Author Archives: mkevane

My Father’s Shadow, a 2025 film directed by Akinola Davies Jr., was excellent! Nicely done. The Ice Tower, a snow queen, red shoes variation , with Marion Cotillard, was pure cinema pleasure. Irma Vep, Pan’s Labryinth, Narnia, Orson Welles it … Continue reading →

Was not a great ride out there, as the road had a lot of traffic. The day was pretty hot so the cold water was very refreshing. I did three swims and was shivering after the second one!

We biked along the coast and stopped for swims at several beaches. Warm day and cool water made for a good combination.

About 70 km with maybe 2200 ft elevation gain. Weather was great! Beautiful countryside.

Interesting travel story. We were going to take the train from Ourense, Spain to Pontevedra, Spain with our bicycles. The night before our train, I happened to look carefully at the tickets and noticed that the only way to take … Continue reading →

An interesting part of traveling in Spain this week has been watching the daily drama of the Ceuta crisis unfold. The government of Pedro Sanchez is really in a bind, and it would be interesting to think of these imperial … Continue reading →

Am about 300 pages in… very intense Zola-like, Trollope-complex, anticipating Lawrence in the sensuality… like all of those, kind of a slog tbh… Will see if I carry on… might take it to a used bookshop and trade for something … Continue reading →

Wow that was a sad two hours. The novella Réquiem por un campesino español by Ramón J. Sender telegraphs the ending right away so the feeling of dread and injustice and historical memory suffuses every page. Reading it in Spain … Continue reading →

Went to Reina Sofia museum today in Madrid and two degrees later … from Zulueta to Los Planetas to here… https://youtu.be/72pAMC8QORI?si=m7308kxUfsCJEtJn