Pleasant distractions

  After suffering some doubts about Raymond Chandler who was obviously a brilliant writer but completely sidetracked by his own witticisms t...

  While still on vacation, I randomly selected old fashioned noir detective story "The Big Sleep" because the beginning seemed ni...

 

 

Before I forgot, I should mention a recent vacation trip to Canary Islands . The plan was a winter escape somewhere sunny and warm - the ori...

 

  I ADORE Ruth Goodman ever since I first glimpsed her in BBC documentaries about living on various "historic farms" by BBC. In fa...

  Boldly going where I have not been before and continuing with my decision that 2026 I will read authors that I never read before, after ol...

  Because I enjoyed "Betty Zane" so much, I got carried away with my enthusiasm for Western genre and decided to continue with mor...

I watched really unusual movie last night - in the cinema! - it was international co-production between US and Japan and it introduced me to...

  A few months ago I decided to book the tickets for Dutch National Opera here in Amsterdam and treat myself and a good friend. Trough the ...

Someone sent me this wonderful documentary and I watched it with the greatest pleasure. It is not often that I have opportunity to watch t...

  During the New Year's Eve, beautiful old Vondelkerk burned down thanks to the fireworks that made a whole town into one big war zone. ...

  For this year, I have created not one but two long lists "to read" with titles by the authors I have yet not read. I thought thi...