Secrets of a happy marriage/ Erik Larson
Churchill believed marriage to be a simple thing and sought to dispel its mysteries through a series of aphorisms. “All you need to be married are champagne, a box of cigars, and a double bed,” he said. Or this: “One of the secrets of a happy marriage is never to speak to or see the […]
A paseo in nineteenth-century Cádiz/ Pio Baroja
(Original Spanish text at the end of this post. Louis Villalba translated it into English) On a winter Sunday afternoon at dusk, I did not know why I decided to leave the San Fernando stage and stay in Cádiz. There was the Sunday sadness of the seaports on the dock. I did not feel happy […]
