I was tagged in the Liebster blog award by the lovely Rie from Rie Reviews. Thanks so much, Rie! The rules to receive this award are: 1) Share 11 random facts about yourself 2) Answer the 11 questions asked by the person who tagged you 3) Tag 11 bloggers 4) Ask them 11 questions So let's get to it: 11 random facts about myself...
(Before I begin I'd just like to say I was extremely shocked by the news of what happened in Aurora, CO. To everyone involved: my deepest sympathies, we're praying for you all.) I wrote a rather lengthy post on The Dark Knight Rises but I felt it was difficult to talk about it without giving away the end. Therefore, I made a video about...
Writer's Corner is a new monthly feature that covers tips about writing and everything connected to it. For the previous posts, click here. I'm so used to listening to advice with a straight face I didn't expect to crack up while reading "The ultimate guide to writing better than you do" by Colin Nissan. I found this amazing article a couple of weeks ago...
Annunciation by Fra Angelico, 1443 Fra Angelico is an incredible Italian painter from the early Renaissance period whose work focused greatly on Christian themes. Here's some interesting information about him: His real name was Guido di Pietro. When he entered the Dominican convent he changed his name for Giovanni. "Fra" means brother in italian. "Angelico", meaning angelic, was more or less a nickname...
I found this great 10 films game on The Owl Club. The questions were very intriguing and thought provoking. Plus, I just love questionnaires. Here're my answers: 1. A film you saw as a child (if you never saw any one until the brink of adulthood leave this space blank): The Lion King. I don't know how many times I've seen this movie. I knew,...
The other day I was cleaning my book shelf, sorting through all the titles, cleaning the books, setting aside the ones that were too old and needed to be restored. Three of the books that were falling apart called my attention: The Stranger and Madame Bovary These copies were all worn out of all the many times I’ve read and re-read these stories. Many notes filled...
Do you guys remember we were talking about the impact photography had in the arts? Well, take a look at this: Petite Juliette by Danielle Richards This was painted by Quebec based artist Danielle Richard. Notice how her paintings are successful both at portraying reality and conveying emotion. Her work is so delicate and beautiful - I just can't stop admiring them. Brigitte sous l'arbre By the way, I...
You call this archeology? When I was a kid I used to hate Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That first scene always annoyed me. We don’t need a logical and detailed explanation for every little detail of his previous movies (where his scar came from, why he is afraid of snakes, why he wears a hat etc). Isn’t it possible he just...
I'm posting one day in advance of my regular schedule in order to participate on the weekly meme Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is "freebie" so I chose childhood favorites. As a matter of fact, I still own all of the books in the list so that means they are still interesting for adults. Here...
A little bit of history Date: Location: Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy The statues portray a scene from Greek mythology. Niobe was a queen who had fourteen children and unable to keep her mouth shut about it, she went around bragging about her large offspring. Her mistake was to do this in front of the goddess Leto who had only two children. Leto was...
I’m very lucky to live in a house where I can use movie lines in a conversation. Sure, it would be nice if we quoted Shakespeare during dinner, but the reality is that we are a much more pop culture oriented family. Here are some of the movie quotes we use in our house: 1) “Put a hot towel over your head” from...
Twain’s attacks on Austen are over a hundred years old, but he better watch it. You guys have probably already heard about Mark Twain bad-mouthing Jane Austen. Even though making author-on-author attacks is every writer’s prerogative, I can’t share Twain’s views. It just so happens that I was reading Twain’s “The Prince and the Pauper” the other day. I admit it – it...
Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson I've recently became very interested in taking pictures for my blog. It's so interesting changing filters and composing a frame. I feel just like Austin Powers. The other day while I was taking some pictures around my house, I saw my sister sketching. I couldn't help comparing paintings and photographs. To me, the deal with cameras is that they only...
