The last reading I owe to Mary’s Handbook is Andrea Francavilla’s Non-Democratic Dwarf Tales.
The short stories are dwarfed in terms of length but the author’s ability to evoke situations and contexts in the space of a few words by building characters through their dialogues immediately emerges.
The short stories are not democratic, how would you personally interpret this definition?
The author mentions a friend in the acknowledgments for this very title.
These Non-Democratic Dwarf Tales have a common denominator: a rainy night.
I don’t know about you, when I think of the words ‘night’ and ‘rain’ I immediately think of the very famous phrase from the film The Crow: It can’t rain all the time.
For me it’s like a kind of mantra in difficult times.
Do you like the rain? Do you like to go out when it rains ?
The book’s protagonists are what one might call a repertoire of varied humanity and well represent hardship, frailties, mistakes, doubts, imperfections, and all the varied facets of the difficulties of living.
My compliments to the author on how he has come full circle.
Non-Democratic Dwarf Tales is a first work but I hope we will soon be able to read more by Andrea Francavilla.
In his bio he says he is convinced that behind every problem lies an opportunity and I personally have only to learn.
Tutto vero is the title of the book by Alessandro Depegi, whom I thank most sincerely.
I met the author as a blogger and I recommend to follow his Quarchedundepegi’s Blog, you will immediately find his way of telling stories very interesting.
E-mail after e-mail I am learning so much from Alessandro and I find everything he writes absolutely valuable.
Through his real ‘oral tradition‘ he opens a window on a period of history that I personally have never had the opportunity to get to know in such depth and detail.
But among the peculiarities that make Alessandro Depegi’s expressive language totally unique are his passions, including philately.
A world that is unfortunately dying out, a world that is dear to me because it also fascinated my father.
Do you still use stamps? When was the last time you received or saw one?
I often tell you about my personal nostalgia for letters.
Did you ever think you could travel by following the route of a stamp, or discovering the history of various issues?
Few people have such detailed philatelic knowledge as he does.
But even fewer people have Alessandro’s life experience: a man who was able to combine his scientific expertise with deep and intense human research.
All true, then, what he tells in his book, just as definitely important is everything on which the reader will find himself reflecting “with wonder” to quote his words, and “by chance … that chance that does not exist.”
I conclude with this quote, wishing along with Alessandro that many may be the “Awakened.”
“Everything is either true or untrue, true and untrue together and, likewise, neither untrue nor true. Such is the teaching of the Awakened Ones.” Nagarjuna
One year ago, precisely on July 6, 2022, an explosion destroyed the Georgia Guidestones l and to date no guilty has been found.
The Georgia Guidestones were a granite monument hewn in 1980 in an area that for the Cherokee people is Al-yeh-li A lo-Hee which translates to “center of the world,” on Elberton territory, more precisely.
For years the Guidestones have been such a tourist attraction that they have earned the nickname America’s Stonehenge.
Well, this is an undoubted exaggeration, but I speculate that the Guidestones constituted an excellent calling card for a locality that carries the slogan “The Granite Capital of the World.” on its website.
A monolith of about 119 tons is certainly remarkable.
The reference to Stonehenge is due to some special features including, for example, the placement of the four large outward-facing vertical blocks that were oriented to the limits of the moon’s migration during the course of the year.
An oblique hole at eye level allowed the pole star to be visible at all times, symbolizing constancy and orientation with the forces of nature.
And a slit in the center of the stone formed a “window” that aligned with the positions of the rising sun at the summer and winter solstices and equinox so that the midday sun shone to indicate noon on a curved line.
The creators intended the stones to function as a compass, calendar, and clock.
But what most connoted the Guidestones was the message proclaimed on the monument in 12 languages, including archaic languages such as Sanskrit, Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics and classical Greek, as well as English, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Spanish and Swahili.
The text consisted of ten points, ten tips, ten guides for the preservation of mankind and future generations.
Keep humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a “living” new language.
Rule Passion, Trust, Tradition and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally, resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize Truth Beauty and Love seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth. Leave room for nature. Leave room for nature.
Even Agent Smith’s monologue defines mankind as a cancer in the 1999 film The Matrix.
In general, these are concepts that recur while remaining ever relevant and lend themselves to interpretation according to the reader’s point of view.
The only specific indication is the first one.
When it was carved, the world population was well over four billion people.
Who could have thought to write such a thing then?
The story described by the Elberton Granite Finishing Corporation itself explains that the patron was “a mysterious group of sponsors” represented by one man: Mr. Christian, who introduced himself as R.C. Christian.
Message and mystery for mankind
that was the slogan on the explanatory brochure.
Mr. Christian said only that this monument had been planned for years and that the ten “guides” for the preservation of man and the earth had been carefully formulated as a moralistic appeal to all peoples regardless of nationality, religion or politics.
Guidelines that were defined as “applicable to life.”
Until May 2022 when a senator included among her campaign points the demolition of the Guidestones, or rather, the Satanic Guidestones.
Kandiss Taylor also noted a particular coordination with respect to the placement of the Guidestones as explained in this May 3, 2022 tweet:
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