Showing posts with label Thebes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thebes. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Taiwan

Oslo
Taiwan
Thebes
Cat
Ancient Evenings

Colossians 1:10
“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”

















"He kept his silence even after he took Tiwánee as his wife to live with him in the shelter he had built for them. She has great wisdom, he thought, and someday I will tell her. But now Bakámu was caught up in the discovery that his wife had accumulated rare knowledge, and better than other women, she knew when to plant manioc and sweet potato, how to cultivate corn, and where in the forest she could find star apples, guava and especially the rich, sweet cashew nut. And when her man brought home an iguana, once or twice a year, she knew how to prepare the first joyous feast and then dry the rest of the meat and save it for later."~~~James A. Michener: CARIBBEAN. Ch.1 A Hedge of Croton.




Chess: "Oslo" "Taiwan" "Thebes" "Cat" "Ancient Evenings"

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

THE WRAPAROUND

THE WRAPAROUND
SHELL
Miller
Holland
Luxor
Thebes

Psalm 107:20
"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."
 
 "One plant had wreathed itself round a statue"~~~Hawthorne

"As she left, he felt the wrenchof her going in the two parents."~~~Hannah Green










THE WRAPAROUND: SHELL
"Taking a piece of paper, Klinowitz showed Todd the secret of buying real estate for a large corporation like a gasoline company: ‘You find a good spot, on the corner of two busy roads. The owner has two acres, won’t break it up into smaller lots. The company, say Mobil or Humble in the old days, they can use a quarter of an acre, only. That leaves you with an acre and three-quarters wrapping around the corner in a kind of capital L. Your job as buyer is to buy the entire piece, but not before you’ve found someone like me who’ll take the wraparound off your hands. Do you see the economics?’"~~~James A. Michener: TEXAS. Ch13 The Invaders








Chess: "The wraparound" "Shell" "Miller" "Holland" "Luxor" "Thebes"