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The sorrow of a dog that lost a biscuit
A Christmas hope is lost in time when January’s winds reclaim the harvest of a drowsy wine and sorrow is again acclaimed. But seasons pass and we reclaim the hope that used to be our own. December’s shiver comes again to usher cheer on l...
Wise man of snow
After a long hot summer, it has finally snowed here in Bucharest. Not just the measly pretend snow of recent years, but the original proper snow - huge, fist-sized flakes carpet-bombing the city out of torper. The climate change means that the snowm...
Gabrielle II
While browsing a Sotheby’s catalogue a few weeks ago I came across an Expressionist painting that reminded me very much of a favorite film of mine called Gabrielle. Ludwig Meidner - Crowd in the station: Here are a couple of stills from the sc...
The Hotel of Lost Dreams
We went to see a play at the Odeon Theatre Bucharest. It’s been about three years since we last went. Because when we last went, it was so awful that we swore to never go again. Time and circumstance conspired against us, however. So we wound u...
Revolutionary Road
It really goes against my principles to claim an opinion on a film that I haven’t seen in its entirety. But ‘Revolutionary Road’ is a special case, as it’s almost impossible to watch that way. So instead, I watched the first f...
Reading Joyce and other favorites of the month
(image: “The Red Cavalry Riding”) Painting wise: Malevitch (and the whole avant garde - modernist - expessionist - futuristic mouvement, discovered in the catalogue of an exhibition that took place many years ago at the Palais Tokyo in P...
The perfect body reloaded
Years after her experience in prison, Leni Riefenstahl found the perfect place of inspiration for her favorite subject. I knew about her African trip and photos but never took my time to investigate. One cannot help thinking of Olympia when looking a...
Badenheim 1939 - the theatre poster
Enjoyed the book, interesting style, original way of dealing with the subject. Here is a theater poster that speaks for itself. Share This...
Tongue
The St. Bernard is a noble and dignified animal. It is the savior of people from snow-bound valleys and the faithful friend to humanity everywhere. It has, however, a design flaw. The tongue retraction mechanism fails during the hours of sleep. If a ...
Our Christmas tree, part II
Bucharest turned nicely white for Christmas. Lots of tiny ice crystals fell into the streets and stuck to trees, including the one outside our window, which ended up looking like this: So we had two Christmas trees, inside and out. The technical ter...
Our Christmas tree
Journey, if you will, into the very heart of our tree. As you get closer, it becomes less defined, opening up new doors of possibility and suggesting ideas, metaphors and allusions for life in general. Which is what Christmas is all about isn’t...
Goat Dances
My six years in Romania have been full of surprises, and one of them involved an ostrich, but none have involved dancing goats and the police. Until, that is, now. I suppose I should have known… The dancing goat is a very old Romanian traditio...
Bucharest in Autumn
This was taken from the National Gallery in Revolution Square on a rainy day about a week ago. It’s probably one of the first pictures I’ve taken of the city that actually makes it look like a reasonably nice place. It only took me six y...
Window Ledges
Instead of the usual hard-hitting examination of guilt, responsibility and existential despair, I thought I’d do a post all about our window ledges. Up to a few weeks ago, our ledges would have not merited a post anywhere, as they were complete...
How to give the gift of hummus.
When it comes to birthday presents, the cookery book is fraught with dangers. It suggests that cooking is the job of the recipient and that the gift giver intends to live off the proceeds for the foreseeable future. This may sound trivial, but just...
The Legend of the Nil. Paul Klee in Egypt - Rudiger Sunner
“I belong not only to this life. I live as well with the dead, as with those not born. Nearer to the heart of creation than others, but still too far.” Paul Klee’s epitaph. This is a curious oddity, a 1991 German film that explor...
Romanian Orthodox Easter
Tia bought the dye and we made these together by hand. The shine is got by giving them a quick polish with some olive oil. As the spring sunshine was coming through the windows, we took the opportunity to make these pictures. Paste Fericit! Share T...
