I heard that she was a beauty queen. Even in the 60's and 70's she was a fairly good looking woman (See the photos with da Mayor, Ed Koch). I remember her best as the Consumer Affairs Commish. She did a good job actually and was the first, that I know of, to push for …
Month: March 2015
Psalm 23 and reframing
While it is never too late to do the sort of personality analysis and personality work that will help you grow into the person you would actually like to be, often it's frightening because it involves identifying false bits of personality to eliminate and desired personality traits to nurture. If you have serious problems, say …
Salvo Army Chief, Eva Burrows, reposes
Eva Burrows, Salvation Army's 'People's General,' Dies at 85By SAM ROBERTSMARCH 24, 2015 Photo Eva Burrows at an International Youth Congress in an undated photo. Credit The Salvation Army Gen. Eva Burrows, who was only the second woman to lead the international Salvation Army and who carried its banner back to Eastern Europe after the …
The redone Sistine Chapel
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome, is one of Michelangelo's greatest masterpieces. The frescoes, painted between 1508 and 1512, depict nine scenes of the book of Genesis. I have flipped the scene both ways so you can view it from both angles.
Highway to Hell, or cutting your nose off in spite of your face.
adapted from Eric Maisel...You have your ideas about what to create, but there are many operatives in force to cause you to wonder about your choice because there are just so many choices out there today. The first operative is the Editor or self-censorship. Some never get beyond that. Watching an Ac/Dc interview on Highway …
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We all the same 24 hours that Beyonce or Steve Jobs has…
i have the book...Creative Routines Creative Routines"We all have the same 24 hours that Mick Jagger has" View on infowetrust.com Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a …
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On the ISIL hit list: Persepolis
Persepolis, IranPerched on a giant stone plateau in the dusty foothills of the Zagros Mountains, the massive and magnificent palace complex of Persepolis exhibits the glory of the Persian Empire at its peak. Its ruins, uncovered by archaeologists in the 1930s, include columns, reconstructed buildings, and beautifully carved reliefs. Pity with turbulence in the Middle …
We walk by faith
ii Corinthians 5-8 So here is what we can always be certain about. As long as we are at home in our bodies, we are away from the Lord. 7 We live by believing, not by seeing.8 We are certain about that. We would rather be away from our bodies and at home with the Lord. 9 …
Archaeology at Ramat Rahel, Israel
Scientists have re-created an ancient royal garden on a hilltop between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, at a site known as Ramat Rahel (see the attached picture)During the 8th century BC, a royal citadel was built here by one of the kings of Judah. More than a hundred seal impressions of lamelekh (Hebrew, to the King), stamped …
Book Review: 2 Years & 4 Months in an Asylum
from the book...Two years and Four Months in an Asylum by Reverend Hiram Chase. It was originally reviewed on my wordpress account, back in 2012 but never got any notice there, and since I am slowly removing everything from there and migrating here, I thought that this was a good next transplant.I found the book …
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