Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
More Annotations
A complete backup of https://native-americans-warriors.blogspot.com/
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://chinaq.tv/jp180112/3.html
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://simcity-societies.en.softonic.com/
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://paola-jara-cinico.yump3.me/
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Favourite Annotations
Your Lifestyle Options – Showing You The Road To A Healthier Lifestyle
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
X-Graphics.Org - Все о графике и фотографии
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
The domain name csdn123.com is for sale | DAN.COM
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
TiaBeth.com – O maior conteúdo sobre diabetes da língua portuguêsa
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Sportschool Fit For Free | Onbeperkt fitness op de manier die bij jou past
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Mutiara Al-Hikmah Al-Islamiyyah | AL-MULHIM
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Shriram Mutual Fund-Invest in the India's Leading Mutual Fund Investment Management Company
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Tightline Adventures - Fishing, Flyfishing
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Text
proper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE SILENCE OF STONE The message conveyed through the silence of stone is that suffering ultimately leads to death and decay, but the spirit stays on. It is a comforting thought. There's a dramatic song on YouTube named "The Spirit goes on" whose refrain says: "If I die tomorrow I'll be PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: MAMAD, HELMET, AND THE You should never ever need one, but it's good to have one, just in case. It could save lives . Mamad (acronym for the hebrew 'merchav mugan' - meaning protective space) is a fortified room with reinforced, cemented walls and ceilings, thick floor, airtight steel door and window.It is supposed to be impenetrable to rockets carrying bombs or chemical/biological stuff. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: RING OF FIRE The reality is a tiny, crowded country ,with no real borders, very divided inside: jews vs. arabs, secular jews and orthodox jews, oriental (sephardic) jews and european (askenazi) jews. There's no love among these groups to say the least. Mutual dislike/hatred is constantly on a low fire and can explode any time. It has now. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SOUTH AFRICA horse memorial (Port Elizabeth) - my favorite photo. dolphinarium (Port Elizabeth) dolphin show (Port Elizabeth) with participants at a bowling tournament (Port El.) Cape Town - near the terminal Table Mountain Nature Reserve. Table Mountain - view of the ocean. the ocean(my better side -
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: VOICE AND WEIGHT Most of them, both males and females are overweight. After all, opera singing is a tough, high-stress , lonely profession, and so, eating becomes a form of compensation. Diets might ruin the voice. Doctors don't quite agree to this. If done carefully , diet might help with both, losing weight and preserving the voice. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS l. lucky bamboo. I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with aproper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE SILENCE OF STONE The message conveyed through the silence of stone is that suffering ultimately leads to death and decay, but the spirit stays on. It is a comforting thought. There's a dramatic song on YouTube named "The Spirit goes on" whose refrain says: "If I die tomorrow I'll be PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: MAMAD, HELMET, AND THE You should never ever need one, but it's good to have one, just in case. It could save lives . Mamad (acronym for the hebrew 'merchav mugan' - meaning protective space) is a fortified room with reinforced, cemented walls and ceilings, thick floor, airtight steel door and window.It is supposed to be impenetrable to rockets carrying bombs or chemical/biological stuff. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: RING OF FIRE The reality is a tiny, crowded country ,with no real borders, very divided inside: jews vs. arabs, secular jews and orthodox jews, oriental (sephardic) jews and european (askenazi) jews. There's no love among these groups to say the least. Mutual dislike/hatred is constantly on a low fire and can explode any time. It has now. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SOUTH AFRICA horse memorial (Port Elizabeth) - my favorite photo. dolphinarium (Port Elizabeth) dolphin show (Port Elizabeth) with participants at a bowling tournament (Port El.) Cape Town - near the terminal Table Mountain Nature Reserve. Table Mountain - view of the ocean. the ocean(my better side -
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: VOICE AND WEIGHT Most of them, both males and females are overweight. After all, opera singing is a tough, high-stress , lonely profession, and so, eating becomes a form of compensation. Diets might ruin the voice. Doctors don't quite agree to this. If done carefully , diet might help with both, losing weight and preserving the voice. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with a proper device, but so far I buy the stuff, as it's cheap both, at the PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: 2020 The smoke coming out of the crater is a fascinating sight! on the edge of the Vesuvio crater. Speaking of volcanoes, Edinburgh castle in Scotland was formed as a result of a volcano erupting several hundred million years previously. The castle (over 900 years old) had beenboth a
