Octopus Garden ~ by Reina del Cid
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Back in March, Rachelle Cordova, who performs under the name Reina del Cid, performed a cover of “Octopus’s Garden” by the Beatles and it’s truly delightful. In the video, Cordova plays with lead guitarist Toni Lindgren and Travis Worth who sat in on bass.
The song was written by Ringo Starr with friendly support from George Harrison.
Source: upworthy(.com)
Happy New Year ! ~ by Hénock Gugsa
You made it !
Monica Belucci parties it up!
Carson vs Webb * ~ by TPO
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H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !!!
La réunion d'un père avec son fils !
[du film: "588 rue Paradis" (1992)]
Intelligence vis-à-vis Education ~ by Hénock Gugsa
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Wise Counsel from Marcus Aurelius ~ by TPO
Marcus Aurelius writes: *
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?”
[To the mind’s natural protestation that staying under the blankets simply feels nicer, Aurelius retorts:]
So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands?
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* Source: "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius [TheMarginalian, Maria Popova]
Le cheval (1954)
~ Louise de Vilmorin ~
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J’aime porter de longs cheveux
Comme une femme,
J’aime porter un amoureux
Près de sa dame,
J’aime porter le poids fatal
Des inconnus,
J’aime porter le long du val
Les bienvenues.
J’aime la poudre du chemin
Sur mon visage,
J’aime le conseil de la main
Qui m’encourage.
Je fuis mon ombre de cheval
Courant la plaine,
Je crains mon reflet animal
Dans la fontaine.
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Once - by Ambrose Harte
I used to dance,
but the music's gone,
I once had love,
but I'm now alone.
I used to sing,
but I lost my song,
I used to rhyme,
now the timings wrong.
I used to work,
but they shut us down,
I love the country,
but I live in town.
I used to smile,
now I cry instead,
I once had feasts,
now I've only bread.
I once had children,
but now they've grown,
I used to laugh,
but now I moan.
I once was clever,
but I lost my head,
I used to sleep,
now I've got no bed.
I used to swim,
but the sea's dried up,
I once drank water,
now there's ne'er a drop.
I once was good,
but now I'm bad,
I had a soul,
now I'm empty and sad.
I once was fearless,
now I'm filled with dread,
I used to live,
but now I'm dead.
I had directions,
but now I'm lost,
I had a body,
now I'm just a ghost.
Bom Mesmo e Estar Debaixo D'Agua
(Good even while drowning)
- Luedji Luna (2021 Latin Grammy's) -
Steel Grit - Granalla de acera !
Coreografía: Miguel Ángel Berna
Música original: Alberto Artigas,
Josué Barrés,
José Luis Montón.
Letra: Mª José Hernández.
Silence ~ by Thomas Hood
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There is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,
In the cold grave - under the deep, deep sea,
Or in wide desert where no life is found,
Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound,
No voice is hushed - no life treads silently,
But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free,
That never spoke, over the idle ground.
But in green ruins, in the desolate walls
Of antique palaces where Man hath been,
Though the dun fox or wild hyena calls,
And owls, that flit continually between,
Shriek to the echo, and the low winds moan -
There the True Silence is, self-conscious and alone.
