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Eleonora
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Thank you Chalie. Lily is feeling a little better, she's sleeping now and she's not shivering. When you call her she looks at you and she moves her tail slightly, which is far beyond my expectations 2 days after an operation like that. And she hasn't thrown up since yesterday evening.. my vet is really happy about that. We have to do antibiotics for some more days and keep our fingers crossed because pyometra is awful.
I'm still looking for the correct word to let you know what I was meaning in my last post, let me know - please - if you can understand me this time. Can it be intravenous drip?
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My dictionary gives me flebo as the translation of that liquid in a sort of bottle that pass through a needle and goes in your veins. An intravenous something.. Now I don't know how to say it. I'm sorry my dictionary made me seem much more stupid than I am.
Sorry for my english.
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Lily feels a little better today. She ran put this morning and she went here and there in the garden. But she's weak because everytime she eats something she still throws up. We're doing another flebo this morning, so we'll see how things go. Thank you Chalie!!
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I'm using Coursera. It's free and easy to use. You need to be registered on the site and you log in when the course starts; courses last 3 or 4 weeks, it depends on the subject. I love it becaue it fills the gaps I feel in my education: I couldn't afford to go to Uni and it's something I really miss. Coursera gives me the chance to learn for free. I think you should try it, Brian. There are a lot af courses on different topics and you can choose whatever you want.
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Ciao James.
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It's so sad Athena.. really terrible!
This morning my Lily was operated because of pyometra, an infection in the uterus. The operation went quite well, now we have to wait for the post-operation phase. I stayed there with her all the time, but she has to be there until tomorrow morning because of flebo and antibiotics.
I'll let you know.
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I loved The Black Dhalia when I read it years ago.
I went to the library yesterday and I took Long John Silver by Larsson.. I'm really enjoying it so far.
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Awww!! How sweet!!
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I'm so sorry about that Pontalba.. I hope you and your housband are better now.
Hey Muggle, congrats to your GD, she did really well.
I went shopping this morning because my clothes are definitely too large now.. but the prices are too high for my pockets, so I bought only a skirt. Next week I have to go somewhere else.
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I'm currently 665 pages into A Game of Thrones, progress isn't as fast as I'd like it to be, because I've been tired. Also, does anyone else ever have that with certain books (depending on their size) you start to read less as you get closer to the end and more in the middle, because of how easy or not easy it is to hold? Or is that just me
?It happens to me too, sometimes! And the last time was with A Game of Thrones too..
I finished Outlander, now I have to wait for the second book of the serie. In the meantime I'm finishing Norfolk's John Saturnall's Feast and an essay on the violence on women.. so schocking!!
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Lost another 2 kg.. I think they are something like 4 lbs.. These new pills are fab, but the stomachache is still here. Yesterday I ate my first ice-cream after six years!!!
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Yeah I know you didn't say that!! I just re-read your first post and I thought I wasn't adding anything god to your discussion. That's all.
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It's interesting, really. I quite regret posting my experience because it was so useless.. I thought it would be nice knowing how things work in other countries, but - still - my post is really useless. Sorry. And good luck to your daughter.
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Would you like to know how things work in Italy?
Our school system is really different from yours, we start our secondary school at the age of 14 and we finish it at 19. We take our final exam at the end of the 5th year and there are a lot of subjects and topics. We have to study the whole teaching program: I studied English literature and that's what I had to study:
- Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tha Merchant of Venice and 3 sonnets.
- romantic poetry: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge
- Wuthering Heights, Bronte
- Jane Eyre, Bronte
- A passage to India, Forster
- Vanity Fair, Thackeray
- Oscar Wilde: The Importance of being Ernest, De Profundis, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan
- James Joyce: Dubliners, Ulysses
- Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse, Ms Dalloway
- The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye: Salinger
- To kill a Mockingbird: Lee
- On the road: Kerouac
- I, Robot: Asimov
Those were the books I had to read during the 5th, and last year, but there were a lot of estracts from other books we read, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, Kim, all the beat poets and soo on.
I wrote a thesis for the oral exam and I choose to talk about how the role of women changed through the 1900s. Virgina Woolf and Hannah Arendt were my choice for English and Philosophy in English.
Then I had German, Spanish, Law, Art, Philosophy (in italian), History, Italian and Maths.
Believe me, it's sooo much to study.
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My taste in reading hasn't changed through the years. I still mix generes quite a lot: non-fiction, sci-fi, YA, fantasy, thriller.. I read all sort of books. I'm reading more fantasy in the last few years, but it's only because it's much easier to find them now than 15 years ago.
