“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. It is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting;’ it makes you think that, after all, your favourite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded; it is certain that till now there was no place allotted in your mind to… Read More Gamboling
“Observe what happens when sunbeams are admitted into a building and shed light on its shadowy places. You will see a multitude of tiny particles mingling in a multitude of ways… their dancing is an actual indication of underlying movements of matter that are hidden from our sight.” – Lucretius, On the Nature of Things,… Read More Brownian Motion
“Of course we need to eliminate social injustice in Colombia … but what is first? Peace. Without peace, there is no investment. Without investment, there are no fiscal resources for the government to invest in the welfare of the people.” – Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia Buenos Aires – One of the things I’ve… Read More Colombian Lights
“A careful observer can easily see the way in which western cuisine is gaining an increasingly strong influence on Turkish cooking. This influence is taking its place alongside those of ancient Chinese, Persian and Arab civilisations, indigenous Anatolian culture accumulated over many thousands of years, and later still those of Eastern Europe and North Africa.… Read More Timeless Tastes
“Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.” – Richard Bach, Author Buenos Aires – A century ago, the largest uncut gem-quality diamond ever found… was found. Known as the Cullinan Diamond after… Read More A Gem of a Dinner
“Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada…. Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.” – Paul Prudhomme, Chef Buenos Aires – You’d think, given the constant harping about lack of… Read More How Y’All Are?
“…I intend writing a history of my wanderings in the Banda Oriental, and I will call my book “The Purple Land”; for what more suitable name can one find for a country so stained with the blood of her children? You will never read it, of course, for I shall write it in English, and… Read More The Purple Land
My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissentions with those who are embarked in the same great national interest with, myself; as every difference of this kind must in its consequence be very injurious.” – General George Washington Buenos… Read More Harmony Reigns