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On Facebook, all the time, postings of the Baker Street Bears.
Last night, leaving the liquor store, about to cut down the alley to avoid the homeless and what do I see?
Zoomed in:
So, skip the alley. Home, later, pop out for a cigarette, left phone upstairs charging, the same bear, big, now moseying up the alley, comes within 5 feet of me, then turns around, goes over the stairs quickly and is off...damn, missed a good photo.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
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An array of South Asian Superstars in Jee-Woon Kim's homage to "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".
Actually, ridiculously amusing, and the lead character - Song Kang-Ho - is recognizable from "The Parasite" & "Memories of Murder".
The plot: Bandits, a Bounty Hunter, Chinese Gangs & the Japanese Army all vie for a treasure map.
Available to stream for free on Tubi TV. No great meaning, just a good old-fashioned Saturday Matinee, like back in the day of Star Wars or Indiana Jones, before Disney got hold of them...
2 Eagles
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Wintry days, sans snow and eerily quiet in the woods.
Still, while no wildlife (or, not much) to be seen, abundant traces in fresh Elk, Bear & Rabbit Scat.
And a couple of Eagles, who seem to have decided not to fly South this year...
Apologies for the quality but heavily zoomed.
A large list of unread Russian Novelists...
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And so I'm diving down rabbit hole after rabbit hole looking for next reads tangent to the one I've just finished.
Of course, I enjoyed it greatly and would be curious as to the literary milieu that birthed some of my favorite books, there are undoubtedly a few new favorite books that I haven't read yet, and I'd like to get them on the list....
(I'd started the "Marquise of O and other tales" by Kleist only to have it ruined in the introduction by a translator that presumed I was familiar with the plot, outcome and themes of each of the stories. I am now, you asshole, but you've rather ruined my discovery of it!!!)
So far:
Red Spectres - An Anthology of Gothic Russian Tales, Translated by Muiriann Maguire, authors include: Valery Bryusov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Aleksandr Chayanov, Aleksandr Grin, Sigizmund Krzhishanovsky, Pavel Perov & Georgy Peskov. Title is linked to excellent reviews, you can find others online.
Now this would be a good start, I'd love the introduction to authors I might want to follow a little more closely. A quick tour of town and all the bookstores turns me up empty-handed.
Online, well, prices are expensive and I'm not in a mood to wait. Although I might have to.
Alexander Vasilievich Chayanov - whose short story “Venediktov” directly inspired Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita". But that's available in the above anthology. Worth clicking on the link though, for the illustrations are perfect.
Then there's Lyubov Belozerskaya, who wrote "My Life with Mikhail Bulgakov", which would give some background but again is ridiculously priced for a used book...
Anyways, a brief look at what I'm keeping my eyes peeled for...fingers crossed, but stranger things have happened. Maybe time to make a trip to Kaslo and check their bookstore? Or maybe just call...
Oh, and a good website devoted to "The Master and Margarita" - https://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/index.html & the discovery that there's yet another film version to be coming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita_(2024_film). Note the list of adaptations at the bottom of the Wiki Page, there's a few I have yet to see...
Although I'd need a wife connection, as the library and cafe aren't letting me pirate shit...
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