On the road

A wide field.

Corn for a biogas plant.

Friday is Skyday

...

Laughing Lhursday*

For some phenomena,
even I have no explanation. ;-)

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 

I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Beers & Books (460) – Empty Spain

La España vacía
Leeres Spanien
Empty Spain

Sergio del Molino *16 August 1979

Beers & Books (459) – Flannery O'Connor: Stories

Not a soul can be trusted anymore.

Flannery O'Connor (25 March 1925 – 3 August 1964)

Friday is Skyday

Spectacular cloud shows

... in the sky these days.

Beers&Books (457) – Storytellers of the world

Short stories from 28 countries.
Published 40 years ago.
Still excellent!

 

Friday is Skyday

It’s starting to turn autumnal.

Beers & Books (456) – Fernanda Melchor: Saison der Wirbelstürme

Hurricane Season
*
Temporada de hurracanes 

Fernanda Melchor *1982

Beers & Books (455) – El amante bilingüe

El amante bilingüe

Juan Marsé (8 January 1933 - 18 July 2020) 

Beers & Books (454) – Fischer vs. Spasski

The complete games 
from the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, 
with detailed commentary

On 1 September 1972, the chess world had a new world champion. The American Robert ‘Bobby’ Fischer, a highly unpleasant character, ended the decades-long dominance of Russian chess players in Reykjavik with a 12.5–8.5 victory over the defending champion Boris Spassky, and pocketed the highest prize money ever awarded in chess up to that point: 78,125 dollars from the host country, Iceland, and the British banker Jim Slater, with special permission from the Bank of England, had a special prize of 50,000 pounds sterling transferred to an Icelandic bank account.

Beers & Books (453) – Edgar Hilsenrath: The Story of the Last Thought

The Story of the Last Thought

Edgar Hilsenrath (2 April 1926 – 30 December 30, 2018)

Beers & Books (452) – Jóanes Nielsen: Fliegende Hunde auf schwimmenden Inseln

Flying dogs on swimming islands

Jóanes Nielsen *5 April 1953

Beers & Books (451) – Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) 

Laughing Lhursday *: Flann, Harry & I

Since my hairdresser didn't have 
an earlier appointment before Christmas 2024,
I decided that she should have plenty to do
when the time came,
and let everything grow for three weeks.
At some point, I discovered a certain resemblance to Harry Rowohlt,
the brilliant translator (not only) of Flann O'Brien's works.
And so I spontaneously captured this moment.

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration. 

Reaching for the sun ;-)

What an effort...

... to reach the sun,...

which nurtures life.

 

Beers & Books (450) – Arguedas: Deep Rivers

Deep Rivers / Los ríos profundos

José María Arguedas (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969)

Friday is Skyday

Relaxing kitchen view

Coffee time with Llamazares

La lluvia amarilla

 

Julio Llamazares * 28 March 1955

Laughing Lhursday* (NOT!)

Isn't she absolutely adorable?
Such a cute little girl!
And how wonderful:
She doesn't say anything.
She doesn't ask anything.
Best of all: she doesn't whine
while Mum is shopping.
(Sarcasm off.)

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.