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SEASONS Spring and Autumn, transitional periods, are shorter in length than winter and summer. Spring, the season of awakening and renewal, is supposed to come in March, but is usually late, and makes its appearance in early April. In my country, it also brings with it what's called 'hamsin' - desert heat waves, a dry and quite unpleasantphenomenon.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LOCKDOWN AND ATTRACTIONS The statue and the stork are spots of light in the darkness created by the thick vegetation. + Another main attraction in the city is the 'Monument of the Discoveries' on the edge of the Tagus river , point of departure of ships to expeditions. The monument celebrates the period of explorations and discoveries during the 15th-16th centuries. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: NOW YOU'RE TALKING... How? Quite simple. These companies exploit the aspirations of politicians,scientists,doctors,journalists, and others in line. The vaccine is part of a whole bargain that includes: mask, distancing,lockdown.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DNA AND MORE Beti (Braha), David, Hersh (Herman), Mina, Shai, Rifca, Elca, Haim PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medical PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: FAT-SHAMING Most of them, both males and females are overweight. After all, opera singing is a tough, high-stress , lonely profession, and so, eating becomes a form of compensation. Diets might ruin the voice. Doctors don't quite agree to this. If done carefully , diet might help with both, losing weight and preserving the voice. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS l. lucky bamboo. I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with aproper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE SILENCE OF STONE The place , once nicknamed 'the land of the living dead', is seen nowadays as a monument to human pain and spirit. (more photos and details in my post of Oct. 2016). The message conveyed through the silence of stone is that suffering ultimately leads to death and decay, but the spirit stays on. It is a comforting thought. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE DISASTER AT MERON The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: JANUARY 2021 Pfizer's 'freezing farm' in Kalamazoo, Mich (web picture) Hopefully, a significant drop in the bad numbers of covid-19 victims is to be expected by the end of PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: BLACK AND WHITE So, until fear subsides, and I go to places not only for the essentials, but also for fun and pleasure, I find refuge in old pictures and memories. Here are some music and fashion memories in black and white: playing the violin. in a duo at a Purim party. The PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: RING OF FIRE The reality is a tiny, crowded country ,with no real borders, very divided inside: jews vs. arabs, secular jews and orthodox jews, oriental (sephardic) jews and european (askenazi) jews. There's no love among these groups to say the least. Mutual dislike/hatred is constantly on a low fire and can explode any time. It has now. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS l. lucky bamboo. I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with aproper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE SILENCE OF STONE The place , once nicknamed 'the land of the living dead', is seen nowadays as a monument to human pain and spirit. (more photos and details in my post of Oct. 2016). The message conveyed through the silence of stone is that suffering ultimately leads to death and decay, but the spirit stays on. It is a comforting thought. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE DISASTER AT MERON The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: JANUARY 2021 Pfizer's 'freezing farm' in Kalamazoo, Mich (web picture) Hopefully, a significant drop in the bad numbers of covid-19 victims is to be expected by the end of PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: BLACK AND WHITE So, until fear subsides, and I go to places not only for the essentials, but also for fun and pleasure, I find refuge in old pictures and memories. Here are some music and fashion memories in black and white: playing the violin. in a duo at a Purim party. The PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: RING OF FIRE The reality is a tiny, crowded country ,with no real borders, very divided inside: jews vs. arabs, secular jews and orthodox jews, oriental (sephardic) jews and european (askenazi) jews. There's no love among these groups to say the least. Mutual dislike/hatred is constantly on a low fire and can explode any time. It has now. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: 2020 The smoke coming out of the crater is a fascinating sight! on the edge of the Vesuvio crater. Speaking of volcanoes, Edinburgh castle in Scotland was formed as a result of a volcano erupting several hundred million years previously. The castle (over 900 years old) had beenboth a
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with a proper device, but so far I buy the stuff, as it's cheap both, at the PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: JANUARY 2021 Pfizer's 'freezing farm' in Kalamazoo, Mich (web picture) Hopefully, a significant drop in the bad numbers of covid-19 victims is to be expected by the end of PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: FEBRUARY 2021 People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medical PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SEASONS Spring and Autumn, transitional periods, are shorter in length than winter and summer. Spring, the season of awakening and renewal, is supposed to come in March, but is usually late, and makes its appearance in early April. In my country, it also brings with it what's called 'hamsin' - desert heat waves, a dry and quite unpleasantphenomenon.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SCOTLAND lake Lock Ness. A fter spending some time at the lake, visiting the old Urquhart castle on its bank, and watching a Scotsman playing bagpipe, I headed to the bus station for Inverness (the town capital of the area, located at about 8 miles from the lake).. At the station, I met an Austrian couple that told me they had missed the last bus and were about to try and get a lift. