TGIF - Lee Jun-Ho

  In 2018, this blog started to post on Fridays only photos and teasers about beautiful men in a protest to the unflattering ones with women that our husbands, boyfriends, partners or friends exchange among themselves. Interested in the whole collection? Click here!

É sempre bom lembrar o intuito destas postagens de sextas-feiras, intituladas Thank God Is Friday - TGIF: nossos queridos amigos, namorados, maridos e outros que tais repassam entre si fotos, como dizer?, nada abonadoras ao sexo feminino, com as quais eles se divertem descaradamente. As imagens aqui colocadas são a vingancinha, com muita classe, que nós, garotas, nos permitimos. Divirtam-se e vejam a coleção toda clicando aqui!

 

What is Love?

 

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8-year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got were broader, deeper, and more profound than anyone could have ever imagined!

'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore... So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.' Rebecca - age 8

'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.' Billy - age 4

'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.' Karl - age 5

'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.' Chrissy - age 6

'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.' Terri - age 4

'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.' Danny - age 8

'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.' Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.' Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

 'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.' Noelle - age 7

 'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.' Tommy - age 6

 'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

 He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.' Cindy - age 8

'My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.' Clare - age 6

'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' Elaine - age 5

 'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.' Chris - age 7

 'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.' Mary Ann - age 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.' Lauren - age 4

 'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image!) Karen - age 7

 'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross...' Mark - age 6

 'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.' Jessica - age 8

And the final one: The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'

Rio de Janeiro, Gosto de Você

 I was born with this view. What a privilege! Botafogo bay. At the time it was the State of Guanabara.

 Nasci com esta vista. Privilegiada, eu! Enseada de Botafogo. Na época, estado da Guanabara.

138. My Sassy Girl

 KDrama no. 138 - Uma garota atrevida **

SPOILER

Ela é uma princesa rebelde - até a página 5, porque daí em frente, não demonstra essa independência toda. Ele é um erudito, professor do irmãozinho dela, que vai se meter em confusões para desvencilhá-la das bagunças em que se mete. O rei está em segundas núpcias com uma mulher ambiciosa que quer se livrar dos três: do pai, dela e do enteado. Apenas distrai. Aliás, sou grande admiradora do vestuário nos doramas de época, só que neste exageraram na opulência das roupas dos ricos, tudo muito rebuscado.

De Férias/Hollydays? Leia/Read "Passo Trote Galope/Walk Trot Gallop"

A romance about family, horses and friends now available in ebook at Amazon!

Below are indications of shops that sell the book Walk Trot Gallop in Portuguese.



~o~*~o~

Procure seu exemplar  com desconto nos links abaixo. Se for presentear alguém, inspire-se em Olha que Ideia para fazer um belo embrulho.

Bom Texto Editora
Cia dos Livros
Livraria da Travessa
Livraria Argumento
Livraria Saraiva
Livraria Martins Fontes Paulista
Livraria Cultura
Livraria Prosa & Verso

Também por reembolso postal: Revista Business Rural 21 2491 1496

TGIF - Josh Swickard

   In 2018, this blog started to post on Fridays only photos and teasers about beautiful men in a protest to the unflattering ones with women that our husbands, boyfriends, partners or friends exchange among themselves. Interested in the whole collection? Click here!

É sempre bom lembrar o intuito destas postagens de sextas-feiras, intituladas Thank God Is Friday - TGIF: nossos queridos amigos, namorados, maridos e outros que tais repassam entre si fotos, como dizer?, nada abonadoras ao sexo feminino, com as quais eles se divertem descaradamente. As imagens aqui colocadas são a vingancinha, com muita classe, que nós, garotas, nos permitimos. Divirtam-se e vejam a coleção toda clicando aqui!

