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Silver Moon
Thank you for your comment. Glad you liked it
posted by
ariel70
on August 24, 2005 at 5:17 AM
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silver
Thank you for your comment.
There's much more in a similar vein to come!
posted by
ariel70
on August 24, 2005 at 1:35 AM
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Wonderful post, ariel.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on August 24, 2005 at 12:54 AM
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jacenta
Thank you for your comment. The story will continue, so have some tissues handy!
posted by
ariel70
on August 23, 2005 at 6:07 AM
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Hello ariel70,
Great post! I found it very interesting.
posted by
jacentaOld
on August 23, 2005 at 6:06 AM
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david
Thank you for your comment, and your interest.
That book probably was " For Whom the Bell Tolls".
I think I'll post an article in a few minutes that I had published last year, about Spain today, and how they seem to be reconciled to their brutal past.
There is a passing reference to the main male character in the " The Lovers" part 2 that I've just posted.
posted by
ariel70
on August 23, 2005 at 5:54 AM
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Enjoyed the photo and would like to see more. Likewise with the historical background, which gave me an urge to read a bit of Hemingway. Can't remember which novel - For Whom the Bell Tolls, probably - but there is one of the most shocking scenes I've ever read which details the massacre of some villagers in rural Spain.
A very interesting post, Ariel.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 23, 2005 at 5:47 AM
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arial
Oh wow, how very beautiful and mysterious
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on August 22, 2005 at 5:37 PM
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quirky
Thank you for your comment.
I didn't mean a physical, but rather a psychic poisoning of the land. I wouldn't want to live there either, although I must say that friends live there, and they seem content
posted by
ariel70
on August 22, 2005 at 12:33 PM
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Ariel--
While I don't know whether it would "poison the soil" it's not too difficult to imagine that something remains...I sure as heck would not want to live in a house built there.
This was beautifully written and descriptive.
posted by
Julia.
on August 22, 2005 at 11:57 AM
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blackcat
Yes, it is strange, isn't it?
I shall do a short post soon on some of the other peculiar Spanish place names, some of them quite poetic
posted by
ariel70
on August 22, 2005 at 11:27 AM
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Nice post. I agree that some land should be held sacred.
But the translation on that name is pretty funny. Peeled chicken?
posted by
-blackcat
on August 22, 2005 at 10:48 AM
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madame
LOL!!!!
posted by
ariel70
on August 22, 2005 at 10:08 AM
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Beautiful photo...
and a very interesting backstory.
I doubt I'll ever be anywhere near that part of the world. I don't travel much (other than to St Petersburg and Moscow every now and again) ... I'd rather just live in this area (NY/Philly) year round.
I wish I could drink like a lady,
I can take one or two at the most.
Three and I'm under the table.
Four and I'm under the host.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 22, 2005 at 9:24 AM
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