Caprichos #358

Pho & bubbles

No Times de hoje #162

Lisbon goers: those who are going soon, those who have been recently or not so recently but miss Lisbon already, and for those who are just flirting with the idea of going there for the first time... the article & video in the New York Times say it all :-)

Primavera #45

Beautiful cherry blossoms

Numa sala perto de mim #301

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) tells the incredible* story of Rodriguez, a potential Bob Dylan, who left the music business after two unsuccessful albums in the early 1970s. Somehow one of his records got to South Africa where his music quickly spread and marked an entire generation well into the fall of apartheid. The construction worker from Detroit was more famous than Elvis in a far distant country, and yet he was completely oblivious to it. As if this was not enough, he kept a low key life, his record companies went broke and as a result he was overall extremely hard to trace. The search itself is worth the film. The bringing him to South Africa concurs. I wonder...

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I wonder

Rodriguez

I wonder how many times you've been had
And I wonder how many plans have gone bad
I wonder how many times you had sex
I wonder do you know who'll be next
I wonder l wonder wonder I do

I wonder about the love you can't find
And I wonder about the loneliness that's mine
I wonder how much going have you got
And I wonder about your friends that are not
I wonder I wonder wonder I do

I wonder about the tears in children's eyes
And I wonder about the soldier that dies
I wonder will this hatred ever end
I wonder and worry my friend
I wonder I wonder wonder don't you?

I wonder how many times you been had
And I wonder how many dreams have gone bad
I wonder how many times you've had sex
And I wonder do you care who'll be next
I wonder I wonder wonder I do
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*Too incredible a story for April fools.

Primavera #44

Manifestly Spring

Manifestamente Primavera

Retirado do contexto #197

Took me a while to understand the concept of (Florida & Oklahoma) panhandle.

Numa sala perto de mim #300

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) follows the path of the first movie but leaves more to chance and subtlety. Still very funny!

I will not hear your negativity! Madame, this is Route 66 and we are most assuredly getting our kicks!

Numa sala perto de mim #299

Fly Away Home (1996) a movie about the migratory patterns of geese and a lot of strong will!

Parece que estou a ouvir #202

Long Way Home
originally by Tom Waits, last night by the Hotclub of Cowtown... dog (Eva) and everything!

Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
There a light up ahead
I can't hold onto her arm
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
Got a head full of lightning
A hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

I put food on the table
And roof overhead
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For the highway instead
Watch your back if I should tell you
Love's the only thing I've ever known
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home

You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman
I know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
Where we can finally be alone
Come with me and we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home

Num país a fingir #52

Já lá vai algum tempo sobre a última publicação nesta rúbrica. O interregno deve-se, entre outros motivos, ao cansaço demasiado que a actividade de apontar o dedo a factos tristes que não deviam existir me provoca. Hoje, no entanto, quebro o silêncio porque o caso José Sócrates toma detalhes de monumental anedota. A paciência já não é muita para as notícias a conta gotas sobre a mediática personagem. Cada manhã se sabe mais um pequeno detalhe da vida ilícita do ex-primeiro ministro e quando isso não acontece é o advogado extravagante que dá nas vistas. O update de hoje faz saber que o livro de Sócrates afinal não é de Sócrates... nem ficção de novela de qualidade poderia alvitrar este cenário. Palmas por favor!

Sem título #44

18 Fev. 2015

Same location, different scenery / Mesmo local, cenário diferente 

25 Mar. 2015

Primavera #43

Mais visíveis / More visible

algumas magnolias já se vêm bem! / some magnolias are finally out!

Magnolias e céu azul... / Magnolias and blue skies...

chegou a primavera finalmente! / spring is finally here!

Pormenores #124

Very alert! / Sempre alerta!

Pormenores #123

Incompleta / Incomplete

Ditto #299

Three things cannot be hidden long: the sun, the moon and the truth.

--Buddha

Numa sala perto de mim #298

Red Army (2014) on the best hockey team that ever played the sport from the perspective of one of their own, Viacheslav Fetisov. A movie about hockey, politics, regimes, war, propaganda, personal dilemmas, beliefs, and money.

Coisas que não mudam #296

19 de Março é sempre Dia do Pai

(embora a data da celebração varie de país para país)

Primavera #42

Demoraram, mas finalmente os primeiros tímidos botões estão à vista!

They took a while, but finally the first timid blooms are starting to show!

Coisas que não mudam #295

Another St. Patrick's

(doodles hardly ever spell google anymore)

Retirado do contexto #196

Quase, mas não exactamente, simétrico

Almost symmetric but not quite