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Continue reading →: River by Laura Vinogradova
translated from the Latvian by Kaija Straumanis We are introduced to Rute through her sister Dina. Dina, lonely and struggling, haunted by the traumatic childhood the two endured, sees her younger sister as spoiled; Rute is happily married and lives in a spacious house with heated floors. Then the story…
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Continue reading →: Old Berber Trails just off the Ocean coastIn the Allocamp workshop in Agadir they found a gas leak in my fridge, tested it again, and found a second. I can’t imagine how that has happened, but at least it is under repair. I took it in on Monday, 29th December, and was hoping it would be ready…
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Continue reading →: SRD Fourth Annual Film Festival – Part One
Bugonia A pair of conspiracy theorists kidnap the CEO of a large company believing that she is an alien capable of negotiating a deal meaning that she would leave Earth and stop harming its residents. It’s a satirical absurdist dark comedy with great performances from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Under The PalmsI was up at 5 this morning, so the day that follows is not a strenuous one. It was by choice, indeed I would have been up other mornings at 5 in the last few weeks if the cricket from Australia had demanded it. By 7:30 England had won, their…
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Continue reading →: Settled at Ouijjane – under the palmsI’m settled in at campsite in the southwest of the Anti-Atlas mountains, where the mountains meet the desert, and will stay a while. There’s a pleasant atmosphere; with about ten other vans and motorhomes staying it’s almost full, but tranquil and civilised with a mixture of older people in retirement…
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Continue reading →: The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis
translated from the Greek by Peter Levi – first published in 1903 Though at 144 pages, so it meets my definition of a novella (..less than 150..), there is so much packed into this, that on completing it, it feels like I’ve read something much longer. It’s an underrated gem,…
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Continue reading →: Movie Catch-up
Lurker Italy / USA – 2025 An arthouse thriller about infatuation and yearning for approval. It’s a common story these days, but it’s freshly done with good performances that can be seen as a character study of loneliness and depression. IMDb score 6.8 – My Score 7 / 10 Urchin…
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Continue reading →: The 4th Annual SRD International Film Festival
taking place in my van between 24th December and 4th January Frankenstein (Mexico / USA) Bugonia (Ireland / UK / Canada / South Korea / USA) Train Dreams (USA) No Other Choice (South Korea) Die My Love (USA / UK / Canada) Wake Up Dead Man (USA / UK) The…
To live more widely
supera superiora sequi
SafeReturnDoubtful is my alias.
Where is Andy?
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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