SNOW FEATHERS

“That's all I really wanted," he said. "Just somebody to notice me.” January is about to end and I can proudly say I ha...

Almost a year has passed since our last encounter. All I can say is that a break, be it short or long, can help you realise what is imp...

One of the reasons why we read is generated  by the desire to escape a crazy world, a world in which we sometimes do not find ourselves....

"Hamlet"  is, in my opinion, Shakespeare’s most complex play, with so many layers that can be tackled and even more interpret...

"Fight for what you believe in!" 1. "Will" is a 2017 show that no one with an interest in the life of the famous p...

It's the 14th of July and I cannot but celebrate, with a few French poems, Bastille Day. Yesterday I saw the common press conference...

We read for different reasons. We read because we “must”, to find out information, out of curiosity, but I would like to believe that a ...

June is here, (and almost gone) school is over and what can be better than one of my favorite challenges...? The Japanese Literature Chal...

All those who enter Damien Hirst's latest exhibition in Venice, you'd better believe it!  Damien Hirst is one of the most fam...

My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  Why would a good God allow evil to exist in the world? The silence we encounter while reading t...

I am (almost) speechless when my former students and current (best) friends get inspired and write about my favorite writers (after I nag...

Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh;  The worlds revolve like ancient women  Gathering fuel in vacant lots. (Preludes) I ha...

“A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.”   Lik...

No, this blog is not dead, it has simply enjoyed some time off, away from the madding crowds and deeply immersed into some serious readin...

It took me two years from wanting to read this book, to actually getting it and finally finishing it. I do not know why because I quite...