Mermaids, more or less. — Reblog

For a coastal region, the north of the Netherlands is peculiarly devoid of mermaid tales. Sure, K. ter Laan has an obligatory mention in his 1930s book, and digs up an old chronicle, and a century earlier M.D. Teenstra emptied out his box with index cards, but the legends are not as rich as those […]

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Prague, Czech Republic – 2019

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Reblog: Dubliners by James Joyce: A Letter to the Book Cover #A2Z Challenge — Bookishloom

James Joyce, the name synonym to Ulysses and with it, the fear to ever accomplish the task of reading it in one’s lifetime. I wanted to begin James Joyce’s journey with an easy step. Then, I found ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ in one of the book fairs and was drawn […]

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Comet Neowise and the Great Bear

https://wisdomofourgrandmothers.com/2020/07/19/comet-neowise-and-the-great-bear/

Astrological Clock, Prague

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