Rivers cross at forest dark
A deafening howl, on wind doth ride.
Of moaning creatures of the night
Hungry to feast on souls to take.
The headless horseman, a traitor’s curse
Doomed on galloping steed in haste.
A graveyard hero aglow, with spirit dance
Faceless forms of long dead lives
Emerging from unholy ground
Unmarked graves of powdered bones
Creatures foretold to haunt the wood
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Have you ever experienced the fantasy of possessing super strength beyond mere mortal souls’ abilities, capable of feats that transcend what is thought possible - stimulated by the rich history of the man of steel, borne to Earth in a rocket ship from the planet Krypton before it was destroyed by a thermonuclear reaction [...]

The French language is well known for its esthetically pleasing way of expressing an over-exaggeration of emotion. Everything becomes an exclamation, a roll of the eyes and a point of contention so much so that the ending of words seem to disappear into an emotional collage of nasal versatility that only Parisian French seems to [...]

One of the blogs recently added to my favorites’ list (blogroll) is the culinary delight Hugging The Coast, which provides user friendly recipes, well organized, colorful and interesting, with a keen sense of humor. “When properly made, the sight and smell of a cheesy, bubbly lasagna coming out of the oven has been known to [...]

Fingers templed,
External reality
Melding synapse, merging;
Internal actuality
Of mind control
Ruling observation
Converging minds,
Of the divine,
Presumptively assumed
Logically deduced.

Economics was never my strong point. In school, it acted on me like an hypnotic sleeping pill. What I do remember is that I learned more about it from Psychology: I have something you want (commodity, service), you have something I want, lets negotiate terms and everyone is happy. Mix into the cauldron of some [...]

Shopping for its own sake rather than searching for a specific item can be fun. A way to spend time absorbing creative ideas by provoking curiosity and imagination hopefully evoking a sense of humor depending on what one sees.
Spending an hour at Hammacher Schlemmer, the landmark store on 57th street, just off of Lexington Avenue [...]

“As the lotus floats on the top of the surface of a pond,
its roots extend down, embedded within the earth,
the link between both existences moved by the current of water
balanced by solemnity.”
[anonymous]
In virtually every esoteric philosophy, there is the concept of the teacher, a sacred idea that has its roots in ancient times as the [...]

Scholars of antiquity were often students of Alchemy, a controversial science steeped in Mysticism, ridiculed as an occult illusion with the grandiose notion of transmuting base metals into gold. Associated more with Astrology, Tarot Cards and divination, its credibility has suffered in modern times.
According to Wikipedia, many alchemists had profound impact on the scientific advancements [...]

The Kingdom Of Redonda, a tiny island one square mile off the Southwest coast of Antigua was first discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 who named it, Santa Maria la Redonda. With a monarchy currently in dispute with four declared rulers, King Leo I, King Robert aka “Bob the Bald”, King Javier and King Max.
A [...]