Playing the Right Notes brings Joy
The world is a wonderful place. What you sow, you reap. Please help others as best as you can. In the long run, you may be helping yourself. The universe never forgets anyone who sows a good seed in others, never.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT FOREIGNERS?
Q: What do you call a person who speaks several languages? A: Multilingual. Q: How do you describe a person who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual. Q: What do you call a person who speaks only one language? A: British.
I HATE THIS AGE ~ VIDEO
Alain Delon, born 1935 (died 2024) was one of the great cinema stars of the 20th century. Irresistibly good looking the French thespian wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The movie star was just 4-years old when his Parisian parents divorced after which there was […]
SPAIN’S SHAMEFUL SECRET REVEALED ~ VIDEO
As the sun settles over Seville’s Plaza de Espana the mournful melody of a guitar completes the rapture. Your head swims with delight to Sueno en la Floresta. The incomparable beautiful evocation of Iberian charm was composed by Paraguayan, Agustin Barrios Mangore, who John Williams described as the […]
J.R.R. Tolkien Proposed to His Wife by Mail with a Twist
MAKE READING INTERESTING AGAIN ~ By all accounts, famous writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his wife, Edith, had a close and happy marriage. They were married for 55 years, with Edith following Tolkien wherever his life took him. The couple had four children: three sons and one […]
THE AGE OF ELEGANCE
MICHAEL WALSH AWARD-WINNING WRITER: The end of the alpha male, manhood and the increasing feminization of men is a matter of much comment. The ladies can lament all they like; femininity, femme class and style have also disappeared. Was there ever more elegance and style than when women […]
CHARLES DICKENS The Novelist who changed the world for the better
‘For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.’ .Charles Dickens, (born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng.—died June 9, 1870, Gad’s Hill, near Chatham, Kent), a British novelist, generally considered the greatest […]
European History and Culture Nourish Future Generations
A psychologist from Moscow State Academic University told how art and architecture influence a person. Art and architecture are universal transmitters of the achievements of human civilization. Thanks to them, new generations become acquainted with the archetypes of bygone times and are imbued with the so-called spirit of […]
The Story behind the world’s most loved Christmas Carol
In 1816 Joseph Mohr created the text Silent Night! in the form of a poem in Mariapfarr in the Lungau region where he was living at the time. 1818 In the schoolhouse of Arnsdorf, on Christmas Eve, Franz Xaver Gruber composes a melody to fit the text. 1818 Silent Night! Holy […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE WORLD’S MOST LOVED CHRISTMAS CAROL
Leipzig, 1824: Ernst Anschütz, the choirmaster of the Saint Georg church, is preparing for Christmas festivities. He’s looking for suitable old songs that can be adapted for young listeners. Along the way, he discovers something in a different vein. Written by Joachim August Zarnack, it’s a tragic love […]
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