I began to read The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, a debut novel that made its author gain the title of “The Youngest Author Winning The 2020 International Booker Prize”. As I read it from its English translation I wondered about how it was written in writer’s own language: Dutch. But then as…
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EYE OF THE TIGER
First Rocky movie: 1976 Second Rocky movie: 1979 Third Rocky movie: 1982 Release of the song Eye of the Tiger: 29 May 1982 The song Eye of the Tiger is written br Survivor for the movie Rocky III as the request of Sylvester Stallone, writer, director and star of that movie. He had asked the…
ALLENDE UNWRAPPED
When I was a little girl the singers, the writers and the actors/actresses were untouchable. Noone could see them unless they are on TV or live at the stage. Noone was able to talk to them personally. So were the politicians… After the internet was invented, especially after Twitter, a new generation encountered “follow”ing people…
(A REAL) TOY STORY
A sketch of my cat Da, made by me on February 3rd in 1990, who is the lost hero of this story… I said “I’ve lost one of my cats!” He said “How come did it happen?” I said “…not one of my live cats. The one and only beloved toy cat of mine is…
GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE
“The park is ours, and so the avenue…” “…and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the US, who led the United States through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crises—the American Civil War—preserving the Union, abolishing slavery,…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS WITH SANTA CLAUS
After last year’s interview with the vampire, oh sorry with Santa Claus, I recieved an e-mail from Santa this year. He was inviting me as co-pilot to his sledge because there were so many packages to deliver. I was so eager to travel with Santa so I really appreciated his invitation and I said “yes”….
I CAN HAIL THE WORLD BUT MAY I HEAL THE WORLD?
Здравстуйте Russian Federation! Hi United States! Hallo Deutschland! Hello United Kingdom! Selam Azarbeycan! Hello South Africa! Salam Saudi Arabia! Hello Switzerland! Hi Netherlands! Zdravo Serbia! Hola Mexico! Salut France! Hello & Salut Canada! Ciao İtaly! Hello Georgia! Hello Bosnia and Herzegovina! Hi Austria! Hello Bulgaria! Hello New Zeland! Selam Kıbrıs! Χαιρετισμός Greece! Hello Brazil! Salam…
