"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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…oggi in un ristorante c’erano appese alcune targhe automobilistiche degli Stati Uniti.
Ce n’era anche una dell’Oregon.
Chissà se a qualcuno ricorda qualcosa…
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Bulgakov’s The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov (Kyiv, 1891–1940) was a novelist, playwright, and former physician, whom I’m sure you know for The Master and Margarita, published posthumously. His work blends sharp satire, fantasy, grotesque comedy, and moral seriousness, often targeting Soviet bureaucracy and ideological hypocrisy, but I had no

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2 Comments
  • LoopyDeLoop
    Posted at 19:23h, 13 December Reply

    Avrebbe dovuto ricordarmi qualcosa?

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 19:31h, 13 December Reply

    A te non credo, caro, almeno non nelle mie intenzioni originarie, ma sentiti pure libero di ricordare qualcosa a riguardo, se ti fa piacere.

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