Victorias de Viaje

Chai Boil some water with a chunk of ginger cut in slices, three cardamom pods and a sprinkle of pepper. Add tea, milk and honey. Let it simmer until the kitchen smells right. Drink slowly. ~☆~ I've recently watched the new screen adaptation of one of my favourite novels, Wuthering Heights , which, sadly, I thought reduces the original story to eroticised melodrama. If you've read the book and seen the film, you will have noticed that t he sublime in Brontë's narrative -all those overwhelming extremes, from the landscape to Heathcliff's demonic behaviour, and Cathy's supernatural appearance after death- has been translated into sexual spectacle and visual flamboyance. Character development seems to have been buried somewhere beneath the raunchy scenes on the misty moors, the languishing women in lavish rooms, and the parade of visually striking dresses. I was not impressed, ...