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ON MONDAY
ESL Podcast 1256 – Describing Fast and Slow
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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “to catch” and “to drone on.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “THeodore Roosevelt McElroy.”
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ON WEDNESDAY
English Cafe 579
Topics: American Authors – Philip K. Dick; on purpose versus deliberately versus intentionally; moderately versus sparingly; understatement of the century
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ON FRIDAY
ESL Podcast 1257 – Repairing Damage to an Autobody
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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “body” and “to run.”
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Hi,
In my country it’s winter hour change 2016, Daylight Saving Time (DST).
When local daylight time was about to reach Sunday, 30 October 2016, 04:00:00
clocks were turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, 30 October 2016, 03:00:00
local standard time instead.
Time changes in year 2016 for USA – California – Los Angeles (1 hour back) on November 6.
Best wishes,
Tania
Hi,
Poppies in October by Sylvia Plath (English cafe 557/ 2016)
“Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.
…………………………………………………………………………..
A gift, a love gift
Utterly unasked for
By a sky
………………………….
In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers.”
Hi,
Frog Autumn by Sylvia Plath
“Summer grows old…
The insects are scant, skinny.
…………………………………….
Mornings dissipate in somnolence.
The sun brightens tardily
Among the pithless reeds.
……………………………………..
Frost drops even spider.”
Hi,
I have found “Ariel” by Sylvia Plath , and as I like poetry I am trying to learn the
poetic diction.
Thank you, dear Jeff.
Nothing to say
Nothing to think
Nothing to do
Nothing to fight for
Nothing to write
Nothing to be here
Alone with my soul
In this empty house
My love is not here
So, what can I do?
(it is only a poem dear Tania)
Now I am listening to Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Gatufo in on my lap
Half an hour ago
I have been talking
with my half soul
Cuca, and she is OK.
Nothing happens
Its only the Walpurgis night
When the dead souls appears
I feel my mother´s soul
Missing her for long
This night even more.
Good night every one
of Blog´s friends.
emiliano
In Germany and other European´s countries
Walpurgis nitht it is non the 30 -1 of May
But to me it is just the same
I don´t like to think it is dead´s night
here in Spain.
For the Irish people tonight is Halloween
But this tradition comes from the Celts
thousand of years ago.
When Christians came to spread their
Religion.
Ther forbid the Halloween night
and Cristians said it was Dead´s nigh
Even in Norh America where Halloween
was celebrated for Iris nmigrants
Protestants forbid this night of Halloween
celebration.
At the end the custom spread all
round EE:UU., and finally was
in the year 1921 when the first
parade of Halloween was celebrated
and, oh miracle, it was in Minnesota (Jeff).
After that English Protestand and Catholic
in EEUU. take the feast as a nice children
good celebration.
This Halloween feasts it is so old that
when the Old Romans conquered the Celts´s
countries they took also the custom
of celebrate this feast.
Celts made some sacrifices to the Goods
sometime even human or children
sacrifices to have the Goods quite
Now everything it is so superficial
that I don´t like to put a mask on
my face or nothing similar
In fact it is not a feast to me.
The last odd custom it is to
have a clown dress and make
silly acts.
The sinister clown dress is
taken of the Stephen King´s
novel IT
what is even more strange.
Sthephen King´s novel IT?
Just incredible.
I read it several years ago
and the novel it is very good.
People doing that are destroying
the good memories I have from
the novel.
Just a pity.
(enough for the moment)
emiliano
Hi,
For some years it seemed that Halloween could be a great feast and in my country.
This year… less. But it is famous the Dracula’s castle from Transylvania where many, many tourists came,
even Americans, to celebrate Halloween .
You can sleep in a coffin, eating the Dracula’s menu.
Hi,
Thank you , dear Emiliano, just for the simple fact that you were thinking about me writing.
Reading the poems by Sylvia Plath, I was thinking about you, too.
As we are in November… Look!
Letter in November by Sylvia Plath
Love, the world
Suddenly turns, turns colour. The streetlight
Splits through the rat’s-tail
Pods of the laburnum …
…………………………………………..
This is my property.
Two times a day
I pace it, sniffing
The barbarous holly with its viridian
Scallops, pure iron.
……………………………………………..
O love, O celibate.
Nobody but me
Walks the waist-high wet.
The irreplaceable
Golds bleed and deepen, the mouths of Thermopylae.
Hi,
Dear Emiliano, I like very much and your poems.
Pure suffering, pain.
Best wishes, health to Cuca,
Tania
Don’t forget me, people. I’m not dead.
From Brazil
Me
Good Aecio, really good you are not dead of course.
emiliano