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Tag: borrowed words

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 18, 2024November 14, 2024

between scavenger and philosopher

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Marginalia, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 18, 2024November 17, 2024

I N T E R T W I N G L E S

[we are LEFT looking] Thank you Charlotte and Andrew for your wonderful hospitality.

Categories: Family history, This is Not yesterdayTags: Andrew + Charlotte, borrowed words, London, Peter + Sian, Rachel, West Hampstead
By Hole Ousia Posted on March 3, 2024November 18, 2024

Learning how to live

On Monday, St David’s Day, I went on a local adventure with Big Ted. Here is a ‘scrapbook’ of our day:

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Big Ted, borrowed words, Bridge of Allan, bridges, gateways, Keir, Lecropt, Omphalos films, scrapbook, Series II Land Rover, Sheriffmuir, vivendo discimus, Wharry Glen
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 22, 2023November 18, 2024

Eileen

A few quotes/passages from Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh:

Categories: Medical humanities, This is Not yesterdayTags: borrowed words, Eileen, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 3, 2023November 19, 2024

Heart of Darkness

Selected sentences from  Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad:

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 19, 2023November 19, 2024

Moby Dick

A selection of short sentences from Moby Dick by Herman Melville:         

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 19, 2023November 19, 2024

There’s an art to that

SECOND PLACE by Rachel Cusk was one of the books I read on our recent holiday in Suffolk.

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 19, 2023November 19, 2024

LESSONS

A few selected extracts from LESSONS by Ian McEwan.      

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Ian McEwan, lessons, quotes, reading, vivendo discimus

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