Tried yoga, transcendental meditation, conscious breathing, mindfulness– Nothing like knitting and cooking for me to restore my mental balance in autumn. To cope with existence having a hormonal maladie

The Haunting of Hill House is Shirley Jackson's best known novel, probably because it was adapted into two movies in 1959 and 1999 –both under the title House on Haunted Hill. But her best work is by

Hoy le ha tocado la china para currar de modelo a mi compañera Carmen. Teníamos que hacer fotos de una nueva bolsa de algodón con mensaje de nuestra colección Miss Miserable: "Odio el reguetón".

Summer is harrowing in Madrid for those who cannot bear the heat. H.P. Lovecraft got sick when the temperature went under 22 ºC, in my case it's just the opposite, when we are over 28 ºC my blood pressure

If I'm proud of something I'd say is the taking-care-of-your-cats network that has spontaneously built between some women I'm acquainted with who rescue, shelter, and give in adoption abandoned and street

Summer and peaches are things inexorably linked, but I also associate this splendid fruit, one of my favourites, with Surrealism. Let me be explained. If you are a little interested in Surrealism, you

Today I had to take pics of two mugs in which a grouchy cat says 'I do whatever I want.' One of my many jobs is product photographer, and sooooometimes the feline inhabitants of this house deign to help

T.S. Eliot is one of the greatest figures in the history of English Literature. On the other hand, he was a horrible person, even though he liked cats so much that he wrote a book dedicated to them, Old

I had a heavy cold when I read The Magic Toyshop (1967) by Angela Carter last winter. I decided to stay in bed a whole day, a little feverish, with the four cats I live with coming to my room from time

The third entry: my friend Mónica and Pu, the dog. Taken with a Nikon D7000. When Pu was rescued she had a rare dermatitis and almost no hair to cover her skin. Today she is a happy, exceedingly furry

I arrived at home yesterday –finally fortunately fffffFriday– at 5 PM, with an idée fixe in my head and a linen bag full of groceries hanging on my shoulder. The dilemma: writing a paper on E.A. Poe's

I don't go to my workplace as assiduously as I should. Sometimes there is more than noise pollution to be found there.

My second entry– Laura and her cat Melón. Taken with a Nikon D7000. My friend Laura rescued Melón on the side of the road, he had been hit by a car and one of his hind legs was broken. Now he is a bit

Clyde and the other four or five cats I live with destroyed masterful the upholstery of my chaise-longe. I let it upholster recently and here is the guy considering where and how he can start with this

If I'd be asked wether literature can change one's life, I suppose I should answer affirmatively, in the case I wanted to be honest. I seldom think of the past, but I wanted to review a novel by Elizabeth

Parker is a bought, abandoned, and adopted cat who loves to get into my sets when I’m working. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Here's my first entry for the black & white daily photo challenge. Taken with an iPhone 6. The woman wearing a hat is María Zambrano A good friend of mine, Juan Ponce de León, gave me some years ago

Annika —rescued and adopted— is a cat with a ❤️-shaped head. She usually spends the summer at my place with a feline bunch. She doesn’t meow but makes a sound of tiny bubbles. Her second name is Burbujitas.

Cities with a charming touch of decadence are my favourites: Lisbon, Porto, Budapest, Berlin back in the 90's– Angoulême, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Southeast of France, has been in 2018 added