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: VOICE AND WEIGHT Most of them, both males and females are overweight. After all, opera singing is a tough, high-stress , lonely profession, and so, eating becomes a form of compensation. Diets might ruin the voice. Doctors don't quite agree to this. If done carefully , diet might help with both, losing weight and preserving the voice. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: NOW YOU'RE TALKING... How? Quite simple. These companies exploit the aspirations of politicians,scientists,doctors,journalists, and others in line. The vaccine is part of a whole bargain that includes: mask, distancing,lockdown.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE LEPER COLONY OF To get there I took the bus from Heraklion to the town of Agios Nikolaos (over an hour drive, nice scenery though), and then another bus to Elounda village(30-40 minutes) where boats were waiting to take visitors to notorious Spinalonga. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medical PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: 2020 The smoke coming out of the crater is a fascinating sight! on the edge of the Vesuvio crater. Speaking of volcanoes, Edinburgh castle in Scotland was formed as a result of a volcano erupting several hundred million years previously. The castle (over 900 years old) had beenboth a
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS l. lucky bamboo. I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with aproper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SCOTLAND lake Lock Ness. A fter spending some time at the lake, visiting the old Urquhart castle on its bank, and watching a Scotsman playing bagpipe, I headed to the bus station for Inverness (the town capital of the area, located at about 8 miles from the lake).. At the station, I met an Austrian couple that told me they had missed the last bus and were about to try and get a lift. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: APARTHEID The daily mention in the media of the south-African variant of covid-19, sent me back to my one and only visit to South-Africa in theeighties.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DOSE They spend most of the time in a laboratory, performing tasks related to the research, development, and testing of pharmaceutical drugs. The pharma companies are good at manipulating and making us dependent on them. The flu vaccine, for example, does not prevent one from getting the flu; it just makes the flu milder, if, and when one gets it. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medical PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER The Disaster at Meron (29 .4.2021) 45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safed (Tzfat). The event is meant to commemorate the passing date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (RASHBI, for short), an ancient scholar, author of the basic text of the Kabbalah. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: 2020 The smoke coming out of the crater is a fascinating sight! on the edge of the Vesuvio crater. Speaking of volcanoes, Edinburgh castle in Scotland was formed as a result of a volcano erupting several hundred million years previously. The castle (over 900 years old) had beenboth a
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TUTORIALS l. lucky bamboo. I once had trouble with my lucky bamboo plants (yellowing of stalks and leaves). After browsing through tutorials I found the solution - use of distilled water (instead of tap water); sealing the top of the plant with candle dipping wax will prevent it from getting rotten. You can obtain distilled water at home with aproper
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE ALPHABET The knowledge of the alphabet was of tremendous help to me in two places in Moscow: the stunning Metro (reading the names of the stations), and the famous Novodevichi cemetery where all the 'Who's Who' of Russia were buried (reading the names on the headstones). T-shirt with the map of the metro stations. It's made of fine cotton, PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: INNER VOICE quotes. Sometimes I wish to introduce in my posts a few well-known quotations as other bloggers do. Well, here's my inner voice's reaction to that: 'At your age, you should have your own pearls of wisdom, not use those of other people'. flowers. I ocassionally get flowers, but rarely offer flowers to others. My inner voice says:'Leave them in
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SCOTLAND lake Lock Ness. A fter spending some time at the lake, visiting the old Urquhart castle on its bank, and watching a Scotsman playing bagpipe, I headed to the bus station for Inverness (the town capital of the area, located at about 8 miles from the lake).. At the station, I met an Austrian couple that told me they had missed the last bus and were about to try and get a lift. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: APARTHEID The daily mention in the media of the south-African variant of covid-19, sent me back to my one and only visit to South-Africa in theeighties.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DOSE They spend most of the time in a laboratory, performing tasks related to the research, development, and testing of pharmaceutical drugs. The pharma companies are good at manipulating and making us dependent on them. The flu vaccine, for example, does not prevent one from getting the flu; it just makes the flu milder, if, and when one gets it. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATION Daughter's Accusation. Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts. Another handsome man has recently been in the news - the late Israeli, internationally acclaimed writer Amos Oz (died in Dec. 2018). Oz is survived by wife, and three children: two daughters and a son. