Dragon Lady

Dragon Lady


I get off and cross the tracks and climb a few stairs and find myself next to a Barnes and Noble book store. A huge poster of Hemingway’s FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS sits in the window right next to Fitzgerald’s THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED. I feel comforted and take a picture. That’s one thing I do if I see something beautiful or ugly, dull or interesting, disquieting

Dragon Lady

The Brothers Karamazov Illustartions

Hello book lovers,
I used to consider myself a fervent reader of literature but since I've only been reading crime thrillers, espionage and murder mysteries, I don't think my reading is diverse enough to justify such a claim. Lately, I've decided to start reading classics and books that can open my mind's eyes to things that I know exist but don't have the right tools to explore. I ended up decid

The Brothers Karamazov Illustartions

always

when you
worry
you don't now what the hurry
time
is a scurry
it is a miserable
story
but when you don't
it feels it will
whatever you want
life is a
skill
and always still

always

Hell versus Paradise

which is more powerful?

Hell versus Paradise

EXODUS 1:1-6:1 "The beginning of the "Moses" story

PARASHA: "SHEMOT" (names)

EXODUS 1:1-6:1....................ISAIAH 27:6-28:13.....................ACTS 7:17-29

Shabbat shalom, today we start "Shemot" or in Greek, "Exodus" the Israelites have been in Egypt, enjoying life, dealing in agriculture (farmers) and cattle (ranchers) and perhaps even businessmen. Joseph brought them to Egypt, in good graces with then friendly Pharaoh, prob

EXODUS 1:1-6:1 "The beginning of the "Moses" story

Crime, espionage and war novels and chronicles.

Hello everyone.

My favourite reading topics are: Crime, journalism, espionage, intelligence and war, either novels or chronicles. I find them informative about what occurs into real investigations, bureaucracy, intelligence services, strategies, operations, missions, as well as technology and methods used in the years in which the novel/chronicle takes place.

Crime, espionage and war novels and chronicles.

Aphorism #129 Never complain.

Aphorism #129 Never complain.

To complain always brings discredit. Better be a model of self-reliance opposed to the passion of others than an object of their compassion. For it opens the way for the hearer to what we are complaining of, and to disclose one insult forms an excuse for another. By complaining of past offences we give occasion for future ones, and in seeking aid or counsel we only o

Aphorism #129 Never complain.