The old cherry tree

The old cherry tree
He provides us with cherries
and welcome shadow

 

Beers & Books (391): Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton (24 January 1862 – 11 August 1937)

Coffeetime with young García Márquez

The "Giraffe aus Barranquilla"
comprises 82 journalistic works by García Márquez
written between 1948 and 1952.
"La Girafa" was the title of a column
that the then 22-year-old regularly wrote
for the Colombian daily newspaper "El Heraldo".
Many of the short glosses and literary sketches,
in which he processed everyday experiences,
paved the way for his later work.

Gabriel García Márquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014)

Friday is Skyday

20:06

 

Laughing Lhursday*

The artist's commission:
Paint within 3 minutes
Don Quijote on Rocinante and Sancho Panza on his donkey
approaching a windmill.
And voilà!
As an encore, the artist even added a scorching sun over La Mancha,
or is it a dust-wreathed herd of mutton? ...

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah. It's just that I would not
let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Two things are certain

Two things are certain:
Humanity will vanish.
Nature will prevail.

 

Beers & Books (390) – Das Geheimnis der Pineta

"Enigma in luogo di mare"
A fine read, the more while enjoying holiday in Italy. ;-)

Carlo Fruttero (19 September 1926 – 15 January 2012)

Franco Luccentini (24 December 1920 – 5 August 2002)

Fruttero & Luccentini

Beers & Books (389) – Sergio Ramírez: Tiempo de fulgor

Tiempo de fulgor

Sergio Ramírez *5 August 1942

Coffee time with Antonio Muñoz Molina

The Polish Rider (El jenite polaco) I re-read a few days ago.
This afternoon "The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield" 
enriched my coffeetime. ... Well, not all, but two of them. ;-)

Beers & Books (388) – James Baldwin

One Day When I Was Lost

 James Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 2 August 2024)

Friday is Skyday

...

 

Laughing Lhursday*

Bird poo art

However you spin it

 * [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah. It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Edna O'Brien – 15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024

What a writer!
Not to write: What a woman!

Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024)