Whatever is moved must be moved by something else

1. Vancouver Public Library, 6th F. Classics and Fine Art Dept. 

2. Kaos 1984, by Pablo e Vittorio Taviani 

3. Luigi Pirandello 1867-1936, Nobel Prize in Literature 

4. Mozart, Cavatina, L'ho perduta from Nozze di Figaro

5. Sicily, Italy

Create something that time will not willingly let die — Milton's Formula

 

Padre Padrone 
A shepherd boy from the backwaters of Sardinia molds himself into a linguistic scholar.

Night of the Shooting Stars 
Set on the night of the Feast of St. Lawrence during the last days of World War II.

Kaos
 
Adapted five short stories by Luigi Pirandello to capture the beauty of Sicilian landscape.
— All by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

In the primal sympathy

We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
—William Wordsworth

Poetry arrived

Poetry — Pablo Neruda 

And it was at that age... Poetry arrived 

in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where 

it came from, from winter or a river. 

I don't know how or when, 

no, they were not voices, they were not 

words, nor silence, 

but from a street I was summoned, 

from the branches of night, 

abruptly from the others, 

among violent fires or returning alone, 

there I was without a face 

and it touched me. 

Motherhood brings out the best of me

No, it's not in Montreal or New York City

Not in Canada, or US of A. It's only in Paris, yes, Paris. period. Some are born cultured. The rest just grab whatever come along...

Simply Live

so that others may simply live

— pick up some fallen cherry tree branches in the park and put them in a water jug and soon will be blossom
— bought a *used but like new Gap black leather bag $7.00, a vintage hand-knitted man's cardigan $3.99, which I will re-knit it ( the result will be posted it later )
— a bag of organic salad mix, add parmesan $1.00, a frozen pizza dough baked it into focaccia, add olive oil and basil $1.99, roasted 2 quarter of duck, $7.00 ( Delia Smith's recipe ), crème brûlée, cream $1.99, eggs $2.00, a bottle of Copper Moon chardonnay, $8.29*
— listen to Rufus Wainwright sing opera "Zemire et Azor" while cooking
— watch the dvd "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" borrow from the library
— read Khaled Hosseini's book "The Kite Runner" borrow from the library
Total cost of living for two today $33.26
*I still have half of the bottle chardonnay left
* used item bought at the thrift shop which support the battled women shelter