This year marks that 85 years ago, Lorca, the greatest Spanish poet of all time, was killed. The civil war in Spain has just begun, and the fascists took him at his house, dragged him up the mountain and killed him. They threw him in a mass grave. We still don't know where he is. Lorca was young, and a kind soul, and gay. He wrote about his land and traditions, but, specially, he wrote about minor... » Continue Reading
As you may now, these days in the northern hemisphere it's happening the annual meteor shower, and there are hundreds of shooting stars every night. So some friends and I went to see them. We took the car, we drove to a lighthouse, we went up the mountain and laid down in the middle of the road to watch the sky. » Continue Reading
Finally: update on my plants! Some interesting things happened since the March blog . Most of the plants that can be seen in that blog entry are still with me: I gifted some of the succulent propagations. I kept the mother plans. The jade has grown sooo much. He had a little problem with pests, but all of them are ok and recovered. As I said, my birthday was on April. A friend o » Continue Reading
I love science fiction in all of its forms, and I love movies, and I'm crazy about movies (and books) about astronauts. In a bulletin I was asked to write a blog about astronauts having problems in space and, though some of them couldn't be classified as science fiction, here you have my recommendations (in no particular order): Gravity This is already a classic and an obvious one, I know. But, ho... » Continue Reading
I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see what’s really always there: Unresting death, (...) The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse —The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unused (...) But at the total emptiness for ever, » Continue Reading
I was meaning to write this blog for a long time. So here you have: my plants! (as for March'21) Right now, most of my plants are succulents. My birthday is in April and I told my friends that if they wanted to gift me something, that would be plants. And I have the ochard thing going on, but at home I just have these: T » Continue Reading
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