Nicholas-inspired gift-giver to make an appearance at Christmastime. There are similar figures and Christmas traditions around the world. Christkind or Kris Kringle was believed to deliver presents to well-behaved Swiss and German children. Meaning “Christ child,” Christkind is an angel-like ...
during a celebration on the anniversary of Nicholas’s death, a young boy was kidnapped to become a slave to a neighboring region’s emir. The family grieved for a year, and on the anniversary of the boy’s disappearance, they refused to leave their home. Good thing: As the story goes,...
Whenever I write about members of the seven descendant families, those individuals are referenced by their relationship to one of the Big Seven ancestors: “Daughter of ___” or “Great-Grandson of ___”, etc. As for me, one of the lines in my email signature reads “Granddaughter of TO...
The literary meaning is to satirize those who use other people’s blind spots to make profits.سرزمینی که عشق در آن می میرد -The land where love dies by Fatemeh – Featured / 2 Comments A beautiful, though deeply sad, poem by...
I mentioned in last week’s post that I suspected the eclipses would open up a window on time, and I’ve also written a lot about the true meaning of the word “apocalypse,” which literally means “unveiling” – the lifting of the veil. What veil are we talking about if not the ...
Doing it right: TheWard 8 Woods Conservancyin Washington, DC, hosts community clean-ups to beautify local areas. They alternate between clean-ups and hikes, meaning that volunteers can both make the woods more beautiful and take some time to enjoy nature as well. ...
It is highly valued by the military because the DU penetrator is self-sharpening (meaning it does not deform) and pyrophoric. It is highly effective against enemy tanks struck on the side, rear or top, but less so frontally where it can be deflected by sloped armor. APFSDS penetrators can...
Is Santa Claus anti-Christian? And can Christians who understand the meaning of Christmas still legitimately believe in Santa Claus and practice the secular traditions of Christmas?Take Action Track Santa’s journey with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Learn more about Santa Cla...
Much physically lighter was Jan Morris’Trieste – the meaning of Nowhere. I have loved all of her writing and in this one of her very last books, the astonishing breath of her experience and knowledge lift this slender book up and over the jagged Karst backdrop and down into the improbabl...
and clarity on my communication problems, and I was more than willing to confront them and bring them to a close. However I could never see what the problems were, meaning I could never see their point-of-origin and what decisions I made or decisions I agreed to that brought about my ...