THE ROARING 20s

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In the 1920s the USA was characterized by economic prosperity, changes in lifestyle and culture, and modernity. This period was also referred to as the Jazz Age or Decade of Optimism.

http://www.1920-30.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8LLfFY9pQg

How important is optimism? Has the sense of optimism changed lately?

Summer Memories

Last night I saw a movie in an open air cinema. The movie itself was not great, but the atmosphere was amazing: a breeze in a very hot night, a couple of shooting stars, the smell of sandwiches being made. I then remembered when I was a child and I used to go to this kind of cinema with my family every summer.

Do you have any summer memories you would like to share?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95wzYxbZTuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mFTwlK9TA

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?..."

In this little town, I have seen trees made of wire with sentences hanging from their branches, a poem that talks about daring and fainting on an emergency exit, an excerpt from  “A Hundred Years of Solitude” on a notice-like poster, chapter 7 of a novel written in chalk on the way upstairs, a song by Leonard Cohen on the wall. World Book Day deserved those types of manifestations.

Imagen: http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php?terms=books&page=3&edit=yes&com=no

How have you celebrated World Book Day? What excerpt of what book would you read to others?