"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

Tristezza

Sono una povera illusa anche questa volta.
Almeno si è avuto il buon gusto di scoprirlo prima del solito.

A qualcuno serve un cappello da strega?

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…and that’s a wrap! Eighteen classic stories, if my math is correct, 29 posts, and the candle’s waning. It’s almost time. Are you all set up? Who are you celebrating with, and what are you dressed up as? Whether it’s true crime or contemporary politicians

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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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Spooktober 30 – The Black Monk (5)

Conclusion Kovrin received a professorship at the University. The inaugural address was fixed for the second of December, and a notice to that effect was hung up in the corridor at the University. But on the day appointed he informed the students’ inspector, by telegram,

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6 Comments
  • impbianco
    Posted at 23:02h, 02 October Reply

    Il tuo blog mi piace veramente molto! è bellissimo! l’ho già messo nei links del mio!

    X-Bye

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 08:13h, 03 October Reply

    problemi di feste? o peggio?

  • contenebbia
    Posted at 17:19h, 03 October Reply

    Che succede alla mia blogger-esteta preferita? Se qualcuno t’ha deluso o fatto soffrire, peste lo colga!!! Il più dolce degli abbracci, Shelidon

  • Damiani
    Posted at 19:44h, 03 October Reply

    mi unisco all’imperativo del Conte cara Shelidon!

  • ragno62
    Posted at 19:49h, 03 October Reply

    mi unisco anch’ io

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 08:09h, 04 October Reply

    Problemi di feste, problemi di feste. Una maledizione grava sul mio Ognissanti, e mai che riesca ad aspettare il Grande Cocomero nell’orto dei cocomeri…

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