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medical PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SEASONS Spring and Autumn, transitional periods, are shorter in length than winter and summer. Spring, the season of awakening and renewal, is supposed to come in March, but is usually late, and makes its appearance in early April. In my country, it also brings with it what's called 'hamsin' - desert heat waves, a dry and quite unpleasantphenomenon.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: SCOTLAND lake Lock Ness. A fter spending some time at the lake, visiting the old Urquhart castle on its bank, and watching a Scotsman playing bagpipe, I headed to the bus station for Inverness (the town capital of the area, located at about 8 miles from the lake).. At the station, I met an Austrian couple that told me they had missed the last bus and were about to try and get a lift. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: IT NEVER RAINS BUT POURS It Never Rains but Pours. It happens at all levels: individual, family, group, country - one bad thing after another. Now it's ,unfortunately, Egypt's turn. The Suez Canal has been blocked by a cargo ship. If this is not enough, two trains have collided; collision resulting in many casualties. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: APARTHEID The daily mention in the media of the south-African variant of covid-19, sent me back to my one and only visit to South-Africa in theeighties.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: TECHNOLOGY Despite progress and technology , many things stay more or less the same over the years. Schools for instance. The same physical bricks-and-mortar structure with classrooms for plus / minus 30 pupils, courtyard, teachers doing their frontal teaching job etc. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: DOSE They spend most of the time in a laboratory, performing tasks related to the research, development, and testing of pharmaceutical drugs. The pharma companies are good at manipulating and making us dependent on them. The flu vaccine, for example, does not prevent one from getting the flu; it just makes the flu milder, if, and when one gets it. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: THE LEPER COLONY OF To get there I took the bus from Heraklion to the town of Agios Nikolaos (over an hour drive, nice scenery though), and then another bus to Elounda village(30-40 minutes) where boats were waiting to take visitors to notorious Spinalonga. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: FAT-SHAMING Most of them, both males and females are overweight. After all, opera singing is a tough, high-stress , lonely profession, and so, eating becomes a form of compensation. Diets might ruin the voice. Doctors don't quite agree to this. If done carefully , diet might help with both, losing weight and preserving the voice. PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: RUSSIAN DESCENT A few months ago, there was a certain brand of sardines on sale at one of the local supermarkets. It was a promotional sale - two at theprice of one.
PLACESPEOPLESTUFF WITH CHARACTER: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI People were furious, and rightly so. It was rude, very rude of the journalist to focus on Luciano's physical appearance, rather than on his talent and career. What is it with people that they get so low! Anyway, there's this belief about opera singers, that the fatter you are, the better the voice. According to experts, there's no medicalSelect
LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese(Simplified)Chinese
(Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)KyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZuluSelect LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese(Simplified)Chinese
(Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)KyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu Poweredby Translate
Powered by TranslateSEARCH
ABOUT ME
* DUTA
View my complete profileIZKOR
Beti (Braha), David, Hersh (Herman), Mina, Shai, Rifca, Elca, HaimTHORNY & SWEET
sabra cactus fruit
FEMININE BEAUTY
Marina Vlady
BLOG ARCHIVE
* ▼ 2019 (23)
* ▼ August
(2)
* Some Thoughts on Pictures * Breakthrough -yes, Cure - no* ► July (3)
* ► June (3)
* ► May (2)
* ► April
(3)
* ► March
(3)
* ► February
(4)
* ► January
(3)
* ► 2018 (41)
* ► December
(4)
* ► November
(4)
* ► October
(2)
* ► September
(2)
* ► August
(4)
* ► July (3)
* ► June (4)
* ► May (4)
* ► April
(3)
* ► March
(3)
* ► February
(4)
* ► January
(4)
* ► 2017 (35)
* ► December
(3)
* ► November
(2)
* ► October
(3)
* ► September
(3)
* ► August
(4)
* ► July (2)
* ► June (3)
* ► May (4)
* ► April
(3)
* ► March
(3)
* ► February
(2)
* ► January
(3)
* ► 2016 (28)
* ► December
(2)
* ► November
(2)
* ► October
(3)
* ► September
(3)
* ► August
(2)
* ► July (3)
* ► June (3)
* ► May (2)
* ► April
(3)
* ► March
(2)
* ► February
(1)
* ► January
(2)
* ► 2015 (17)
* ► December
(1)
* ► November
(1)
* ► October
(1)
* ► September
(3)
* ► August
(3)
* ► July (4)
* ► June (2)
* ► April
(1)
* ► January
(1)
* ► 2014 (3)
* ► July (1)
* ► May (2)
* ► 2013 (3)
* ► June (1)
* ► May (1)
* ► April
(1)
* ► 2012 (18)
* ► November
(1)
* ► October
(1)
* ► July (2)
* ► June (2)
* ► May (2)
* ► April
(2)
* ► March
(2)
* ► February
(3)
* ► January
(3)
* ► 2011 (37)
* ► December
(3)
* ► November
(2)
* ► October
(1)
* ► September
(2)
* ► August
(4)
* ► July (4)
* ► June (3)
* ► May (3)
* ► April
(2)
* ► March
(4)
* ► February
(4)
* ► January
(5)
* ► 2010 (43)
* ► December
(4)
* ► November
(4)
* ► October
(3)
* ► August
(4)
* ► July (5)
* ► June (3)
* ► May (4)
* ► April
(3)
* ► March
(4)
* ► February
(4)
* ► January
(5)
* ► 2009 (64)
* ► December
(4)
* ► November
(5)
* ► October
(5)
* ► September
(6)
* ► August
(5)
* ► July (7)
* ► June (4)
* ► May (6)
* ► April
(4)
* ► March
(8)
* ► February
(3)
* ► January
(7)
* ► 2008 (2)
* ► December
(2)
MY BLOG LIST
*
AGING DISGRACEFULLY
Spring in my Step!