Stomping Grounds

 

137. Typhoon Family

 KDrama no. 137 - Typhoon Family ***

SPOILER

O mulherio adora o ator principal, Lee Jun-ho e de quem eu só havia assistido a uma série, bonitinha, embora a parceira dele tenha os olhos muito inexpressivos que me incomodam. Achei que era hora de ver outro dorama estrelado pelo belo e escolhi o do garoto cujo pai morre e resolve assumir a empresa da família que estava a beira de falir. Contando com ele, são seis funcionários no total e todos lutam para sobreviver durante a crise econômica que a Coreia do Sul enfrentou no final dos anos 1990. 

O garoto é impetuoso e assume alguns riscos em compras que faz para revender. Ainda por cima, enfrenta a maldade e a cobiça de adversários do pai, que usam de seu poder e do fato de estarem bem das pernas naquele momento. Tem o caso dos tecidos, das botas de segurança, dos capacetes resistentes, das luvas de borracha, das ventoinhas de computador e é insucesso atrás de insucesso. Em determinado momento, sobram no escritório ele e a contadora, o resto, por um motivo ou outro joga a toalha e vai buscar outras ocupações. Obviamente surge um romance entre o casal, mas este não é o tema principal e sim a resiliência do jovem e sua criatividade.

Vale assistir.

Horse People

 

Horse owner acquantances fall into 2 categories.

The horse person...

And

The non horse person.

The Horse person knows the difference between a bridle and a halter...

What a hoof pick is...

 And which end the combo piece of the rug goes.

 They are the ones you call when your horse goes through a fence...

 Gets injured...

 And arrive bearing all essentials including pain relief.

The horse person is the one who takes turns walking a colicking horse....

Speaks to the vet...

And is your voice of reason when you cannot be.

When given baling twine...

The Horse person morphs into a modern day MacGyver...

There is nothing they cannot fix.

They examine poop with you..

Hold torches for you....

And have a wardrobe with one section dedicated to "Paddock Fashion".

During the summer months a horse person's choice of makeup is dirt and sweat...

With numerous "beauty" spots...

Also known as flies.

The horse person has a tack shed that to an outsider looks like a tangled mess of ropes and leather...

But not to them....

They are able to put their hand on exactly what they need in a heartbeat.

When asked...

 "Can you just check the horses on the way past?"

The horse person knows this means....

Check the water..

Check the fenceline...

 Check the gates shut..

 And check for injuries.

The horse person lives by...

 "The Survival guide of the bush"....

 The horse will always kick...

 The bull will always charge...

 And the gun is always loaded.

 Remember those rules and life will be a little easier.

 When greeted by flattened ears from a mare in season..

 The horse person will casually walk right up and say....

 "Mornin' Darlin' is that the best you've got."

 The horse person is often covered in scrapes and bruises with blisters on their hands...

 They will be sore where you didnt think it would be possible to be sore....

 And quite often have a broken bone or two.....

Mention a Doctor and the response will be

"Nah she'll be right".

They are the ones who take note of wind changes thru bushfires...

And message you telling you that the float is hooked up and they are on their way to get your horses out.

The horse person knows what Psyllium is used for....

And the importance of salt.

They can rattle off every worming paste they have ever used on the horses.

 And the date of the next treatment...

 But ask them when they last had a personal health check...

 You will be met with a blank stare.

 And whilst they are there for all of the good days...

 They are also there for the hardest.

 The horse person will make the call when you cannot...

 And offer to hold the lead rope as you say goodbye.

 They will know whether to stand by your side...

 Or give you the space that you desire...

 But either way...

 It'll be done as their own silent tears roll down their face.

 And whilst the horses will always be our herd.

 It is the ones we call a "horse person"...

 Who will always be our tribe🌿

TGIF - Seo In-Guk

   In 2018, this blog started to post on Fridays only photos and teasers about beautiful men in a protest to the unflattering ones with women that our husbands, boyfriends, partners or friends exchange among themselves. Interested in the whole collection? Click here!

É sempre bom lembrar o intuito destas postagens de sextas-feiras, intituladas Thank God Is Friday - TGIF: nossos queridos amigos, namorados, maridos e outros que tais repassam entre si fotos, como dizer?, nada abonadoras ao sexo feminino, com as quais eles se divertem descaradamente. As imagens aqui colocadas são a vingancinha, com muita classe, que nós, garotas, nos permitimos. Divirtam-se e vejam a coleção toda clicando aqui!

