"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."

Chiuso per ferie

Questo week-end sarò, per dirla con le parole di una dei miei deliziosi ospiti, a Fossato* (non di Vico) Cantagallo (non quello sull’autostrada dell’appennino) Prato (quello vicino a Firenze, non l’altro). Un luogo che per raggiungere bisogna già sapere dove si trovi, come l’Isola che non c’è o l’isola di Jack Sparrow.
Vedrò amici, parlerò con gente, starò in compagnia.

Ci ritroviamo al mio ritorno. Nel frattempo, lascio la porta aperta: curiosate pure.

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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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4 Comments
  • Chiarina82
    Posted at 07:47h, 22 April Reply

    vedrò gente, farò cose :P

    Buon weekend. :)

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 09:30h, 22 April Reply

    divertiti e riposati e fai cose e vedi gente e noi ti aspettiamo qui. ;-)

  • Damiani
    Posted at 18:17h, 22 April Reply

    divertiti, magari con del buon cibo e una buona compagnia..

    noi intanto si entra e si curiosa…

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 10:47h, 23 April Reply

    Chiarina, esattamente ;-p

    Un bellissimo week-end, non c’è che dire. Ottimo cibo, ottima compagnia.

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