Feliz Dia de los Muertos a todos
Tacos for tea!
Blast from the past - my catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at London's Mexico Gallery
www.lucidity.ltd.uk/mexico/catal...
Tacos for tea!
Blast from the past - my catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at London's Mexico Gallery
www.lucidity.ltd.uk/mexico/catal...
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Feliz Dia de los Muertos a todos
Tacos for tea!
Blast from the past - my catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at London's Mexico Gallery
www.lucidity.ltd.uk/mexico/catal...
Tacos for tea!
Blast from the past - my catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at London's Mexico Gallery
www.lucidity.ltd.uk/mexico/catal...
First foray into AI generation of pics for old pomes
September 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First foray into AI generation of pics for old pomes
The joys of 3D printing
And magic
And magic
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The joys of 3D printing
And magic
And magic
200 years after the first railway passenger service was inaugurated, the 1420 from Stockton finally arrives at Darlington, on the opposite platform to my Azuma from Edinburgh (my original train was cancelled, of course)
September 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
200 years after the first railway passenger service was inaugurated, the 1420 from Stockton finally arrives at Darlington, on the opposite platform to my Azuma from Edinburgh (my original train was cancelled, of course)
New hobby?
Fukintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pots with gold and lots of swearing, finishing with "Fuk it, that'll have to do!"
Fukintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pots with gold and lots of swearing, finishing with "Fuk it, that'll have to do!"
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New hobby?
Fukintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pots with gold and lots of swearing, finishing with "Fuk it, that'll have to do!"
Fukintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pots with gold and lots of swearing, finishing with "Fuk it, that'll have to do!"
Messing with sex manuals for my current project...
July 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Messing with sex manuals for my current project...
More #Surrealist #Spanish #poetry.
You were missing it, weren't you?
Oh well, please yourselves.
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You were missing it, weren't you?
Oh well, please yourselves.
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Soy Laurel, soy el jardinero
A long piece by Carlos this time, originally printed by by J Albi and J Fuster of Verbo, in their Antologia del surrealismo español, en Verbo 23-25 (1952). Ode to the Gardens to Carlos Ferreira Tor…
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June 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
More #Surrealist #Spanish #poetry.
You were missing it, weren't you?
Oh well, please yourselves.
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You were missing it, weren't you?
Oh well, please yourselves.
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Up on the rooooof
(not acrophobic old me, the roofer)
(not acrophobic old me, the roofer)
June 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Up on the rooooof
(not acrophobic old me, the roofer)
(not acrophobic old me, the roofer)
Bisexual #Mexican nun predicts antisocial media wars from 400 years ago
#SorJuana
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#SorJuana
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Let’s Pretend …
Dominique Sanda and Assumpta Serna in Yo, la peor de todas (Argentina 1990) If you read or even glanced at my previous post, you’ll have seen I went on at excessive length about why and how I…
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May 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Bisexual #Mexican nun predicts antisocial media wars from 400 years ago
#SorJuana
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#SorJuana
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Lengthy and tedious waffle about the poem that will be in the next blog post.
#SorJuana #translation
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#SorJuana #translation
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I’m Right, You’re Stupid
Let’s take another break from Spanish post-surrealism and travel to Baroque, Seventeenth Century Mexico once more. In a double instalment: first, here, the waffle; second, soonly, the pome! R…
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May 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Lengthy and tedious waffle about the poem that will be in the next blog post.
#SorJuana #translation
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#SorJuana #translation
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Couldn't resist the tweak to Lazarus' last line 😉
April 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Couldn't resist the tweak to Lazarus' last line 😉
Tangy Risotto Milanese, with Amalfi cedro lemon, courgette, crisped prosciutto, parmesan cheese and saffron. And a salad with cedro pith.
Yeth, it ith ecthelent
Yeth, it ith ecthelent
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tangy Risotto Milanese, with Amalfi cedro lemon, courgette, crisped prosciutto, parmesan cheese and saffron. And a salad with cedro pith.
Yeth, it ith ecthelent
Yeth, it ith ecthelent
Sonnets all done! Sense of achievement and relief.
#SpanishPoetry #translation #poetry
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#SpanishPoetry #translation #poetry
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“We done the bugger!”
…as Sherpa Tenzing Norgay is reputed to have said, having just come down from the summit of Mount Everest/Qomolangma. I know how he felt. Twelve weeks and two days ago, dear reader, I posted …
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April 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sonnets all done! Sense of achievement and relief.
#SpanishPoetry #translation #poetry
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#SpanishPoetry #translation #poetry
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Sonnet thirteen of fifteen. Unlucky?
