again, with the story …

MEETING of V.Nabokov “I remember your arrival: a ring growing, a tremor that the world ignores.”   CHARM I. F. Annensky “As the plots of the wavering shadows, the sand is as white hot: do not say anything, do not smile, remains so, as you were.”   WORRY Tsang Yang Gyatso “In the East, on the mountain top, clear the …

Pine branches and gold tassels and Mozart chocolates Kugeln, thank you, I’m glad that you accepted my invitation.  http://www.salzburg.info/en/accommodation/hotels_overview . The Advent markets in the city street of purchases – the Getreidegasse – will not make us forget the lights that illuminate this city, and in particular, the Duomo, and its twin towers. Even now, I ask you a special …

“From the bottom of silver-gray, a slender deer is advancing in the winter forest, and cautious, step by step, wise, pure and immaculate freshly fallen snow. And I think of you, graceful figure.” (J. Maragall)   “You, who have led the market in my heart, and you sold in another market, not sell this heart you busy.” (Abd Allah ibn …

Hello. As you can see, today I have brought something doubly unusual because I talk to you for a week away in time and geography usual. I have not forgotten, never, my wonderful winter holiday in Finnish Lapland, and is the memories of those special moments, now, which leads me to stimulate your thinking about the next New Year’s Eve …

Imagine a thousand-year history, wrapped in bright flashes of civilization, but also the brutality of so many gray areas. Imagine flipping through hundreds of pages of a book, a writer can create for you real-world scenarios, throbbing stages of the protagonists of the wonderful civilization. Imagine, between those words and those words, to observe and understand the meaning of “chains” …

Yes, it is within the territory of Ancona in the Marche which I invite you to travel with me in the month of November, but not only to taste the wine “Rosso Conero”, but also to visit beautiful places, those that you’ll never forget. Give me your hand, and come along this stretch of the Adriatic coast, to find a …