Day archive for March 14th, 2005

Galdós and those spud-crazy guiris

Posted: March 14th 2005 22:39. Last modified: October 26th 2006 20:12

Where did he get that vernacular?

Condie & Arnie show

Posted: March 14th 2005 18:55. Last modified: March 14th 2005 19:02

This is pretty off-topic, but I’m dying for her to run in 2008, with girlie-man as her post-Tonto. That would just tear the Democrats apart, seriously.

My 5% bookstore - new stuff



Spanish history

Modern Spanish fiction

Spanish classics

On this day

Barcelona

  • March 17 1844 

    First savings bank opens.
    Ãbrese la primera caja de ahorros.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 17 de març de 1919 A Palafrugell tothom es coneix i això fa que a la superfície de la vida vilatana, al voltant dels afers del poble, siguin sempre visibles algunes passions, els mòbils d’alguns actes, la finalitat d’alguns moviments –i moltes ridiculeses, és clar. A Barcelona, no veig res. Completa obscuritat. Probablement és perquè no tinc encara la vista [...]

Catholic hagiography

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