Tag archive for dogs (RSS)

Bites with denomination of origin

Posted: September 28th 2009 15:24. Last modified: September 28th 2009 15:26

Tracing that hot doggie.

Man combing Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in Cuenca courtyard

Posted: September 8th 2009 21:54. Last modified: September 9th 2009 10:15

Or perhaps it isn’t.

Keep dogs under close control

Posted: April 22nd 2009 13:56.

And whatever you do don’t let them loose in fields containing horses.

Photos of pet dogs trying to eat a live vulture

Posted: January 19th 2009 11:04.

I can’t see the moral difference between this and when your cat brings in a vole, but someone is outraged.

Burning dog: bizarre and brutal winter solstice celebrations in Spanish Pyrenees

Posted: January 5th 2009 22:42. Last modified: April 13th 2009 22:15

The sun dog is seen above reborn, having previously mysteriously died at the end of the solar year:

While its soul wanders the underworld, its old and weary body is barbecued and consumed in dark hovels by fearful peasants:

I’ve forgotten who it was who believed the Old Testament was originally written in English, or some predecessor [...]

Iconic

Posted: August 24th 2003 16:03. Last modified: August 31st 2009 10:49

Barcelona’s dog racing stadium, the Canódromo, is an architectonic miracle–in the sense that it hasn’t yet fallen down–but the whole neighbourhood is worth a visit. For one thing it’s full of good local bars which, at this time of year, are principally inhabited by Peruvians and Ecuadorians who haven’t got a masia up in the [...]

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  • March 21 1848 

    En Barcelona como en otras partes comienza hoy la primavera, que en honor de la verdad no suele ser aqui la estacion mas hermosa del año. Cierto que ya los árboles comienzan á echar hoja, y que la linda y olorosa violeta alfombra los jardines y ribazos, y que le hacen cortejo otras flores; per...

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 21 de març de 1918 En aquest país tenim un costum molt curiós. Quan ens trobem, al carrer, dues persones, cara a cara, no tenim, a penes, res a dir-nos. Però, una vegada acomiadats i fets set o vuit passos, se’ns ocorren tot d’una una sèrie de coses urgents a dir a la persona que hem deixat fa un moment. [...]
  • 21 de març de 1919 Inici de la primavera. Biblioteca. Tot traduint Renard penso que és més important dominar un ofici qualsevol que posseir una curiositat dilatada, vastíssima. La curiositat es pot improvisar; un ofici, no. La curiositat és superficialment agradable, però deixa una certa buidor amarga per dintre. Un ofici és monòton i pesat, però té moments d’una voluptuositat [...]

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