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I'd love to hear all about the literature festival Elenora
I started a topic in General Chat and I'll add the list of the events as soon as it will be published.
And I truly hope you have your mojo back really soon, Kidsmum!!
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Ok, I think I got it. I definitely would save If this is a man by Primo Levi. It's a cruel description of humanity in the inhumanity of the concentration camp of Auschwitz. It's harsh but, as Philip Roth said, this is "one of the century's truly necessary books".
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For me, Federico Moccia's books MUST be burn. He is an italian "author", his stories are stupid and insificant, and all emulate each other.
I couldn't say it better, Many!! He's not even a writer, he's just a person who use words to earn money, giving thousands of teenagers terrible stories.
But I'm not too sure which book I would absolutely save, they are too much to pick only one out. I'll think about it and then I'll let you all know.
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I know how you feel Laura.. I send you my hugs
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It sounds great! I couldn't go to such a thing with my condition (it would be too busy and noisy I think) but I like the idea. I hope you have a lot of fun
.I'm so sorry for you, Athena, I know what it means. I'm living a good period right now and if things don't change, I'll go there in September and I'll try to make you feel the experience through my words and descriptions, ok?
That sounds like a wonderful event in a beautiful location. Many thanks for the information, Eleonora!
You're very welcome!
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I used to skip pages when I was at school and had to read all those boring books of italian classic literature: pages and pages of nothing were definitely too much for me at that time. But I don't do that anymore, mainly because now I choose what to read and then, well, I don't read italian classics now I can avoid them!!
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Yes, I'll go there because is just 50 km from my place and the events are not so expensive. It's a great event in a wonderful city. I've just checked the dates and it will take place from 4th to 8th september. I know it's far, but consider yourself invited!!
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Festivaletteratura’s first edition took place in 1997. The idea behind the festival was to create something inspired on the famous Hay-on-Wye, Wales, and Mantua, with all the hostorical places and art, was the final choice.
It's a festival with loads of cultural fun, five days of meetings with authors, readings, shows, concerts of artists coming from all over the world. Festivaletteratura is now one of the most acclaimed cultural event: every year, at the beginning
of September, writers, readers, thousands of people round up in here.
Internationally famous narrators and poet, the most interesting voices of emerging literature and of the younger generations of writers, essayists, musicians, artists will take part in Festivaletteratura. Scientists will take part as well, according to a wider and more curious notion of literature, reaching as far and wide as the distant languages of traditional canon.
Since its very beginning, Festivaletteratura has tried to build a more direct connection between readers and writers. In addition to the more traditional events, throughout the years guided tours of Mantua’s historical and cultural heritage have been organized, theatre performances by important authors, poetry readings, events in the original languages, public speeches, brief meetings with authors revealing newly-sketched ideas and unknown interests. Special attention is given to children and teenagers: shows and workshops are specially designed for teenagers or for both adults and teenagers. Big writers are encouraged to meet their little fans.
Let me add something about the city, because it's really wonderful!
Mantua is the Festival’s backdrop. Its squares, theatres, the interiors of the beautiful buildings, add an incredible value to the whole event. Mantua’s cosy atmosphere brings readers and authors closer.
Here are some pics:
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I decided to re-started Diana Gabaldon, now I found the whole series, so I started Outlander again. I loved it so much when I first read it and I'm glad to find some new emotions in this re-reading. I went to my book group wednesday and we organized our new readings during the summer holiday:among the others, we have a book written by a brasilian writer called Ronaldo Wrobel. The book is Traduciendo Hannah.. that is to say Translating Hannah. It's a story of a jew who fly out in Brasil. He starts translating letters for the government - I think- and he falls in love with the author of the letters, Hannah. I don't have the book right now, I have to go to my library in a few weeks, but the story seems so nice. Have you ever heard about this book?
Another question for you.. every september, in Mantova - Italy, there's a huge literature festival, with a lot of guests and hundreds of events. Do you want me to tell you something about it and keep you up date? Well,it would be great if you'd come, obviously, because it's really wonderful, but I perfectly understand that the distance is quite unbereable.. but if you want to know something about it, let me know and I'll start a new topic, maybe in General Chat. If it's silly, just ignore me, ok?
Pets ~ Part Two
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Ok, I was able to explain myself, in the end!! Sorry again for my english.. and don't worry I'll tell you about her improvements. I'd better go now.. I have to destroy a certain dictionary..