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A photo of many people relaxing on the shade provided on Square du Vert Galant, with the sound of the river on either side.
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Russian Trolleybus Poem
I was recently looking at the poetic association of trams and have just come across this poem about a trolley bus from https://sites.google.com/site/poetryandtranslations/various/trolleybus-v-tsoi
My place is on the left and I must go to my seat
I don’t get why they never turn on the heat
Don’t know my neighbor, though it’s now been a year
And we’re sinking, although shallow water is near
And we stare at the ceiling, with a hopeful unease,
On the old trolley-bus that is traveling east
On the old trolley-bus that is traveling east
On the old trolley-bus…
All people are brothers, we’re all six degrees…
And nobody knows why we’re traveling east
My neighbor can’t take it, he wants to break free
But he cannot escape, he doesn’t know where to flee
So we sit and we wonder if we’ll find our peace
On the old trolley-bus that is traveling east
The bus keeps on driving through the driver has fled
And the engine is rusty but we’re moving ahead
And we’re holding our breath, as we stare at the night
Where, for a moment, a star was lit bright
We stay silent, we know that the reason for this
Is the old trolley-bus that is traveling east…
By Victor Tsoi
Translation by Andrey Kneller
In the original Russian:-
Мое место слева, и я должен там сесть,
Не пойму, почему мне так холодно здесь,
Я не знаком с соседом, хоть мы вместе уж год.
И мы тонем, хотя каждый знает, где брод.
И каждый с надеждой глядит в потолок
Троллейбуса, который идет на восток.
Троллейбуса, который идет на восток.
Троллейбуса, который…
Все люди – братья, мы – седьмая вода,
И мы едем, не знаю, зачем и куда.
Мой сосед не может, он хочет уйти,
Но он не может уйти, он не знает пути,
И вот мы гадаем, какой может быть прок
В троллейбусе, который идет на восток.
В кабине нет шофера, но троллейбус идет,
И мотор заржавел, но мы едем вперед,
Мы сидим не дыша, смотрим туда,
Где на долю секунды показалась звезда,
Мы молчим, но мы знаем, нам в этом помог,
Троллейбус, который идет на восток.
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi was a Soviet-Korean singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager.
A painting by impressionist master CAMILLE PISSARRO that was seized from its French Jewish owner during World War II is at the center of a court battle beginning Tuesday in Paris after surfacing at an exhibition.
“La Cueillette des Pois” (Picking Peas), a gouache from 1887, emerged earlier this year on display at the French capital’s Marmottan Museum, more than 70 years after being snatched from art collector Simon Bauer in Nazi-occupied France.
A court will on Tuesday begin examining who are the rightful owners — Bauer’s descendants or an American couple who say they had no idea as to its wartime fate when they bought it at auction in 1995.
Bauer, a self-made businessman, was among the thousands of French Jews who were rounded up for deportation in 1944. He narrowly escaped being sent to the Nazi death camps due to a train drivers’ strike.
Read full article HERE
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Interesting as this seems to chime in with Niall Ferguson’s new book about the power of secret elites. It also is evidence of British imperialism in the resulting consequences of 1917.
In a sense it was Gallipoli all over again. Hold the Russians fast to the war without allowing them to gain anything from their mammoth contribution. Until the United States entered the war and her troops were on the ground in Europe, Russian troops were valuable, but Russia could not be allowed to share the spoils when the ultimate victory had been secured. It was absolutely essential that the Czar be prevented from mounting a successful offensive in 1917. An Allied conference in St Petersburg was hastily arranged, theoretically to discuss the proposed offensive, reach an agreement to supply vital armaments and boost local morale. Step forward Alfred Milner, undisputed master of the Secret Elite, to lead the British delegation. According to Cabinet papers, Milner was ‘authorised to give assurances on supplies to Russia if in his estimation the Russians could make good use of them’. [1] What power. Armament…
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Danke sehr Susanne-deine Meldungen finde ich immer sehr interessant und bezauber mich-eine charmante Mischung -Geschichte und Skizzen-Danke Sehr!!
Sizilien, 1.9.2017:
Ein ruhiger Tag sollte es heute werden. Ein Tag zum Erholen. Es wurde jedoch wieder ein sehr aufregender und vor allem langer Tag. Die Strecke entlang der Küstenstraße von Caronia nach Patti ist abwechslungsreich, 78 km lang und laut Navi in 1 Stunde und 56 Minuten zu befahren. Wir ließen uns treiben, hielten an, wo es uns gefiel und brauchten 7 Stunden und 30 Minuten.
Als erste Station hielten wir am Steinbruch Torrenova, der an einem vollkommen trocknen Flussbett liegt. Es hat etwas trauriges, Boote auf dem Trocknen zu sehen. Es war schon 13 Uhr herum und um die 30 Grad. Die Hitze verstärkt das deprimierende aber doch faszinierende Bild.
Capo d’Orlando ist ein Küstenstädtchen mit einem langen Strand inklusive der gleichnamigen Promenade. Wieder fragten wir uns, warum die Menschen so dichtgedrängt in Cefalú liegen, während es hier einen kilometerlangen Sandstrand, nette Cafés und Bars gibt und…
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Perceptive article- must read Lovecraft ….and get around too to Somerset Maugham!
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Sketches from Italy
Sketch from Monteriggioni,Tuscany 4″x 6″
What a wonderful adventure in Italy! I just returned from Tuscany and the Cinque Terre where I traveled with a group of artists and photographers. We spent most of our time exploring, sketching, and painting the hill towns of the Cinque Terre and Tuscany.
I was able to sketch this scene of the grapevines which acted as an awning across the piazza from my table at a cafe. Monteriggioni is located in Siena province of Tuscany. It is noted for its architecture, piazzas, and was mentioned in Dante’s “Divine Comedy”.
I was drawn to the shadow patterns created by the grapevines on the wall. It is certainly true that when one takes the time to sketch on site, the details of the scene are set in our minds more than a quick snapshot. Enjoying a cup of cappuccino and then a lunch of prosciutto and…
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