I WOULD LIKE TO BE CHILD I would like to be a child, to match the distance clouds up lame form, go to the merriment of what is small, and wonder, as who does not know him, the color of the leaves. How was it? To ignore what is green, the green sea, the healthy response of the sunset in …
Read More »THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH – Romance, by Ken Follet
KEN FOLLET > He became a reporter, first with his home-town newspaper the South Wales Echo and later with the London Evening News. While working on the Evening News he wrote his first novel, which was published but did not become a bestseller. Before this novel was published, he was known for writing in the thriller genre. He burst into …
Read More »A WALK TO REMEMBER – Novel, by by Nicholas Sparks
NICHOLAS SPARKS > All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 65 million copies in the United States alone. He is the author of novels The Notebook, Message in a Bottle and Nights in Rodanthe, among others. He wrote his first (unpublished) novel while …
Read More »MIDDLE AGES AT THE VILLAGE – Roccatederighi, Central Italy
Welcome on the history of Maremma, through the historical commemorations and medieval festivals, in the whole territory of Grosseto and the Tuscan Maremma. In August, the village of Roccatederighi and its inhabitans turn back to century, till the middle ages. At the entrance of the village, when you arrive, you will be able to change you current money with the …
Read More »HUMMINGBIRD – Novel, by LaVyrle Spencer
LAVYRLE SPENCER > She is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has successfully published a number of books, with several of them made into movies. Twelve of her books have been New York Times bestsellers. She was born on July 17, 1943 in Browerville (Minnesota), where she was raised. Spencer didn’t begin her first novel …
Read More »SENSE AND SENSIBILITY – Romance, by Jane Austen,
JANE AUSTEN > She was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, England. While not widely known in her own time, Austen’s comic novels of love among the landed gentry gained popularity after 1869, and her reputation skyrocketed in the 20th century. Her family was close, and the children grew up in an environment that stressed learning and creative …
Read More »AMAZED BY THE ANCIENT MAN, FOUND FROZEN IN THE ALPS – Ötzi: over 5.000 year-old corpse, with 50 Copper Age tattoos
In Bolzano, you’ll have to get to the Museum road, up to the number 43. Here, where Italy and Austria they merge, start your adventure in a wonderful world to discover, that of the South Tyrol Archaeological Museum. Ötzi, the Iceman has 19 genetic relatives living in Austria. This is the latest in a string of surprising discoveries surrounding the …
Read More »GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593/1652), FRENCH PAINTER – Mystical night scenes, with candle, torch, or lantern
IN A REALISTIC MANNER – Georges de la Tour: using of simple lighting, like candles, in a realistic manner
GEORGES DE LA TOUR 1/4 – He was born as the son of the master baker Jean de la Tour and Sibylle Mélian in Vic-sur-Seille. In 1618, he married Diane Le Nerf, the daughter of the duke of Lorraine. He was a good and ambitious businessman, who soon became famous and wealthy and had a large workshop with numerous assistants. …
Read More »SENSATION – Poetry, by Arthur Rimbaud
SENSATION > Par les soirs bleus d’été, j’irais dans les sentiers, picoté par les blés, fouler l’herbe menue: rêveur, j’en sentirai la fraîcheur à mes pieds. Je laisserai le vent baigner ma tête nue. Je ne parlerai pas, je ne penserai rien: mais l’amour infini me montera dans l’âme. Et j’irai loin, bien loin, comme un bohémien, par la Nature, …
Read More »TAKE THIS ROSE – Poetry, by Pierre de Ronsard
TAKE THIS ROSE > Prends cette rose aimable comme toi, qui sert de rose aux roses les plus belles, qui sert de fleur aux fleurs les plus nouvelles, dont la senteur me ravit tout de moi. Prends cette rose, et ensemble reçois, dedans ton sein mon coeur qui n’a point d’ailes: il est constant et cent plaies cruelles, n’ont empêché …
Read More »HUG – Poetry, by Blaga Dimitrova
HUG Heart to heart. And breathe in the breath. So close to me, so as not to see you. Over your shoulder, I saw in the distance a dark mountain. I was stretched out in a rush, as if to pass you. I felt the pounding heart beat of the stars. I welcomed the wind out of breath, covered with …
Read More »WHITE NIGHTS – Poetry, by Blaga Dimitrova
WHITE NIGHTS Unknown source of light, soaked granite and gardens. The Neva has poured into the sky blushes, the sky in the river in blue shivers. And shoulder to shoulder two young go with cautious and slow step, not to disperse this light, that heart-to-heart overflows. (Blaga Dimitrova) http://www.amazon.com/Scars-Blaga-Dimitrova/dp/1930214030/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Read More »PAUL SIGNAC (1863/1935), FRENCH PAINTER – Paint with square color touches, like the tiles of a mosaic
ALONG THE WATER – Paul Signac: attention to avant-garde painting, between scientific rigor and emotional values
PAUL SIGNAC 1/4 – He is an artist who has given birth – along with Georges Seurat – the painting technique of Pointillism. The life of this Parisian artist, in love with the French Riviera, is like a catalog of exhibitions dedicated to him regularly: paintings, watercolors and drawings by an artist in love with the color. PAUL SIGNAC 2/4 …
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