It was a bright and sunny day. I strolled on without a care. Keeping the debtors at my bay, was not an easy fare. I stopped pushing the baby in the carriage in the crisp and clean air. She smiled at me. Gently I stooped low, letting my lush red hair fall to her thin [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Peek-a-Boo
Posted in English, tagged poem on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hercules’ Hunt for the Hydra
Posted in English, tagged short story on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What Hercules noticed at first on his way to slay the Hydra was the stone statues that littered on his way there. They were mostly of shoppers, which made sense, since he was inside a shopping mall right now. Some of the shoppers that were walking beside him possessed handbags. Some of them possessed screaming [...]
Benedick and The Book of the Courtier
Posted in English, tagged essay on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Il Cortegiano – or The Book of the Courtier – was a book written by Baldassare Castiglione in the sixteenth century, and it consists of fictional conversations between various characters within the court of Duke Urbino regarding the qualities a perfect courtier – and the lady of his affection – must possess. The qualities discussed [...]