3 months ago
*
All things nice...
A visit to County Roscommon3 months ago
*
Bug's Eye View
2019 Project 365 – WeekThirty-three
1 day ago
*
Catch My Words
Want a FREE Resource?1 week ago
*
Coltisor de Rai
Sun Playing With Ball AnimatedGif
22 hours ago
*
Cottage Country Reflections Ms. Maintenance Project16 hours ago
*
Daily Living
*
daleka droga
Co spakować do Grecji i ceny w Grecji 2019/What to pack for Greek holidays and prices in Greece 20191 week ago
*
Dandelion Tea
A Monument and a Name18 hours ago
*
DUTCHCORNER
I received love
1 week ago
*
Ghost Hunting TheoriesMy Top 10 Favorite
Suspense-Thriller Movies15 hours ago
*
Kitchen Connection
FURTHERMORE...A FEW MORE WORDS...2 weeks ago
*
Kitty Justice
SOMETHING NEW BUT NOT BLUE1 month ago
*
la petite gallery
Saint Pat's Day is coming soon....1 year ago
*
Land of the Big Sky. Sunday struggle day.9 hours ago
*
Life 101
Shed talk
5 hours ago
*
Life's like that
Programmed to Breathe3 months ago
*
Living Rich On The Cheap Another Great FishingTrip!
4 weeks ago
*
Meanderings and ReflectionsMelancholia
4 weeks ago
*
My Life in RetirementSunday in the City
4 weeks ago
*
MY MAGNIFICENT LIFE
IS YOUR TWEET RACIST?1 year ago
*
Odorica İON
Fapt trist
10 hours ago
*
Pam's Midwest Kitchen Korner Chicken with Olives,Salsa and Lime
1 week ago
*
Photographis
ArtHalle One Summer Show3 days ago
*
Pile of Smiles
My Choice for Women's Day5 months ago
*
plecat de acasă
Cum gasesti cea mai buna cazare in Costinesti. Tips & Tricks!1 year ago
*
poppy view
Up for a walk? Wear comfy shoes, cause this is a doozy!1 year ago
*
Red Rose Alley
People, Look Up
6 days ago
*
Sharon's Souvenirs
Highlights of Utah: 20196 days ago
*
Skeptical Eye
John Cox looks ahead to the November election in California10 months ago
*
Snippets from Labartere The Bee Project: Thoughts about keeping bees...........5 weeks ago
*
Stuff could always be worse Georgia Artist with Disability Art Show Includes ME1 week ago
*
The Middlest Sister
High Seas Adventure
1 year ago
*
The Reader's Tales
A beautiful sunny day in the Japanese Garden, Valais11 months ago
*
this n that
Florals, it seems ~ HappyPPF !
3 weeks ago
*
Titere con Bonete
Still Healing...when will it be over...part two2 months ago
*
Travelling - Ταξίδια Kykkos Monastery - Cyprus1 week ago
*
~ WHEN THE HEART SPEAKS ~After The Day ~
2 years ago
*
Where's My Effing Pony? No Dogs in the House, hesaid....
