JOHNNY'S BLOG - 2

  FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS  & THE TORRENTS OF SPRING  BY ERNEST  HEMINGWAY   For Whom the Bell Tolls & The Torrents of Spring are  Novels written by American author Ernest Hemingway.     My all-time favorite author is Ernest Hemingway.  Hemingway influenced me from my teens and remained a cult figure throughout my life. Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Hemingway's direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned generations of imitators but no equals.     Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899. His father, Clarence E. Hemingway, was a doctor, and his mother was a Painter and Pianist. His dad taught him how to catch fish, hunt, set up a camp, and cook over a fire. Ernest was the second of six ch...

IBEX - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS  - NATURE'S  DAREDEVILS                                                       Alpine Ibex - Masters of the Mountain Peaks | Gravity Defying Wild Goats The   Alpine Ibex   ( Capra ibex ) is found in the   European   Alps . Alpine ibex are found in France, Bulgaria, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Slovenia, and have been introduced to ranches in the United States, Canada and Argentina.   Ibex are a group of wild mountain goat species ( genus Capra ) renowned for their long, backwards-curved horns and unmatched agility in scaling steep, rocky, and snowy precipices. Found in Europe, Asia, and Africa, they are herbivorous, social animals that use high-altitude, r...