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December 06, 2009 08:37 AM EST --
Charuavi’s Fables – 1
The Magic of Logic
Mr. Stingy was particularly fond of his beautiful, silk cravat. He was afraid that it may get mislaid or stolen since it was so lovely . . .
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July 04, 2009 07:30 AM EDT --
"Nahuatl (Spanish spelling)" "English Literal Meaning" "English Figurative Meaning" Indian Root "Meaning of root" . . .
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July 04, 2009 07:25 AM EDT --
Possible Indian language (Sanskrit, Hindi) roots of some words of the New World languages
We come across many words of the Pre-Columbian ‘native’ American languages while reading, . . .
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June 22, 2009 02:07 AM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Afterword
Before our Greek cruise, we had never read or heard about ‘Sea Diamond’s sinking in the Santorini caldera.
Every day we read the English . . .
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June 22, 2009 02:05 AM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Santorini
Every Aegean island is beautiful but I believe Santorini is the most scenic of them all.
All the Aegean islands are prone to earthquakes and . . .
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June 19, 2009 10:20 PM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Crete
We had ‘compulsory reading’ of John Keats’ poem ‘Isabella’ a.k.a ‘A Pot of Basil’ in college.
When young . . .
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June 19, 2009 10:10 PM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Rhodes and Lindos
There is nothing much common between me and one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the ancient world’ namely the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue . . .
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June 18, 2009 11:41 PM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Patmos
Patmos has been continuously inhabited for at least 2000 years since ‘The Book of Revelations’ was written on this island by John the Apostle . . .
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June 18, 2009 11:35 PM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Mykonos
The Aegean Sea is dotted with hundreds of islands, of which some are uninhabited. Some of the islands were important cultural centers in the past but . . .
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June 18, 2009 09:44 AM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Athens
What can you write about a city that has been written about by thousands of people for thousands of years?
Greece has been called ‘the cradle . . .
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June 18, 2009 09:29 AM EDT --
Our Greek Odyssey – Introduction
In the ‘brave days of the old’ the Greek hero Odysseus sailed the Mediterranean for ten years trying to reach his home, Ithaca. (For ten . . .
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May 25, 2009 10:43 PM EDT --
Red Square and the St. Basil’s Cathedral –
6 May 2009
We have just returned from Moscow with love brimming up in my heart for this beautiful city. Avi too, underwent . . .
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June 09, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
Koprivstitsa
Avi had mentioned to Evan that I wanted to see the places around Sofia and he suggested that I visit Koprivstitsa. He also offered that he will come at 7:00 AM to our hotel . . .
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June 09, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
Bulgaria Trip
Plovdiv and Bachkovo Monastery
I wanted to visit Rila Monastery but Evan told us that as the President of the country was visiting the monastery . . .
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June 09, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
Bulgaria Trip . . .
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March 07, 2008 05:53 AM EST --
When my husband was nominated for an international award, both of us were overjoyed. Apart from the honor and the glory it brought, it also gave us a chance to visit our married daughter in Dusseldorf. . . .
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February 16, 2008 04:01 AM EST --
"Star-Crossed"
I was watching a TV music show yesternight and came across the words 'taron ki chhau mein' (Hindi). Those words made me sit up because I translated them . . .
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February 14, 2008 06:50 AM EST --
Valentine's Day
It's the Valentine's Day,
And Love is in the air,
But I have a complaint to make,
You ' homo Sapiens' are so unfair
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January 29, 2008 10:31 AM EST --
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Men are born equal, but their training differs
Hence the different meanings this phrase offers
To those who know their military . . .
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January 20, 2008 01:28 AM EST --
Que Sera Sera (Whatever will be, will be)
http://www.lyriczz.com/lyriczz.php?songid=12960
"Will I be pretty, will I be rich?" I believe every child asks . . .
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