Month: July 2019

The story continues…

28 July 2019
by Arnaldo Pellini
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I find it nice to re-read books I have read when I was in my teens. So, here I am back to War and Peace. Almost to the end of book 1. I have the memories of when I read the book maybe 20-25 years ago. The memories have blurred with the passing of time. Re-reading the book is discovering it anew. It’s 1809. The Rostov family has moved temporarily to St Petersburg. The whole […]

50 years ago on the moon

20 July 2019
by Arnaldo Pellini
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“Though I’m past one hundred thousand milesI’m feeling very stillAnd I think my spaceship knows which way to goTell my wife I love her very much she knowsGround Control to Major TomYour circuit’s dead, there’s something wrongCan you hear me, Major Tom?Can you hear me, Major Tom?Can you hear me, Major Tom?Can you “Here am I floating ’round my tin canFar above the moonPlanet Earth is blueAnd there’s nothing I can do”DB