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No sé cómo es posible que esta escritora chilena haya permanecido fuera de mi radar durante tanto tiempo. Nació en Chile en 1910 y, a los nueve años, se trasladó a París, donde terminó la secundaria y comenzó sus estudios universitarios....
From The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy (Basic Books, 2017), Kindle pp. 105-107: FROM THE VIEWPOINT of the Rus’ elites of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the unions with the Kingdom of Poland had caused nothing …...
Yep, it’s another Pride-themed book bundle. $40 for 40 books, running from June 18–30. “The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark” is in this one.
Smarter search and a tidier interface. Here's what caught my eye.
Some summers, I find myself reading far more than I expected to read. Others, not so much. It’s been not so much this summer for whatever reason, but I do continue to chip away at books on my summer reading list and tell myself regularly...
I often write about the flowers that self seed all over the garden, but slightly less often about the wondrous seed heads that cause all of this. I had time this morning to do a little tidying in the garden …
In my final article covering some of the June/August 2026 LEGO® NINJAGO® sets, I'm building 4 of the smaller sets in the wave. Grab your Dragon Claws as we battle against new and familiar foes.Continue reading »
I’ve always thought [“inflation”] was a serious misnomer, because the problem isn’t really that prices are going up; it’s that the value of the currency is going down. – “When Ends Don’t Meet” The one moral concept from my Catholic...
I’m at the end of a game I’m writing about, but then I remembered: it’s Steam Next Fest time again! Let’s take a break from my backlog bingo escapades to look at some stuff I liked that’s coming over the horizon… Demon Bluff, by UmiArt...
I aim to improve my Chinese reading through regular practice. This video represents a point on that journey. Text: Friend’s Tea - Chapter 4 (明明和希希) Source: Du Chinese Level: Elementary
England v NZ day 2 of the Teat
Something I’ve been pondering recently is whether statements of gratitude need always contain subjects as well as objects. Which is to say, when we express ‘I am grateful for x’, does...
Risotto mit Kreuzkümmel und Curry mit einer Sauce aus geschmorten Aprikosen, Datteln, Sojasauce und Ingwer Vor ein paar Tagen erzählte mir der Professor von einem kleinen Dorf in Apulien. Er schätzte es auf 20 Einwohner. Vielleicht ein...