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“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

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"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which we have many years in a week: Morning in Brazil, too?

Good morning, most kind and dear friend, reader of this present post, too! How are you? This is a post I have been trying to write since this Tuesday or so... and it has been quite hard to think on what to develop into a more substancial thought. There is a lot that I would like to talk, and I was terrified of starting a post, only to delete it and leave it at that, it happened time and again, and it destroys me for the moment. I don't know why such a strong repulsion against starting a thought and not knowing how to end, not finding a good way to conclude. Perhaps it is fear of fatigue. Or of being mistreated. But I do have an ongoing trend that I perceive, I really, really wanted to mention it. I did start the year a bit annoyed with the 2016 nostalgia, and on that line, I said that it was more of a 1989 year than 2016. I said it due to the capture of Maduro, the (ongoing) second Iranian Revolution and war, the immense losses the left suffered across latin America, that brought s...

In Which Gardening Will Not Redeem Diocletian

In Which I talk of Walls and Ghost Job Entries

In Which Balance on French History is Hard to Get Correctly

In Which we have an Incoherent Post, such is the thought process of the author

In Which I talk about city streets and how details matter

In Which we have the tone for 2026 more defined: Dialogue of the Jane Jacobs

In Which I don't want to say All Is Lost. It is not.

In Which we have a beautiful Christmas Eve 2025

In Which It is the Height of the Season, at last!

In Which November 2025 ends, another November of Creative block

In Which poor Writing Tropes can sour one's soul

In Which we have an early November with Grievances and some good thoughts in between

In Which we have the Opening of November! Christmas 2025, the one of uncharted territory

Im Which a moment of frustration gives rise to a new blog post!! Remarks on New Tradition, and why that alone won't do

In Which Creativity is not a granted gift, but prudencr is also advised

In Which One Must Resist the call of Resentment