7 months ago
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2019 SOME THOUGHTS ON PICTURES_
_ _Life offers a lot of subjects to write about in our blogs. I like to accompany my writing with pictures which, as everyone knows, "are worth a thousand words." However, that's not always possible, and as I don't like to borrow from the internet, I let the subjects wait...__
_ _Sometimes, I browse through my picture archive, and come up with the conclusion that it's very true what they say about dogs and kids 'stealing the show'. I always take an additional look at this kind of pictures as they give me much fun and pleasure._ dog watching his owner eat; expecting to be treated with leftovers kid and pigeons - heartwarming sight! boy and girl curiously contemplating the chickens in the enclosure happy baby in Grandma's arms I often ask myself what makes a more powerful photo: an individual or a group? The answer is: both. The indvidual kiosk owner, surrounded by colorful fruit and veggies, squeezing them to get juice for his thirsty customers; the solo arab woman making the pita bread to be sold with 'labane' - make very attractive, powerful photos. kiosk owner squeezing fruit to get juice (pic.taken in the evening) arab woman preparing the dough for the pita bread _So do groups. See below, the group of japanese ice-cream 'lickers' (Moscow Red Square) , and __the group of musicians performing in the city square of Prague. Both groups got an 'audience':)__
_
_japanese tourists licking ice cream in Moscow__
_
_musical band performing in the main city square _ _I'm not surprised when beautiful setting gets overshadowed by people. It's always people that draw the most attention. Who cares about the lovely tree on the Mound with stairs leading to it, when nearby there's a chat going on between what seems like father anddaughter dialogue._
_
_
_The red painted military lookout on the strategical top of Mt Hermon at the border with Lebanon, makes no impression whatsoever without the young , lively soldiers that stay on it day and night._ father &daughter chatting outside the Habima theater building, TA soldiers at the border Israel- Lebanon, up on the mountain _Anyway, I like to have people of all ages in the pictures I shoot. Human presence adds interest and value to whatever else appears in those pictures: buildings, landscape, food, critters._ _Photography, even the simplest one like mine, from a 'point and shoot' little camera, can definitely enrich both the blog and my knowledge of things._Posted by DUTA
at 8/15/2019 07:36:00 AM22 comments:
Labels: chicks
,
critters
, dogs
, group
,
individual
,
kids ,
landscape
,
pigeons
, point
and shoot camera
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 BREAKTHROUGH -YES, CURE - NO _The endless talk about Climate brings me to another 'C'-word: Cure._ _Medical Cure can be as frustrating as Climate Change.__
_ _Medicine has greatly advanced over the years, no doubt about that. People live longer, and the quality of their life is better. Still, many diseases are not curable. Sometimes they disappear, only to reappear later. In most cases, however, it's possible to manage and control disease (money, time, and patience required), but no Cure ispromised._
_
_ _There are quite a lot of health issues which aren't life- threatening, yet can certainly turn one's life into absolute misery even with all treatment options available. The chronic skin disorder, Psoriasis, for example.__
_ _I had a coworker - a fine , handsome young person; he __got psoriasis after his devastating divorce from his wife, a __careerwoman._
_Following his doctor's advice, he used to go ,at least twice a year for three weeks each time, to the Dead Sea , to get temporary relief from the beneficial combination of sun, mineral water, sulphur pools, and dry desert air. Not cheap (there were only expensive hotels there), and sometimes grossly interfering with work schedule._ _(Come to think of it, he should have moved closer to the Dead Sea area, but like other people, he put his trust and hope mainly in Science and its offerings, less in Nature ).__
_
at the Dead Sea
_He was very much a family type of person, so he remarried after a while. He and his spouse came from very different backgrounds. Perhaps he wanted the very opposite of his first wife (or as the bottom line of rather toxic gossip pointed out: 'who else will have him with all those scales, patches, and itching'). Anyway, his psoriatic condition got worse during chapter B, and it practically destroyed him.__
_ _After their two kids grew up , he divorced his spouse anddisappeared._
_The last I heard of him was that he had left the country for Austria where his mother and sister lived._ _I have the strange feeling that, regardless of his location, he's ok if retired from work and not remarried. For some people work and marriage are great stress generators , stress being the big killer of our era. And who knows, maybe he's somewhere in the Dead Sea regionafter all..._
_
__Following intense scientific research, there are lots of medical 'breakthroughs' regarding a great variety of diseases, breakthroughs which could, and do make a difference; and yet, contrary to expectations, they lead to no final cure. People continue to be slaves to doctors and treatments, and no cure in sight to free them._ _In a way, medical Cure is like Climate change in that it belongs to the domain of a Power far beyond us. _Posted by DUTA
at 8/04/2019 12:21:00 AM49 comments:
Labels: breakthrough,
cure ,
limate change
