Blogspot - palun.blogspot.com - Itching for Eestimaa
General Information:
Latest News:
naplinski receives a letter 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
It was another fine late August day. Unseasonably warm for a land known for being so cold. Naplinski heard the clang of the metal on the mailbox outside, caught a glimpse of the young, fair-haired pos...
naplinski in paris 25 Aug 2013 | 03:21 pm
It was Naplinski's relationship with Sartre that had secured him an invitation to read his absurdist prose at a conference in Paris. It was the autumn of 1969, a flowery and vivid and inspiring time, ...
confessions of a semi-depressed jobu 23 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
Kirjutan nüüd tõdest ja oma tundest. Tõde oli, et ma jõin sel ööl, 20. augustil 2013 kohvi enne kui ma alustasin sõitu Tallinnast tagasi Viljandisse. Tõde on, et kui ma läksin mööda Ardust ja Annast, ...
naplinski and estonian driving culture 23 Aug 2013 | 12:46 pm
Naplinski had actually met Sartre once. It was in Moscow in the Sixties. A dinner was shared among the gathered intellectuals. Naplinski was there as a representative of his country's rising "LP Gener...
the naplinski paradox 22 Aug 2013 | 02:39 pm
It took the famous Estonian writer Jaak Naplinski an hour and a half to leave Tallinn after the Robbie Williams concert. The concert had pleased him, especially the moment when the British song and da...
kükita, alabama 21 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
The road that winds between Ardu and Mäo in central Estonia must be among the country's most treacherous. It is snake-like in its ominousness, curving and wriggling off and out in unexpected direction...
abdul+sde 19 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
I think the most interesting news I've heard in days is that Abdul Turay is going to be on SDE's list in the coming municipal elections. It might warrant international coverage, too, at least in the B...
outrageous 6 Aug 2013 | 12:58 pm
I enjoy reading media accounts of Russian leaders "outraged." And they're always outraged over something. But how do they express that outrage? When "Russia" is "outraged," does it mean that Lavrov is...
rockers 5 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
'Rock Ramp.' The words stir fear in the hearts of all. They mean something, but what? Loud heavy metal music? Yes. Public consumption of alcoholic beverages? Uh huh, yes. Parades of bad-looking, tatto...
ghetto lapsed 1 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
They came to jump on my children's trampoline, then gave me the finger when I told them to stop. After I had gotten them off the property (and been shown the middle finger a few times), they ran aroun...
