Santa Claus El Espiritu De La Navidad
2007-12-24 00:16:48
This is the second post from new guest writer Davin Blu presented for Christmas Eve. Please support his blog Eclectideas. If your Spanish is limited, scroll to the bottom of the post to see the translation.
Santa
Claus
, Papa Noel, el EspÃritu de la Navidad y otros muchos nombres hacen alusión a una leyenda. La tradición del espÃritu de la Navidad es de origen nórdico, pero muy influyente también en las celebraciones latinas. Niños, jóvenes y adultos realizan diferentes ritos antes del 21 de diciembre, con el objeto de dar gracias por las bendiciones que han recibido a lo largo del año y también para pedir nuevos deseos, tales como las pastorelas.
¿Por qué esta fecha es la que recibe el espÃritu de la Navidad? Esta es la noche más larga del año y se convierte en uno de los dÃas más especiales, no sólo por este motivo, sino también porque se celebra el solsticio de invierno, instante en el que la tierra se encuentra más distante del Sol. En estos solsticios se recib
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The First Snowflake
2007-12-23 10:00:29
Once upon a time, a single snowflake fell from the sky, between the trees, deep within a forest, landing on a large stone near a frozen pond. Although it was dark, as the stars glimmered in the sky, hidden beyond the roof of the dense forest, the snowflake shone a bright white blue from within the crystals of its flawless form.
Some of the animals came to see what was so bright, drawn by the light of its facets. A squirrel was heard to say, “my, what a pretty thing, but why doesn’t it melt and disappear?” A large white bear responded: “This is a special snowflake, it’s meant to herald many more, all unique and special.”
A fox, overhearing the conversation, added: “It is one of a kind, coming from the sky, avoiding getting stuck on a tree as it fell. It was meant to be here.” A deer moving close said: “But what could its purpose be, other than being bright?” “Perhaps the sky is falling”, said a chicken, as it cautio
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, Snowflake
The Pull - A Poem
2007-12-22 10:00:24
A series of collected memory
Image fragments of illusion
Effigy of clarity
Languishing, life’s duality
Sun’s light, perceived
Beaming, from refracted surface
Close, a finger touch
Overwhelming impulse
Expectation, anticipation’s hope
The wait below
Pulling me back
Within it’s murky deep.
The High Priestess And Peanut The Three Eyed Cat
2007-12-21 10:00:51
I had been among the Bud-Hadnu tribe for just three months. Queen Phylodahda had been away to the east of her domain. I was alone in my hut, writing, when two guards of the High Priestess Lunalestra III arrived and removed me to the dungeon below the altar. At dawn, I was taken and tied to the altar facing the image of Ra. Lunalestra approached with a sharp dagger with a serrated edge dipped in poison. In an instant, the flames dimmed, then Peanut
jumped onto the altar standing between us. His third eye glowed red. He yowled at the High Priestess, raising his paw, pointing his claws at her. She fainted and fell to the floor.
The Queen had just arrived when the High Priestess awoke from her fit. Angry and with a threatening gaze, Phylodahda looked at Lunalestra who said “Wait, I have had a vision.” What ill words would you speak about this evil?, said the Queen. “Speak of your fit, then be judged”, she added angrily. Lunalestra looked down at the floor as I was
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Codependent Relationships
2007-12-20 13:03:54
Defining what comprises a codependent relationship or the karma that may be involved is not a simple task. Just as causes have many effects which in turn create more causes, there are numerous factors to consider in a codependent personality which vary from person to person. Not all of them represent pathology.
Many associate some kind of excessive reliance, between needy people, which involve an addiction by one or both, perhaps physical and emotional abuse. These are probably the most obvious, especially where adaptive behavior has been necessitated for real or perceived survival, although gradations exist within most relationships.
Lack of confidence in the other persons ability to survive without the other is characteristic also involving guilt, a sense of responsibility to save the other no matter what the cost, often leading to resignation which is difficult to objectify without outside intervention. Isolating situations to understand, runs the risk of missing the patterns that
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The Decline Of The American President
2007-12-19 10:00:16
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President
of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Although both parties, Republicans and Democrats have shared presidential power in the last seventy-five years, mistakes made on both sides of the aisle have left its legacy on the American
Conscience.
Now that the Great War of the Twentieth Century is passing from contemporary history, the post war period is increasingly becoming the oldest boundary that lay claim to living participants, the Baby Boom Generation. The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, remains a good landmark to begin examining how both parties have handled presidential power.
Lyndon Johnson (D 1963-1969) - who inherited the presidency as John F. Kennedy’s Vice President - passed more legislation for civil rights than any president since Lincoln, got stuck in the quicks
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Anticipating Alternate Realities
2007-12-18 10:00:37
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