,
psoriasis
, the
Dead Sea
,
treatments
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 SUMMER STREET FASHION _Our summers are very hot, with high humidity in certain regions and extreme dryness in other; this calls for a sort of "loose" streetfashion style._
_During summer days, the dominant sight has always been one of half-naked people: bare shoulders, arms and legs. Favorite clothing items: shorts and sleeveless, strapless tops.__
_
_
_ _Nowadays , however, people are more aware of the sun's damage to the skin, Besides, one has to walk only a short distance from the air conditioned car or bus to the airconditioned office or mall; so shorts are gradually been replaced by airy skirts or thin pants, and fewer backless tops are seen around.__
_ __
_
_ _COTTON is the best fabric for summer clothes; it's breathable, light, sweat absorbent ,and comfortable. There are various types of cotton ; a good cotton has a cooling effect on the body.__
_ _.My very favorite is the stuff manufactured in India. I've got an array of breezy indian- made cotton skirts, and some adequate t-shirts; they make me feel each year that I'm more than ready to meet Summer. (For travel, I'll usually replace the skirt with thin pants made of cotton or rayon). Here's a selection of my summeroutfits:___ _
_
_
_
_ _
_ _
_ _
_
_
_ _
__
__ _ _
__ _ _
__ _ _
__
__
_thin rayon pants_ _ _ _As for accessories - not much is needed : a hat (made of cotton or natural straw), sunglasses, and sandals. __
_ _In summer, we are usually lighter in body weight ; so, coupled with the lightweight clothes upon us - we may sometimes feel we are at the top of the world._Posted by DUTA
at 7/26/2019 01:14:00 AM44 comments:
Labels: breathable
,
cotton ,
half-naked
,
India ,
layers ,
rayon
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 "TROUBLE IN PARADISE"_
_
_
_ _On Wednesday night (July 10th) a sudden , out of nowhere, __terrifying hail storm, hit Halkidiky peninsula , leaving seven dead people, dozens of others injured , and huge damage. According to the locals it was an "unprecedented phenomenon", "a weather bomb".__ Halkidiki (also spelt Chalkidiki), near the greek town of Thesaloniki - is popular for its beaches and hotels, so most of the casualties were tourists._ _There were no specific warning signs which could enable alertness and preparedness (except, perhaps, a hint from the unusual heat waves Europe is going through now).__ _ _T__hat's __the worst case scenario - bad things happening suddenly like with earthquakes. Is this the big news of Climate Change? Sudden,abrupt, deadly? _
_The above piece of news reminds me of a conversation I once had with a farmer living under the Vesuvium volcano. The authorities, he believed, were keeping an eye on the volcano's activity and constantly planning the safety of the local farmers. Well, nowadays, with all this climate change, the volcano might erupt suddenly and forcefully, 'forgetting' to give any signs of its intentions to the __ monitoring authority..._ _on the edge of the Vesuvio crater_ _Anyway, we should pay attention to these places: islands and peninsulas; this is where climate change is and will be seen at itsworst._
Posted by DUTA
at 7/12/2019 07:31:00 PM44 comments:
Labels: Halkidiki
,
peninsula
,
storm ,
Thessaloniki
,
volcano crater
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2019 AN UNSOLVED WW 2 MYSTERY_
_
_
_ _It wasn't there two years ago when I visited the spot. _ _I went nearer to contemplate it. No inscription. So, for a change, that was no memorial of some kind, just an environmental exibit made of stone and marble. Beautiful. _ _Behind it, a bakery/ coffee shop with chairs and tables outside. There were no customers because of the heat. I couldn"t even take some decent pictures because of the strong sun.__
_
face and back (identical) of the exhibit_
_
_sides (identical) of the exhibit__
_
_empty chairs at the coffee shop_ _At the far end of the street, however, t__here was the monument dedicated to the swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who had rescued thousands of people (mostly hungarian jews) from the Holocaust. The street was named after him: a long, busy__ street in a respectable, high-tech tel avivian neighborhood called 'Atidim' ('Futures').__
_
_statue with face overlooking Raoul Wallenberg street__
_ _Nearby, a beautiful park __with a lot of facilities. (There is a park on the opposite side of the street too).__
_
_park (toilets)_
_
_ _The monument (unveiled in June 2002) looked rather gloomy. The diplomat's fate was also gloomy. 74 years after his disappearance in 1945, and nobody knows for sure what has happened to him.__
_
_jogger from the park approaching the back of the statue_ monument seen from across the street _Many cities in the world (New York, Budapest, London, Buenos Aires,) have erected statues in his memory. However, little was done by the world to search for him. It was convenient for them all to accept the theory that he had died in a soviet prison.__
_ _Only two swedish women - his sister Nina and his niece Nane Annan (the wife of Kofi Annan , the african from Ghana, former UN general secretary) spared no effort to try and find the truth. Apparently with no success. ׂ(his half brother Guy van Dardel and two US - based researchers should also be mentioned)._ _His disappearance in January 1945, remains one of the unsolved mysteries of World War 2._Posted by DUTA
at 7/06/2019 06:25:00 AM40 comments:
Labels: disappearance,
Holocaust
,
Monument
,
mystery
, Raoul
