“So why the pelican? Said Haskoll.
Adam Rex, Unlucky Charms
The thief was giving Haskoll a look that said, Man, why NOT the pelican?”
These contraptions are cleaning the water of the local lake (not a natural one, but excavated) and are called pelicans. A part of the function is to circulate the water from below to the surface.
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“The straight line is godless and immoral. The straight line is not a creative line, it is a duplicating line, an imitating line.”
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
The architect and artist Hundertwasser was a well known adversary of the straight line, and hence the geometrical grid. The photos are of the Hundertwasser House in Bad Soden am Taunus, west of Frankfurt.
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The title is by Robert Burns (so in a manner of speaking, you get two for one today) but the photo illustrates this quote:
Love and a red rose can’t be hid.
Thomas Holcroft
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He wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors.
Many Inventions (1893) ‘The Finest Story in the World’
Rudyard Kipling, Many Inventions (1893) ‘The Finest Story in the World’
Wednesday Quotes #4: Envelope or Envelop
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“One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.”
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
My favourite book by Heinlein is “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. “Time Enough for Love” is from the same period and has now been added to my to-be-read pile.
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“What is it?” Her interest piqued by the heavenly aroma.
Sara Farizan, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food and Love
“Delicious,” I said.
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