Xtreemli's Journals
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Glorious Nonsense
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| In the annals of American literature Kurt Vonnegut has been categorized as a black humorist, a post-Hiroshima novelist who encouraged readers to laugh... |
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Writing and the bottle
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| Gargamel: Man, Myth, Legend
Everyone knows Gargamel - or they should. This plucky fellow was the bane to all Smurfs. His only desire was the capture ... |
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I, Claudius 30th Anniversary
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| Wow! What a krazy weekend. I've been told by civies from Egypt, Meso and even as far as the Orient that the celebration was a big hit.
One of t... |
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Love Letters from Rome
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Listen to the music while reading :-)
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away ... |
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Salve
honored guest!
Festina Lente!
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L'Herbier VI by Basilius Besler
You may know that the peony is Jeannin's, the hollyhock belongs to Quost, but the sunflower is mine in a way."
Vincent van Gogh (to Theo)
22 or 23 January 1889
The Chinese hail the sunflower as a symbol of longevity.
The Incas had an entire religion devoted to the sunflower. They worshipped the stately flower as a sacred image of their sun god. Incan priestesses wore gold sunflower emblems on their clothing. Incan temples were embellished with sunflower imagery hammered in gold.
Sunflower Mandala
Image Graham Pritchard Copyright 2000
Click HERE to read about the Woodborough Sunflower,
the amazing and stunningly beautiful "Sunflower" that appeared in Alton Priors between Woodborough Hill and Picked Hill, on August 13th.
Based on ground observation it was assumed to be a Moiré construction with dozens of thin rings, but it isn't. It's a pattern made from Phi spirals, like the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower.
At The Belle Époque, I play Ellen Rhodes Wingham.
Please visit my wolf page by clicking on the graphic below.
My AncientSites Home in Rome
Credits:
Avatar ~ The Tambourine Girl by John William Godward.
Framed wolf photo © JIM BRANDENBURG 2004.
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