My Wednesday literature segment returns, featuring an excerpt from Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, which I finished reading yesterday. If you enjoy dabbling in books, feel free to join me on Goodreads [here]. My reading has been slow…
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Before We Were Free (2002) – Julia Alvarez
Tagged with: before we were free, dictatorship, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, Rafael Trujillo
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
29/12/25 – 4/01/26 – Venezuela, Sobriety and The Odyssey
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. It’s an honour to share these topics with you at the commencement of what I hope turns out to be a fantastic 2026 for…
Tagged with: Alcoholism, Anthony hopkins, Homer, Maduro, Niall Ferguson, sobriety, the free press, the gentle chapter, The odyssey, venezuela
Posted in Reading, Reflections, News, politics
Posted in Reading, Reflections, News, politics
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (1996) – Douglas Adams
I’m again resuming my Wednesday literature segment, which features an excerpt from Douglas Adams’s The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – specifically from Book Two in the series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980). If you…
Tagged with: Bogota, Colombia, Douglas Adams, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, library, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
17/2/25 – 23/2/25 – Swamp Creatures, English Football & A Thousand Years
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Swamp CreaturesShort Story by Bruce Goodman at Weave a Web Fellow blogger Bruce Goodman and I go way back and I consider him a…
Tagged with: a thousand years, Bruce Goodman, Christina perri, english football, stuntPegg, swamp creatures, Weave a Web
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
The Small One – A Christmas Story by Charles Tazewell (Narrated by Bing Crosby)
Happy Christmas all! It has become a Christmas Day ‘festive tradition’ at Observation Blogger to present the story called The Small One. It is about a young boy living in ancient Israel who must part with his beloved, ageing donkey,…
30/9 – 6/10/24 – Music, Impulse & Shipwreck
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting WorseVideo presentation at Rick Beato Richard John Beato is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and educator. Since…
Tagged with: BBC news, Colombia, House of Heart, music, poem, Rick Beato, shipwreck
Posted in Music, News, Reading
Posted in Music, News, Reading
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 58) – God, Jesus Christ & Murgatroyd
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. The Original Names of God and Jesus Christ God (Lord) – YHWH is the name for the God of the Israelites. Ancient…
Tagged with: Adonai, God, heavens to Murgatroyd, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Kryios, snagglepuss, Tom waits, Yahweh, YHWH
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
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