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My attempt at vaho/baho: steamed beef marinated in bitter orange juice (or here, a mixture of lime & regular orange) with plantain, green banana & yuca. Served with the white cabbage & tomato salad with lime dressing that seems to be a must with every Nicaraguan dish!
It's no doubt delicious when done properly but I had to find a workaround when it wouldn't cook & the result was disappointing.
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There are so many references to European literature and culture (mostly French, but also British, German, and of course Spanish, though not as much as I thought he would) in this poetry collection. The quoted poem is about Marguerite Gautier (or here, Margarita), the Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias) from the novel/play of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils.

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First poem in this collection by Rubén Darío, and the parallels between it and Nerval's Fantaisie jump out to me (but then, I'm French and I had to learn it by heart at school).

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I‘ll be honest, I have no idea what I read - I just know Woolf‘s style isn‘t for me. So much double speak and description of minutiae for no real reason. Only one of the stories in this collection was enjoyable to me…but even then its point felt confused. #AuthorAMonth

I tried Virginia Woolf for the first time and she is definitely not for me. I hope other #AuthorAMonth readers have better luck!

A day late but here I am joining in! #Tuesday #Scavengerhunt #Ocean #youreit

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From a bubble of privilege, she extolled idleness. I think one must be idle in order to become oneself, she wrote. 'If you have a profession you become part of that profession. With work you become a function. With idleness you become who you are.'

March 25th #CoverStories Waves @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

January 2025 Book #7
My experience with short story collection is that like/enjoy some stories more than others just like this collection. Some of stories were so beautifully written, others in my humble opinion, were like beautiful expressions but didn‘t feel like a short story for me. 3.5⭐️

Recent acquisition:

📖 A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers by Hugh Kenner