The year before the invasion, five friends and I enjoyed two weeks in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.In Arabic, the word 'Sharm' means 'a bay', so the name of the city translates as 'the bay of the sheik'. In fact, the coast along which the city stretches consists of a series of splendid bays where hotels compete for the most modern architecture and...See More »
What was a lackluster experience you had?What experience did you have thay really didn't live up to the hype? Whether you built it up too much or it just sucked?
Biden seeks $5 trillion tax hike. The one nobody is talking about. Photo above - this home was (allegedly) built for $3,000 in 1913. Guess what it's listed for today? Stop reading now if you have zero assets. No home, no 401K, no farmland, no savings invested in the stock market. You have no worries. You already...See More »
Blame the boomers (again)! This time it's the affordable housing crisis. Photo above - "We have met the enemy, and she is mom". Newsweek takes boomers to task for not selling their paid off family homes. Every time I open my Yahoo news feed I'm assaulted by economic garbage. Like the link at bottom, from Newsweek. Full...See More »
News from Kyiv Russia launched ballistic missiles at the city of Odesa on the evening of May 1, reportedly striking a postal depot of postal service Nova Poshta. (Odesa regional Governor Oleh Kiper/Telegram) Zelensky dismisses SBU cybersecurity chief following...See More »
There are 4000 Моsques in Usа , 8000 in Russiа , would u like at least 1 Сhurсh built in Sаudi ?4000 Моsques in Usа 3000 Моsques in Uk 4000 Моsques in France 8000 Моsques in Russiа . 0 Сhurсh for 2.1 million сhristiаns living in Sаudi .
Cindy, my cow dog.We got Cindy as a puppy. She was a little puffball of fur with papers saying she was a registered border collie. She was black and white. She had to stay in a box on the porch. She was going to be a work dog. My brother's dog had been named...See More »
Ninety-five ThesesThe Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. The...See More »
Genesis 1010 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. The Japhethites 2 The sons[a] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and...See More »
Reverend Cecil Williams, 1929-2024…R.I.P. An activist for inclusion and legend in our city for his assistance of the less fortunate… (by Jay Barmann, SFNews) (Quote)
Spiš, county, Slovakia. Spiš (Latin: Cips/Zepus/Scepus/Scepusia/Scepusium, Polish: Spisz, Hungarian: Szepesség/Szepes, German: Zips) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 villages). Spiš is...See More »
Kežmarok, SlovakiaKežmarok (German: Kesmark or Käsmark; Hungarian: Késmárk, Yiddish: קעזמאַרק, romanized: Kezmark, Polish: Kieżmark) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes...See More »
Odesa Secondary School No. 121The 121st Secondary School or officially Comprehensive Secondary School No. 121 with Deep Learning of Foreign Languages of Prymorskyi Raion of Odesa Municipality (Ukrainian: Середня загальноосвітня школа І-ІІІ ступенів № 121 з поглибленим вивченням...See More »
One of the oldest mosques in the world is in China. It is called Huaisheng Mosque It is traditionally thought to have been originally built over 1,300 years ago, making it one of the oldest mosques in the world.
Our back door won’t shut 🙄🙄 See, this house keeps falling apart piece by piece. First it was our garage door, now this. This was a brand new house that they built, we’ve only been in it for a year and we were the first ones to move into it. They’re building these brand new...See More »
Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima This picture is based on the first story in the book Sisyphean, which is about a worker who awakens in a sleeping pod each day, (rebirth is very prominent in this book,) to work in an oppressive factory for the president who was once human but is now...See More »
The sad truth is, some days I don't feel like I belong in my life.I'm a tool... My kindness is taken for weakness. I'm easy going and because of PTSD I have a high threshold for tolerating bullshit. So I'm the perfect person to feed empty promises and lies. I exist to serve. I married and had a child with a man...See More »
My best friend from high school made a comment that I didn’t like & I don’t know how to approach it, because honestly I think if I do I may have toEnd a 22 year friendship During my baby shower she made a comment to my husband and my friends that if she had “gone out with my husband this whole thing (the baby shower) would be for her” My husband laughed and said “you still think I was...See More »
ST. PAUL CATHEDRALAfter signing a peace treaty between Russia and Turkey (1774-1775) Russian territory extended to the Crimea and Alexander I invited German colonists to populate those desert lands of south "Novorosia". In this way in young Odessa and its suburbs...See More »
I do miss our family holidays in the Tatra MountainsMum and Dad have done their utmost during the whole time we have lived in Ukraine, in Odesa, to keep our connections with home, in the Tatra Mountains. My grandparents live there still. The Tatra Mountains, Tatras, or Tatra (Tatry either in Slovak...See More »
How important is poetry in your life?Do you read or write it? Do you ever turn to poems when you are feeling lost or overwhelmed? When you need comfort or direction? Do you think poetry has the power to make a difference — in our individual lives and in the world? In the guest essay...See More »
Aleix is from GironaGirona is the capital city of the province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020 but, the population of...See More »
From homeless to $1MM crib overnight? Yowza! (No lottery ticket needed) Photo above - California here I come! The city of Santa Monica is breaking ground on new homeless apartments - at $1MM each??? "California, I'm coming home. Will you take me as I am?" (lyrics courtesy of Joni Mitchell). No, I don't have a job...See More »
Can a Friendship Turn Romantic?I had a conversation with a friend over the weekend who said she hates using dating apps. She prefers to get to know someone as a friend first, and then see if it turns into something romantic. I commented how that feels exactly opposite of my...See More »