#translation #poetry #CarlosEdmundodeOry
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#translation #poetry #CarlosEdmundodeOry
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Mala suerte esta voz
Yes, it’s sonnet 13, unlucky for some? Only two to go… I’ve been sitting in the cemetery, pondering rhymes… [This voice this blood…]This voice this blood that calls your sac…
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April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sonnet thirteen of fifteen. Unlucky?
#translation #poetry #CarlosEdmundodeOry
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#translation #poetry #CarlosEdmundodeOry
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Sonnet Twelve. Three to go...
#poetry #translation #spanish
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#poetry #translation #spanish
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Back to the Action: Soneto doce
Without more ado, and to mark the birthday of the wonderful but absent Rucyrucyrucyrucy, allow me to present something about dissolving throats. Other tasks will now distract me, as I do my volunte…
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April 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sonnet Twelve. Three to go...
#poetry #translation #spanish
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#poetry #translation #spanish
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Another sonnet by Carlos Edmundo. Only six to go!
#deOry #poetry #sonnets #spanish
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#deOry #poetry #sonnets #spanish
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Who was Maria? What was she?
It’s always interesting to consider the biographical aspects of other people’s work, even if you’d rather people kept schtumm about your own. To be honest, I have no desire to kee…
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April 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Another sonnet by Carlos Edmundo. Only six to go!
#deOry #poetry #sonnets #spanish
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#deOry #poetry #sonnets #spanish
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Back to blogging the #sonnets of #CarlosEdmundoDeOry
#Spanish #Cádiz #poetry
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#Spanish #Cádiz #poetry
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Tres for the Price of Uno
¡Madre de dios y el burro pequeño! is it really seven whole weeks since I last added an Ory sonnet? Seemingly. It’s not that I’ve been inactive no no no. Other things have got in the wa…
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March 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Back to blogging the #sonnets of #CarlosEdmundoDeOry
#Spanish #Cádiz #poetry
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#Spanish #Cádiz #poetry
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It must be forty plus years since I wrote the gag, "Don't confuse Dai with culture," said Heidi: "he thinks Flann O'Brien is an Irish quiche."
And tonight, for Paddy's Day, I have limited pleasure in unveiling the dish itself. Bacon and cabbage on potato bread
Slainté!
#StPatrick2025
And tonight, for Paddy's Day, I have limited pleasure in unveiling the dish itself. Bacon and cabbage on potato bread
Slainté!
#StPatrick2025
March 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It must be forty plus years since I wrote the gag, "Don't confuse Dai with culture," said Heidi: "he thinks Flann O'Brien is an Irish quiche."
And tonight, for Paddy's Day, I have limited pleasure in unveiling the dish itself. Bacon and cabbage on potato bread
Slainté!
#StPatrick2025
And tonight, for Paddy's Day, I have limited pleasure in unveiling the dish itself. Bacon and cabbage on potato bread
Slainté!
#StPatrick2025
Two soups....
You have to buy a whole feckin head of celery, so the thing on the right of the minestrone is a celery and red pepper concoction.
No need to cook for the best part of a week now!
You have to buy a whole feckin head of celery, so the thing on the right of the minestrone is a celery and red pepper concoction.
No need to cook for the best part of a week now!
March 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Two soups....
You have to buy a whole feckin head of celery, so the thing on the right of the minestrone is a celery and red pepper concoction.
No need to cook for the best part of a week now!
You have to buy a whole feckin head of celery, so the thing on the right of the minestrone is a celery and red pepper concoction.
No need to cook for the best part of a week now!
Gradually working through the archeology of the freezer, found a sheepy shoulder.
So, a Sunday roast on a Saturday night, with sprouts, carrots, roasties, homemade mint sauce & onion gravy, washed down with a bottle of Ch Palmer '95
Yum
A few days' worth of leftovers to work with
So, a Sunday roast on a Saturday night, with sprouts, carrots, roasties, homemade mint sauce & onion gravy, washed down with a bottle of Ch Palmer '95
Yum
A few days' worth of leftovers to work with
March 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Gradually working through the archeology of the freezer, found a sheepy shoulder.
So, a Sunday roast on a Saturday night, with sprouts, carrots, roasties, homemade mint sauce & onion gravy, washed down with a bottle of Ch Palmer '95
Yum
A few days' worth of leftovers to work with
So, a Sunday roast on a Saturday night, with sprouts, carrots, roasties, homemade mint sauce & onion gravy, washed down with a bottle of Ch Palmer '95
Yum
A few days' worth of leftovers to work with
Soft Machine at Kinross
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Soft Machine at Kinross