Caprichos #576

Imagens de Turim a cada mês que passa

Piazza San Carlo. Bem bonita!

Sem título #105

Foi neste dia #353 (1972)

Domingo sangrento em Derry, Irlanda do Norte, há 48 anos. Aniversário negro apenas um dia depois da aprovação do Brexit no parlamento Europeu.

From The Writer's Almanac:

It was on this day in 1972 that British army parachutists shot 27 unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland — an event known as “Bloody Sunday.” The protestors had been marching to oppose the new British policy of imprisoning people without a hearing.

The Northern Irish conflict stemmed from a peace treaty signed in 1923 after Ireland’s successful war for independence from Britain. The treaty partitioned Ireland, designating the largely Catholic south as an independent nation, while leaving six counties of Northern Ireland, which had a Protestant majority, as part of the United Kingdom.

On this day, parachute troopers were given the okay to fire on the protestors. The first person killed was shot in the back. Thirteen people died — half of them were teenagers. All of the protesters were unarmed.

Foi neste dia #352 (1908)

Há 112 anos falhava em Lisboa o golpe de 28 de Janeiro ou a Intentona do Elevador onde o partido republicano tentou derrubar a monarquia e implementar a república. Quatro dias depois dava-se o Regicídio.

Coisas que não mudam #537

27 of January is Holocaust Remembrance Day, this year marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Coisas que não mudam #536

Gansos no campus

Foi neste dia #351 (1576)

Hoje, no 444º aniversário da sua fundação, Luanda está na imprensa internacional por razões tristes, que infelizmente nem causam surpresa... com a conivência de tantos em Portugal.

Conselhos úteis #15

Retirado do contexto #272

Encarpado à retaguarda

Numa sala perto de mim #425

The Report (2019) on the interests of power and justice, and the length authorities go to act in the limits of the law on account of protection of the public interest, even if the line between right and wrong is blurred or the separation of powers is overlooked. The movie contains the genesis of authoritarian rule and the justification for covering up mistakes, as well as the difficulty of oversight and accountability.

Palavras lidas #447

Before Quiet
Hazel Hall

I will think of water-lilies
Growing in a darkened pool,
And my breath shall move like water,
And my hands be limp and cool.

It shall be as though I waited
In a wooden place alone;
I will learn the peace of lilies
And will take it for my own.

If a twinge of thought, if yearning
Come like wind into this place,
I will bear it like the shadow
Of a leaf across my face.

Ditto #429

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

--Percy Bysshe Shelley

Espantos #601

A escultura original da Loba Capitolina, em Roma.

Coisas que não mudam #535

Sem título #104

Em Roma, algumas fotos que fazem lembrar...

I don't care,

I certainly do!

nem vem que não tem;

ai se eu pudesse saltar mais alto;

aaaaai que tristeza tamanha...

just when I thought I was a woman...

no me gusta!

mas quem é que me roubou o selfie stick?

Numa sala perto de mim #424

Le Mans '66 (2019) or Ford vs Ferrari on the relentless competition of car manufacturers to build the fastest and most resistant machine to withstand a 24h race. Though it's a Hollywood movie, it stays pretty close to historical facts.

Espantos #600

Roma e Vilar de Mouros teem a mesma latitude: 41.9° N

Caprichos #575

Em Roma: uma casa de banho de luxo

no palácio Doria e Panphilij

Pedaços de Roma #3

Castelo e Ponte de Sant'Angelo

depois do sol se pôr

Caprichos #574

(from here)