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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In Québécois, Ostia is used in the same situations as in Castellano. I may have missed it but what Spanish novel are you reading?

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My wife is Spanish and so we were obviously cheering for Spain. In addition, I detest Javier Milei and would have hated to see him share in the glory of an Argentine win. Every time I see him , I see Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ernest Hemingway Wallace Stegner Robertson Davies Gunther Grasse Almudena Grandes

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Robertson Davies told a story about the excellent Canadian writer, Margaret Lawrence. She was at a cocktail party talking with an eminent neurosurgeon who said that when he retired he was going to start writing novels. She replied that when she retired she was going to start doing brain surgery.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Neil Young when he was around 17 years old at the Fourth Dimension Coffee House in Winnipeg and nine other mostly forgettable bands over the years

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

La Festín de Babette Reservoir Dogs Smoke In Bruges The Tin Drum Eastern Promises 1900 Death in Venice Como Agua para Chocolate The Road No Country for Old Men Casablanca Motorcycle Diaries Santos Inocentes

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

They were “interviewed” on Tout le Monde en Parle (Societé Radio Canada!). Bizarre but amusing and worth a watch. I checked and it is available on YouTube.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In French, I would recommend John L’Enfer by Didier Decoin. I believe it won the Prix Goncourt back in the 1970s. It is the story of a Cheyenne who comes to New York to wash windows of the skyscrapers. He sees that the buildings are deteriorating which no one else sees or admits.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A novel in Spanish that I think would meet your criteria is Patria by Fernando Aramburu, although I had to confirm that the original was written in Castellano and not in Basque.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I will read it in Spanish.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And I am going to look for La Invención de Morel on your recommendation.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I haven’t read the novel but I did see the film with Fabrice Luchini. Amusing but probably not as good as the book.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Fortunately, like the passé simple, the passé du subjonctif is never used in everyday French.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Last night on French television there was a report on French influencers who moved to Dubai to avoid paying French taxes and are now begging the French government to repatriate them.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

There was an article in La Vanguardia this week entitled “Sanchez ¿Nobel de la Paz?” The actual article didn’t go quite that far but I would have loved to see Trump’s reaction if he came across it given his rants against Spain and Sanchez.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We watch TVE news everyday and find that very funny as well

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Great film especially if accompanied by a good tortilla de patatas.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I saw In Bruges first in English and later in French. It was funny in French but much funnier in English. Great dialogue and irony don’t necessarily translate well.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Thanks I will certainly read it. Have you read the series of novels by Almudena Grandes Episodios de una Guerra Interminable? I read them all and found them to be excellent.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I find with Perez-Reverte you never know what you are going to get. I found that Línea de Fuego and El Tango de la Guardia Vieja were good, whereas El Asedio was a bit ridiculous and over 700 pages. Nevertheless, I will be looking forward to reading El Problema Final

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We watched the movie Monsieur Aznavour this weekend. Worth a watch if haven’t seen it already.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you are talking Beethoven opus 130/133 I am definitely B-flat major. Opus 133 is 19th century heavy metal. I also have a fancy for Nokia ringtones.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I suppose that it is some consolation that it was God who was responsible for the elimination of the Winnipeg Jets and not the Dallas Stars.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Fat Tug IPA - one of my favorites. I wish we could find it in Montreal

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I live in Montreal but was born in Winnipeg and have supported the Jets since they were in the WHA. During the 15 years they didn’t exist I cheered for the Senators.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Cheesecake, the Wrath of God.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

As I posted earlier, Pliny the Elder is on my bucket list.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As long as your future posts are on Blue sky I will be happy. Keep up the good work.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I still drink and enjoy American IPAs but I now prefer those that use primarily hops such as Centennial, Cascade, Chinook rather than those that use enormous amounts of Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic etc.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

The Winnipeg Jets won again.

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Ross Milne @rmilne.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Pliny the Elder is on by bucket list.

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