CURRENT EVENTS

Tomato Soup

World famous Chef Ronaldo has again shared with us one of his recipes, which has made him world famous.

This time, it is his recipe for tomato soup.

BOOK OF THE WEEK

I have tried reading Dante’s Inferno in the past, but was never able to finish it.

Finally, I finished the story as told in modern english. However, I am strangely unsatisfied. I wish I had read something closer to the original.

I have a 2020 retro edition of Dante’s Inferno that was translated by The Rev. Henry Francis Cary back in 1861 that included the M Gustave Doré illustrations. I’m going to tackle that version next.

Dante’s Inferno in Modern English (2014)

Translated By Douglas Neff 

Inferno (Italian for “Hell”) is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso.

The Inferno describes Dante’s journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the “realm … of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen”. (Source: Wikipedia)

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

It didn’t take me long to lose interest in this film and stop watching.

On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie has sex with her friend Gabe. A few weeks later, Natalie feels sick and her best friend Cara gets her pregnancy tests. When Natalie takes them, her life diverges into two parallel realities based on the result. (Source: Wikipedia)

Look Both Ways (2022)

I think the Gwyneth Paltrow film Sliding Doors (1998) was so much better.

Helen Quilley gets fired from her public relations job. As she leaves the office building, she drops an earring in the lift, and a man picks it up for her. She rushes for her train on the London Underground but misses it as the train doors are closed; but the film then rewinds, and the scene is replayed, except that now she manages to board the train. The film continues, alternating between the two storylines in which different events ensue (Source Wikipedia).

MUSIC OF THE WEEK

John The Revelator 

Blues Brothers 2000 film

Background Info

The song’s title refers to John of Patmos in his role as the author of the Book of Revelation.

A portion of that book focuses on the opening of seven seals and the resulting apocalyptic events.

ART OF THE WEEK

Bird Hotel

in the Netherlands

EXTRAORDINARY PERSON  OF THE WEEK

Art Little

My coach, trainer and friend

JOKE OF THE WEEK

PHYSICAL TRAITS

Ever want to try mediation or you have tried it and just could not get the hang of it. If so, please give this book a chance.

Just Sit

By Sukey & Elizabeth Novogratz

Written for the many people whose schedule or skepticism has kept them from trying meditation, Just Sit is an [ ] engaging beginner’s guide. [ ] Sukey and Elizabeth Novogratz provide a hands-on look at what meditation really is, what is does, and how to do it.

The authors make clear that meditation doesn’t have to be complicated or follow a specific protocol. The most important part, to “just sit,” [ ] tailored to anyone’s lifestyle. (Source: Amazon)

CHARACTER TRAITS

Rule For Finding Fault With Someone

SOCIAL TRAITS

LEARNING TRAITS

2017 Trip to Peru

Travel provides a wealth of knowledge and I encourage people to go someone they have never been, at least once this year. It doesn’t have to be a foreign destination, it just needs to be somewhere different. There isn’t anything like seeing a place for the first time.

While on this trip trip to Peru, we visited Mucho Picchu, the Indian made floating reed islands in Lake Titicaca, Cusco (The Inca Capital), and many other places.

MISCELLANEOUS

Isn’t this the truth!