An English-Frog Pot-Pourri. 35.1

Few nations have warred for so long, a thousand years, give or take. And yet, are England and France so different? More like fighting brothers, rivaling for supremacy within the family. I’ve mentioned it before, the English have no real language of their own: a simplified German grammar over 70% french vocabulary. But that language…

Pot-pourri ocho and zwanzig

At a restaurant in Tlalpan, Mexico city. July 2016. The restaurant is housed in an old colonial 17th-18th century house. A very nice setting. Notre-Dame. In memory of those killed and injured in Paris on November 13th last year. London, 2015. I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the place/museum. I…