In his hearth and home, in his palace, upon his soft and comfortable bed, day and night, the flower-girls scatter flower petals; but without the Lord’s Name, the body is miserable. Horses, elephants, lances, marching bands, armies, standard bearers, royal attendants and ostentatious displays – without the Lord of the Universe, these undertakings are all… Read More Lions and Tigers and Horses and Flowers Oh My!
“I highly doubt that the rites themselves involved the literal sacrifice of virgins in a re-enactment or literalisation of the Persephone-Hades descent myth. The reason I say this is because a critical element in the myth itself involves the rebirth of Persephone herself from the lands of the dead. Remember, it was not Persephone who… Read More Welcome Back Persephone!
“As Jupiter reached opposition earlier this week, it put on a spectacular show of cannibalism for anyone viewing with modest telescopes. Planetary specialists around the world have been watching with bated breath as a cataclysmic encounter between Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS), Oval BA (Red, Jr.), and the newly discovered Little Red Spot (LRS) unfolded… Read More All Hail Jupiter!
Mrs. Adams: “Malena fell down the cellar stairs!” Virgil Adams: “Did she break any of our things?” – from Alice Adams, 1935 Buenos Aires – Though he appeared, and often starred, in more than one hundred films during his career, Fred MacMurray is probably best known as Stephen Douglas, the patriarch of the My Three… Read More Nice Guy Turns 100
“In a country of more than 1 billion people, with 16 official languages and myriad ethnic influences, there is no singular “Indian” cuisine. Instead, hundreds of culinary styles co-exist, each shaped by a unique confluence of geography, history, climate and religion. Each of India’s 28 states and seven union territories has its own specialties. Many… Read More Go West Young Sahib!
“THRONGS OF MONGOLS in resplendent robes of blue, red, and maroon swarm Ulaan Baatar’s Central Stadium. Archers snap bows, bands blow brass music, and the air is saturated with the pungent odor of mutton, the national dish (the older and tougher, the better). Yet all eyes are focused on the field, where scores of burly… Read More Three Manly Games
We need to educate our children if we want our continent to prosper, but they can’t learn if they go to school hungry.” – Cesária Évora, the “Barefoot Diva”, Cape Verdian singer Buenos Aires – If I were to ask you to tell me a little about Cape Verde, I’m guessing you’d draw a blank.… Read More Green Cape
“Sherry… a sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.” – George Borrow, English Novelist Buenos Aires – I’m going to give you the one sentence basics of sherry,… Read More Hitting the Sack