Wallenberg
,
swedish diplomat
,
WW2
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019 NO MEZUZAH AT MCDONALD'S _I was quite surprised when I first learnt that the franchise owner of McDonald's chain in Israel was Omri Padan. The guy was known as an extreme anti-religious, left-oriented political activist. That could theoretically __mean__ __that some 25%-30% of potential customers would not go to McDonald's __eateries._ the very first McD , opened at Ayalon Mall ,Ramat-Gan in 1993 _ McD's in my hometown -on ground floor of building __ _ _But what do I know? The triangle of business, religion, politics is indeed a very tricky one, and yet it seems Padan (now Dr Padan) has successfully played his cards. McDonald's Israel is an empire.__
__Anyway, I like the McDonald's concept (all of it - food, system, social experience)._ _What I do not like when I happen to be there, is the fact that there's no 'mezuzah' sitting on the entrance doorpost . Almost every house and shop in this country has a 'mezuzah' affixed to its doorpost. It's a tradition, a nice __ one, if you ask me.__
_
copper made mezuzah on the local Supermarkets's doorpost_ _ A 'mezuzah' is a case, a holder (usually decorative) containing a piece of parchment with hand-written biblical verses on it. It's supposed to protect and bless the house and its people._case and scroll _
_The case comes in various materials: plastic, wood, metal, __ceramics, silver, porcelain - the two last mentioned being more expensive. Everything goes.__
_
ceramics and metal cases _metal cases (aluminium, bronze, copper)__ _ _The most important part, though, is the scroll to be placed withinthe case. _
_It must be hand-calligraphed with verses from Deuteronomy that start with "Hear o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One"._ _A genuine scroll is usually not sold at a souvenir shop but at a judaica one, and could be quite expensive._ _After a while (several years) it has to be checked for faded or deleted letters, spot or crease;if this is found, the scroll will be considered faulty and will have to be replaced.___
_
__
_
_scrolls of different sizes__
__ Sometimes, a 'mezuzah' gets stolen__; the thieves are looking for authentic, high quality scrolls. Because of that, there are buildings where the 'mezuzah' is placed on the inner side of the entrance door.(In a house or office there's a 'mezuzah' on every door - except bathroom and toilets).__
_
ceramics
- inner room
metal-
utility room
wood
- balcony
_As someone has remarked:"if it can't even protect itself from thieves, it can't protect the house either" Food for thought. Perhaps it was a faulty mezuzah.__
_ _
_
Posted by DUTA
at 6/24/2019 01:10:00 AM55 comments:
Labels: blessing
,
burger ,
franchise
,
McDonald'
,
mezuzah
, Omri
Padan
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019 CORK ( CITY, TREE, MATERIAL) _Cork, the city in Ireland, is on my bucket list. They say it sits on an island in the middle of a river (Dee River). It's the second largest city of Ireland and it is highly cosmopolitan. Moreover, it is the starting point of a trip to the port of call for the famous Titanic ship before it left for its tragic end. _ _How cool is that?!_ __
_Cork - the irish colorful city (Web picture)_ _ _ _The cork tree (oak tree Queros Suber) is a predominant tree species in Portugal. (There are some fascinating pictures of these trees on the Web worth viewing!)._ _When I visited Portugal, many years ago, I knew almost nothing about the tree and its end product. I don't even recall touristic information on cork as important income source for this country.__
_
_cork tree (web picture)__
_ _Cork, the layer of bark harvested from the cork oak, is a natural, sustainable material with lots of good uses._ _I've got some small cork items at home (coasters, stoppers, pot bottom plates, lids,__ __and even shoes- the inner sole). I want some more, but... there are only few shops that deal with cork in my area, and__ they are not nearby. Looking on their online sites, I've got put off by the prices. Cork , both the material and the finished items are imported, and thus, not cheap._CORK plant pot
CORK magnet with pencil on the fridge door CORK bulletin board _CORK asian figurine with straw hat and necklace_ __
_set of ceramics for tea/coffee/sugar with CORK lids_ __
_CORK coasters_
_
_
_the tin side of the above coasters__
_
_three CORK trivets __
_
_two CORK lids and two CORK wine bottle stoppers__
_
_tiny former honey jar and its CORK lid__
_ _Cork reminds me of another natural, echo-friendly material with practical uses, but... expensive - bamboo. Bamboo furniture, for instance, is solid, yet easy to handle and take care of. It is ideal for young couples who move often, and perfect for people of the third age for whom wood is too heavy._ _We succomb to plastic in the end ._ _One should do something about that, so that we choose the right options for both us and the planet.__
__Anyway, if and when I go to Portugal again, I know what I'll fill mysuitcase with._
Posted by DUTA
at 6/14/2019 05:21:00 PM44 comments:
Labels: bark
, coasters
, cork
, lids
, oak tree
,
Portugal
,
shoes ,
stoppers
Older Posts
Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)Live Traffic Feed
ORIGINAL TEXT
Contribute a better translation -------------------------ORIGINAL TEXT
Contribute a better translation -------------------------Details
Copyright © 2024 ArchiveBay.com. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | DMCA | 2021 | Feedback | Advertising | RSS 2.0