"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."

note to self

I've recently been reprimanded by a friend, who draw my attention to the fact that I haven't posted here for a while. Well, not reprimanded, really: it was a very sweet note inquiring whether I was ok. I'm sure the thought hasn't crossed people who follows...

Well, I've been back from Madeira for a while, but it took me a moment to organize the notes and pictures. The journey has been challenging, for a whole set of reasons including a big question mark around my health, but overall I'm satisfied, and I...

Happy Valentine's Day! Do you remember when we started, before going down the rabbit hole of the Heike Monogatari? I was taking a look at the Japanese Ghost Tales by Lafcadio Hearn, so today let's take a look at the second tale of the collection, which...

Just a quick update to let you know that we spiked so much that we had to resize the chart. This was before New Year's Eve: [caption id="attachment_14204" align="aligncenter" width="845"] Yeah, I know.[/caption] This is today. We are around 170.800 new cases. In one day. [caption id="attachment_14314" align="aligncenter" width="834"]...

Last week's problems did not go away, but they were not resolved either. They stayed there, festering like infected wounds, and this casted a shade of immobility on the whole week, a week otherwise plagued by more troubles, more bad news and a general lack...