"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."

Voglio vederti danzare

…come le zingare del deserto
con candelabri in testa
o come le balinesi nei giorni di festa
…come i Dervisches Tourners
che girano sulle spine dorsali
o al suono di cavigliere del Katakali
 

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Spooktober 25 – The Phantom Farm House (2)

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Alix Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches

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Spooktober 24 – The Phantom Farm House (1)

“The Phantom Farmhouse” is a short story written by Seabury Quinn, first published in the October 1923 issue of Weird Tales. It is one of Quinn’s most famous standalone works outside of his popular Jules de Grandin detective series. I had been at the new

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7 Comments
  • contenebbia
    Posted at 13:57h, 31 July Reply

    Ti adoro, quasi quanto questa canzone di battiato, a cui son terribilmente legato! Che bell’omaggio, degno del tuo innato senso del Bello!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 14:30h, 31 July Reply

    Conte, mi fate arrossire.

    Anch’io adoro quella canzone, con quella sua capacità di evocare immagini affascinanti che spesso ha Battiato…

  • coaloalab
    Posted at 14:38h, 31 July Reply

    Non vi lascio soli!

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 06:51h, 01 August Reply

    sarebbe un ottimo spettacolo.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:46h, 01 August Reply

    @ Robert: mi dispiacerebbe il contrario!

    @ Heraclitus: credo anch’io

  • utente anonimo
    Posted at 15:34h, 01 August Reply

    Battiato è diventato uno degli artisti preferiti della mia dolce metà, che in Italia ha fatto incetta dei suoi dischi… E complimenti per la splendida immagine!

    Raffaella dagli USA

    P.S. Sto per finire HP 7… A presto i miei commenti!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:36h, 01 August Reply

    Carissima, sono veramente ansiosa di conoscere i tuoi commenti!

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