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Continue reading →: The Fall
2006 At a Los Angeles hospital in the 1920s, Alexandria is a child recovering from a broken arm. She befriends Roy Walker, a movie stunt man with legs paralyzed after a fall. At her request, Roy tells her an elaborate story about six men of widely varied backgrounds who are…
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Continue reading →: Pociag or Night Train
Poland – 1959 A man named Jerzy is taking a night train to the Baltic coast in Poland, and from his manner, and dark sunglasses, it is evident he wants to be alone. Through a series of circumstances he ends up having to share his compartment with a young blonde…
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Continue reading →: Medical Visits in the Alva ValleyRoja had been unwell with vomiting after eating since Monday, I mentioned it in the last post. Though I thought he had recovered, the issue flared up again later in the week. It was clear he wasn’t digesting any of his food, and was losing weight. On Friday I found…
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Continue reading →: Big RiverStorm Ivo followed hot on the heels of Storm Herminia. Ivo was named by Portugal, Herminia by Spain; it seems a race to get it named, both come from the Atlantic, so one assumes that Portugal would take the brunt of both. They have both been rain events, the latter,…
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Continue reading →: The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
American non-fiction – Published 2005 The book begins with a mystery, a beachcombing scientist discovers a washed up kayak on the shore of an uninhabited Queen Charlotte island and begins to collect a few of its parts, then to further discover scattered camping gear and other equipment that lend him…
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Continue reading →: Nosferatu
The cinematography is impressive but any sense of mystery is absent; there are no twists here, we know what happens in the end. Some films don’t need a remake. Especially this one. Murnau’s silent film, 103 years previously, said it all, pardon the pun. I wonder in 103 more years…
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Continue reading →: Vaazhai, Vermiglio & Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World
International Film Festival Christmas 2024 in the Van Vaazhai – India 2024 This is a Tamil drama set in a rural village in the south of India based around the lives of a 12 year old boy, Sivanandan, who just about balances his school life with the local work, carrying…
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Continue reading →: Days of the Alva ValleyI’m going to be in the Alva valley, most likely at the campervan area by the river, and next to the village of Barril de Alva, for a couple of weeks. After the dog attack last Sunday I needed to get the dressing changed on my hand on Tuesday at…
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Continue reading →: An extended stay in the Serra do AçorEarly on Sunday morning up at the Chapel, just after breakfast two cars pulled up for their drivers to exchange vehicles. They had three dogs with them, the two smaller ones came over to be friendly with Roja. Soon after the other, a male fifty kilo mastiff came over and…
To live more widely
supera superiora sequi
SafeReturnDoubtful is my alias. Rua is my fox red labrador pup, born 14 Feb 2026 and learning fast..
Where is Rua?
I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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