Blossoming

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In April the ponds open like black blossoms, the moon swims in every one; there’s fire everywhere: frogs shouting their desire, their satisfaction. What we know: that time chops at us all like an iron hoe, that death is a … Read More

The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time

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Until the mid-1950s, Bill Tilden was generally considered the greatest player ever, his only rivals being Vines, Budge, and Kramer. For much of the 1950s and 1960s, many thought Gonzales had claimed that title. Since then, first Laver, then more … Read More

Robinson Crusoe Island, the lost paradise

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Location Pacific Ocean Coordinates 33°38′29″S 78°50′28″W Archipelago Juan Fernández Islands Area 93 km2 (35.9 sq mi) Highest elevation 922 m (3,025 ft) Highest point El Yunque Country Chile Population 859 (as of 2011 est.) Robinson Crusoe Island (Spanish: Isla Robinson … Read More

Flowers on the Cerna Valley

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The Cerna River is a river in Romania. The Cerna has its source on the south-east side of the Godeanu Mountains and flows into the Danube. The upper reach of the river is sometimes called Cernişoara River. With a basin … Read More

Easter Island, the most remote island in the world

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua in Spanish) is an isolated island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, particularly known for its monumental statues (moai’s) and its unique Oceanic, writing, the rongorongo. The island is located 3700 km from the … Read More

Flowers for Chopin

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Frédéric Chopin (Polish: Fryderyk (Franciszek) Chopin, sometimes Szopen; French: Frédéric (François) Chopin; March 1, 1810 — October 17, 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and … Read More

The color of the quartz

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The crystal-gazer’s trance can be induced with any shiny object, including a crystaline gem stone. The size of quarty preferred varies greatly among those who practice crystallomancy. Some gazers use a few inches diameter quarty that is held in the … Read More

The Eye of God

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Usually, the Eye of God is a ritual tool, magical object and cultural symbol evoking the weaving motif and its spiritual associations. For the Huichol peoples of northwestern Mexico, The God’s Eye is symbolic of the power of seeing and … Read More

Quartz crystals – Crystal gazing

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Crystal gazing may be used by practitioners — sometimes called “readers” or “seers” — for a variety of purposes, including to predict distant or future events, to give character analyses, for fortune telling, or to help a client make choices … Read More

Crystals (2)

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Because crystal gazing has been developed by people of various cultures through a long period of time, the term crystal gazing denotes several different forms of a variety of objects, and there are several schools of thought as to the … Read More

False insurance claims

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Insurance fraud or false insurance claimsare insurance claims filed with the intent to defraud an insurance provider. In the United States insurance fraud is estimated to cost US$875 per person per year with The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud estimating the … Read More

IN ROMANIA, THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO WORK IS PROHIBITED!

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The wrong laws and / or their literally application by officials give birth to monsters! In early 2002 I was appointed administrator at a newly established company. In the same year, one of the two associates of the company decided … Read More

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