Even if this little melancholy book is not my cup of tea, still I think it is so well written that I finished reading it. I like how the author create the Parisian streets, the rain scene and most of all is how the author interprets Autumn. For me, autumn has never been a sad …
Month: August 2022
The two books of year 1955 are poetry collection of Baroque period and Romantic period. Just as Church Hymns and Art Songs are dear to me, so too these two books. I appreciate there is a section for women poet inside both of them. I found them in a public bookcase and adopted them. I …
Have you ever dreamed about candy meadow, marzipan castle, dolls kingdom, rose lake and a seashell carriage pulled by two golden-scaled dolphins? As for Marie, this was not a dream at all. No one believed her that she had given up to talk about this “dream”. At this moment, the “truth” (dream) knocked at her …
The Journey Blog is celebrating the 1st anniversary in its new home! It was a great year with you and I hope you enjoyed being here. Other than my blog, my Instagram reached 100 posts and I finally come back to Youtube after 6 months pause. There are so many reasons to throw the party! …
Two weeks after reading “Krabat” by Otfried Preußler, I was and still am completely immersed in the magical world of the story. So I went on to read two other books by the same author, they are “The Little Witch” and “The Wise Men of Schilda” . These books are inspiring in many ways, instead …
Last night the wind blew hardand rain was fine.Sound sleep did not dispel the aftertaste of wine.I ask the maid rolling up the screen.‘The same crab-apple tree’she says, ‘was seen.’“But don’t you knowO don’t you knowThe red should languish” 如梦令/ Like a dream/ Wie im Traum词: 李清照 译: 许渊冲Lyric: Li QingZhao Translator: Xu Yuanchong 海棠依旧?The …
I did not wait until the video finished upload to Youtube to get home. It was good like that, so I was able to view the gorgeous sunset. At home, the video uploading continued. For whatever reason, my website crashed last night. I have to fix it immediately. It is now back to normal only …
This morning, I worked on installing crowdfunding website- https://ko-fi.com/thejourneywriter . If I want to keep “The Journey” going, I need to make it financial sustainable. Put aside the time, intellectual property, the education, the travelling cost and etc. , there is a monthly cost to pay in order to run the blog. The cost for …