A grandfather’s love

A grandfather’s love

The Hungarian poet Faludy gives an enticing description of his grandfather, seen through a boy’s eyes.  I like how he pitches his speech appropriately for a child, consciously or not.  Also the idea that his words sunk into the young mind, and were understood...
An inmate of this active universe

An inmate of this active universe

This current and timeless phrase – with that curious ‘inmate’ alongside the energetic ‘active’ – comes from Wordsworth’s image of himself as an infant, tapping into some greater connectivity than mere wifi systems and smart...
Letters of fire in the sky

Letters of fire in the sky

Balint is the protagonist of a wonderful trilogy chronicling the declining decades of the Hungarian aristocracy in the years leading to the First World War.  He is also one of its most thoughtful, endearing characters.  Here he ponders a moment beneath a night sky and...
Good thoughts about the universe

Good thoughts about the universe

Perhaps this could be a Key Performance Indicator for nuannaarpoq.com – that it might become a compendium of good thoughts about the universe from different cultures. Or at least good thoughts about living life fully and sharing its joys.Each culture, it seemed...

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