Arabian Desert

Arabian Desert   Sand at sunset… ,,,is COLD to bare feet.

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Shut Up…!

Note to Self…. DO NOT even TRY to open your loved ones eyes to TRUTH. The brain-washing is DEEEEEEP! Life long. Ingrained. ‘Specially when you are cooking for 7 adults, two dogs, one cat and the wildlife. P.S. Sometimes I don’t even listen to myself. ‘Specially when I’m told repeatedly to Shut Up! Immovable object. […]

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Castel Sant’Angelo

Otherwise known as The Mausoleum of Hadrian, has four famous tombs. Four famous Caesars. Hadrian, Luicius Verus, (father) Luicius Verus, (son) and Commodus. Confusing, Crazy history books! Its also famous as the prison which held, amongst others, Giordano Bruno and Alessandro Cagliostro. Andronicus I Comnenus was probably buried in Egypt with the rest of his […]

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Serapeum in Egypt

The Wise and Wonderful Mr Wise Up. Thanks :o)  

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The Ripple Effect

An interesting article by Sigil Barsade. Something we all instinctively know but tend to ignore. Sometimes Me, Myself, I is all we need. We can have the Best Ever Arguments…always a Win/Win :o)   EMOTIONAL CONTAGION

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“I Come to Bury Caesar”

Again! This time it’s Marcus Aurelius. I’ve had his meditations on my shelves forever.   “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”   If you’ve seen the film Gladiator – great spectacle, BS history – you’ll know who Marcus Aurelius is.   “Very little […]

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Комнин – Komnin

From Historia Augusta – The Life of Lucius Verus   “For he had a golden statue made of the “Green” horse Volucer, (FLYER) and this he always carried around with him;  indeed, he was wont to put raisins and nuts instead of barley in this horse’s manger and to order him brought to him, in […]

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Artemisia Vulgaris

I’ve grown this plant in my garden. It has a long history.   WikiOK Page : Artemisia Vulgaris   From northernshamanism.org :   The Nine Sacred Herbs I. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Names: Mugwort (from AS moughte-wort or “moth-plant”), felon weed, sailor’s tobacco, Artemis herb, Muggons, Naughty Man, Old Man, Old Uncle Henry. Medicinal uses: Leaf tea diuretic, induces sweating. Regulates […]

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Lost Centuries of Byzantine Music

I’m not a musician. But I love music. I had a father, have a son who were/are musicians. That gene skipped a generation.    “If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,The appetite may sicken, and so die.”    Bloody man. Won’t leave me alone. Sheesh!   What’s the […]

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Dracula’s Last Secret: His Empty Grave

I didn’t know about this…. Vlad Țepeș: “For the monks, he is a bloody criminal who has cruelly punished church leaders.” Oh. Really?  

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