What Did Wealthy Romans Smell Like?
Among the funerary offerings to a woman who died around the age of 40 was a delicate bottle carved from quartz crystal, sealed with a bitumen stopper and with its congealed contents preserved inside.
THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT WE SEE
THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT WE SEE . I searched for God where I thought I would find, His spirit of love as a ghost, A presence beyond the borders of man, Yet a friend who was closer than most. . For Christmas was coming, the old would […]
17 Facts You May Not Know About Estonia
1. Estonia is one of the most digitally advanced countries in the world, with e-residency and e-voting systems. 2. Over 50% of Estonia is covered by forests. 3. The country has one of the highest literacy rates in the world at 99.8%. 4. Estonia has one of the […]
The True History of Halloween
What if, on the ancient day of Samhain, now known as Halloween. A festival celebrated by our ancient earth-based peoples, ignited by their understanding of the cycles of life, a love of the earth and sacred celebration. We didn’t celebrate it by misrepresenting the ancestors, the witches, and […]
THE TIME MACHINE
In the early 1920s, London was a bustling metropolis, evolving rapidly in the aftermath of World War I. Amidst the urban landscape, a woman stands at a vending machine designed specifically for the convenience of daytime workers, reflecting the changing dynamics of consumer culture during this era. This […]
THE SECRET OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE
Marriage Laid Bare: There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other… except that the old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she […]
THE WRITER J R R TOLKIEN Proposed to his wife with a love letter
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 […]
ONE WORD THAT CHANGES LIVES
Wandering through art galleries and museums, bookshops, parks and gardens, why not pause to consider who it was or what it was that inspired the creation of each work of art.
Once Upon a Time in America
In 1883, a wooden railway bridge in Montana stood as a testament to the engineering prowess and determination of the American Westward Expansion era. This bridge was part of the grand effort to connect the vast, rugged landscapes of the western United States by rail, a project that […]
Visionaries who Tried to Warn the World
I feel that the nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four is destined to modify into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in Brave New World.; ~ From a letter to George Orwell, dated 21 October 1949. From Letters of Aldous Huxley, ed. Grover Smith; Harper & Row, 1969.
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