A novelised tour Puerto Rico’s colonial history from the perspective of a determined and yet unlikeable heroine and the people she enslaves for a sugar hacienda in the 19th Century. It could have been improved with more focus on the lives of the slaves.
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 191
#InterestingThings: Delicious #vegan sweet potato #recipe, a moment in the #Sahara under the #Orion star cluster, 80’s #synth with #French star Françoise Hardy, a #rabbit effigy from #Mexico, turning an old apartment into a work of art in #Sweden, classic lollies as #art, #architecture and more!
Book Review: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
A juicy and reverent novel about a sparkling time in #history – the #Italian #Renaissance from the perspective of a determined young female glassmaker on the island of #Murano in #Venice.
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 190
90’s Hip-Hop golden era classics with DJ Afrosia Nice people dancing to good soul music, a sign at the Do Drop In. All of the supermodels of the 90’s in one fabulous documentary I couldn’t stop watching all of the beauty! Cycling the Klausenpass with Nala cat One of my favourite vloggers, Nala’s World inContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 190”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 189
Printer Solistice: Poet, Mathematician and Meteorologist Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) Story and screenprint art by artist, printmaker and marine geophysicist, Ele Willoughby, PhD (she/her) on Mastodon. Astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist & poet Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797), who left her impact on Qing era China during her short life. Raised by her father and grandparents, her ancestral home wasContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 189”
Welcome to a strange and forgotten alien world: Socotra
Looking like a cross between a surreal computer game and an alien planet, Socotra is a relatively unexplored and remote island off the coast of Arabian Peninsula. It’s a sparkling diamond of natural diversity and rugged wildness, with over 700 endemic species of flora and fauna. Only a small number of countries have more endemicContinue reading “Welcome to a strange and forgotten alien world: Socotra”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 188
How the ancient Egyptians made dazzling faience amulets Archaeologist and sculptor Zahed Taj-Eddin shows how to make this ancient and mysterious form of art, it’s incredible! Orbital – Halcyon On and on (Faster Horses Edit) [1993] I shared this one ages and ages ago but I just heard it again and it chilled me toContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 188”
What’s some movies everyone else loves but you hate?
I’ll go first and give you my reasons…which nobody asked for haha… The Green Mile: Ultra sad and overly dramatic, it seemed to fetishise the poor guy who was on death row, which I didn’t like. The English Patient: Loved the book but hated the movie. Glacially slow and the acting was a bit pompous.Continue reading “What’s some movies everyone else loves but you hate?”
Book Review: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
A sexy dark and glittering jewel of a novel featuring Sapphic vampires and crumbling old Victorian estates with a cast of believable and enjoyable characters. You will want to get drawn into this one, but you may not be able to stop!
All About Māori Kite Making
There are 17 types of Māori kites. Traditionally made from strong timber framing like manuka wood they were woven with flax and the paper and bark of the mulberry plant until the plant went virtually extinct. Birdman kites have a powerful symbolism for all Māori iwi including for my own, Ngaī Tamanuhiri and Ngā Puhi.Continue reading “All About Māori Kite Making”