Rio de Janeiro

Blessed by God, and beautiful for its nature!

Abençoado por Deus, e bonito por natureza! 

Coração do Meu Brasil

Ouça a marchinha aqui

Rio de Janeiro

Cidade maravilhosa
Cheia de encantos mil
Cidade maravilhosa
Coração do meu Brasil

Berço do samba e das lindas canções
Que vivem n'alma da gente
És o altar dos nossos corações
Que cantam alegremente

Jardim florido de amor e saudade
Terra que a todos seduz
Que Deus te cubra de felicidade
Ninho de sonho e de luz

Música de Antônio André de Sá Filho, 1934

A New Beginning

 

Just yesterday I learned through Blogspot that more than 95 pct of my viewers are probably English-speaking persons! So, why waste my time writing in my native language if my fellow country man and woman (less than 0,52 pct) do not bother to visit my blog? I know of only one good friend that usually comes to see what is cooking in my freaking mind — thank you, Tiane. So, from now on the Bard’s words is what will be found here!!!

This blog started in 2007, mainly because I love writing, but also because I was launching my first romance in Portuguese — later it was translated to English: “Walk Trot Gallop”. I was frequently asked why didn’t I write a long story because my main work was short fiction and cronics. After reading the same novel for the umpteenth time because I loved it so much, I said to myself: maybe I can try and do something like this. I chose to write something related to horses, which I breed and therefore know a little bit about and 9 months before I started it came about. I was very proud of myself because it was a challenge and I took it up front. Now, the line-up is Passo Trote Galope, Quer Apostar?, Sob o Signo de Centauro, Carrossel, Vale das Luas, Perdi a Cabeça and Só Cinco Noites. There is also a short story published with another one from my sister — Dois em Um — unfortunately, with the exception of the first one, all in Portuguese, but maybe this will change in the future.

So, the main subjects in this blog are my books, horses of the Arab breed, Rio de Janeiro — my beloved city, films and books, some very personal observations about life and spoilers of the latest vice: k-dramas. Welcome to my humble abode and hope you enjoy the reading.

Nancy Lustosa Barros Hirsch

P.S.: My books can be found on Amazon, also under the name of Nancy de Lustoza Barros e Hirsch and Roberta Nors.

136. My Idol

 KDrama no. 136 - Meu Ídolo ***

SPOILER

Quase tive uma síncope quando, no 11o. episódio (o penúltimo da série), parece que estavam finalizando a história. Mas, ufa! Nada disso. Porém, não foi um término com fogos de artifício e banda de fanfarra. Ela é uma advogada séria, compenetrada, tomada como exemplo no escritório em que trabalha. Quando sai de lá, veste todos os penduricalhos de uma fã de um cantor de pop-rock. Ele faz parte de um grupo de quatro como líder e quer tentar voo próprio. Numa noite de bebedeira se envolve em um crime e agora tem que provar não ser o culpado. Ela se oferece para ajudá-lo.

Acho que não!

Postado por Henrique Gomes no grupo Escritores ajudando outros escritores (com democracia) 

"Teu livro passa no "Teste de Bechdel"?

Recentemente, assisti ao filme "RED: crescer é uma fera" (2022), da diretora Domee Shi, e vi ali um exemplo claro do chamado "Teste de Bechdel". O teste tem três regras básicas:

1) Ter duas ou mais mulheres — no mínimo duas personagens femininas que tenham nomes e relevância dentro da obra. (Confere!)

2) Conversar entre si — essas personagens precisam dialogar uma com a outra em algum momento da trama. (Confere!)

3) Não falar sobre homens — o assunto da conversa entre elas não pode ser sobre um homem (ou relacionamentos com homens). (Hum, se for durante o livro todo, definitivamente não!)

É um bom mecanismo para moldar tramas mais diversas, além de ser uma provocação para sairmos da zona de conforto.

Você percebe essas narrativas? Teus livros passariam no teste?"